DVD Playback

From Freespire

To playback a DVD you will need to install some stuff to the out-of-the-box Freespire. Don't panicked, is very simple nowadays.

First of all you need a program to playback DVDs, of course. Freespire includes a couple of them so it won't be any problem. Kplayer works perfectly well although I prefer Xine. To install the last one you can do one of the following things:

Using CNR: Simply enter in "Multimedia and design", in the "Video" section, and choose Xine from the list.

Using apt-get: Install the package xine-ui by typing in a console:

      sudo apt-get install xine-ui

Well, and now, the most important part: installing the necessary libraries to playback a DVD. You need four libraries. Three of them can be found in the Freespire repositories so the only thing you have to do is to type in a console:

      sudo apt-get install libdvdnav4 libdvdplay0 libdvdread3

The last library, libdvdcss2, makes the encrypted DVDs (most commercial DVDs, actually) readable and for legal reasons it is never included in any linux distribution. However you can get it easily from the developers web page, Videolan. A direct link to the last version of the library at the moment of writing this wiki is here. Mind that the use of libdvdcss may be illegal in your country.

Once you have downloaded the library, open a console in the same folder and type:

      sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.9-1_i386.deb

This will install the package in your computer.

And that's all!! Just try it and enjoy the movies!!