[libdvdcss missing] Error message unclear
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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kaffeine (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Kubuntu Dapper Flight 5 Up2Date
Well. I'm trying to read a DVD. So got it in reader: Window plops proposing to read it with Kaffeine. OK.
I got two errors (exactly the same errors with menu entry : "Read DVD")
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The source can't be read.
Maybe you don't have enough rights for this, or source doesn't contain data (e.g: no disc in drive). (system:/media/hdc)
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Then
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No plugin found to handle this resource (dvd:/)
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[Details] give me that (not translated in french indeed):
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xine: cannot find input plugin for MRL [dvd:/]
xine: input plugin cannot open MRL [dvd:/]
xine: found input plugin : DVD Navigator
demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "video_decoder: no plugin available to handle 'XviD'
xine: found demuxer plugin: AVI/RIFF demux plugin
xine: found input plugin : file input plugin
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So I see nowhere the fact that I have to install something.
I personnally know I should get the libdvdcss2 (or any of DeCSS implementations) from some obscure website, but I think that the information the program gives to user is insufficient.
I am very clear about illegality of the libdvdcss2, but is it illegal for Ubuntu to just "mention" it ? Or at least "make allusion to" like in "you should install the appropriate program" or redirect the user to an explaining website (somewhere on Ubuntu.com ?)...
I think that issue should be intensively discussed, because the user is limited without knowing (or understanding) why. If Ubuntu intends to be "all public", it has to be a little less obscure, isn't it ?
P.S. Maybe the answer is in the first error : "Maybe you don't have enough rights for this (...)2
Changed in kaffeine: | |
assignee: | nobody → kubuntu-team |
Changed in kaffeine (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Kubuntu Bugs (kubuntu-bugs) → nobody |
libdvdcss is discussed in /usr/share/ doc/libdvdread3 /README. Debian so to answer your question, no, it is not illegal for Ubuntu to talk about it. You'll find it clearly explained in the Desktop Guide for Ubuntu and Kubuntu 6.06. In fact, libdvdcss2 is not clearly illegal either.
That just clarifies a couple of your questions. However, the uninformative error message sounds like a bug to me, so leaving this bug open.