Re: [ubuntu-uk] Should ubuntu play DVDs gratis?

2014-03-02 Thread Peter Smout
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/03/14 05:57, Andres wrote: > > > On 2 de marzo de 2014 00:09:02 GMT, Daniel Llewellyn > wrote: >> Andres, >> >> www.fluendo.com >> >> fluendo dvd player is a proprietary product which can play DVDs. >> Fluendo >> also do a pack of "codecs" wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Should ubuntu play DVDs gratis?

2014-03-02 Thread Liam Proven
On 2 March 2014 08:59, Peter Smout wrote: > I have libdvdcss2 installed here in > the UK Same here. -- Liam Proven * Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk * GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com * Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liampro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Should ubuntu play DVDs gratis?

2014-03-02 Thread Nigel Verity
Hi The implementation of the law in the UK is already a laughing stock. I think it would move into another league if an attempt were ever made to prosecute somebody for using libdvdcss2. I would just "install and be damned". Nige -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Should ubuntu play DVDs gratis?

2014-03-02 Thread Michael
On 02/03/14 00:09, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: Andres, www.fluendo.com fluendo dvd player is a proprietary product which can play DVDs. Fluendo also do a pack of "codecs" which include among others a plugin for Windows Media format (unencrypted only). The codecs work for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Should ubuntu play DVDs gratis?

2014-03-02 Thread Peter Smout
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/03/14 14:31, Michael wrote: > On 02/03/14 00:09, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: >> Andres, >> >> www.fluendo.com >> >> fluendo dvd player is a proprietary product which can play DVDs. >> Fluendo also do a pack of "codecs" which

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Should ubuntu play DVDs gratis?

2014-03-02 Thread Liam Proven
On 2 March 2014 14:31, Michael wrote: > VLC, available for Linux and MS Windows, a freeware package, will play a > DVD, regardless of region coding. Yes it will, but AFAIK, mostly without the use of hardware acceleration from the video card, meaning high CPU usage (& battery drain on laptops) an

[ubuntu-uk] Virtualbox Advice

2014-03-02 Thread Nigel Verity
Hi I am running 32-bit Xubuntu and use a Virtualbox VM to run 32-bit XP. Since that is about to go out of support I see the need to replace it with a VM running Windows 7 which, of course, is 64-bit. Can anyone advise on whether/how I can run 64-bit W7 in 32-bit Virtualbox? If it can be done,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Virtualbox Advice

2014-03-02 Thread Liam Proven
On 2 March 2014 15:11, Nigel Verity wrote: > I am running 32-bit Xubuntu and use a Virtualbox VM to run 32-bit XP. Since > that is about to go out of support I see the need to replace it You do? Why? Do you use your VM to access the Internet? If not, it probably doesn't matter. > with a VM > ru

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Should ubuntu play DVDs gratis?

2014-03-02 Thread Andres
? On 2 de marzo de 2014 14:59:14 GMT, Liam Proven wrote: >On 2 March 2014 14:31, Michael wrote: >> VLC, available for Linux and MS Windows, a freeware package, will >play a >> DVD, regardless of region coding. > > >Yes it will, but AFAIK, mostly without the use of hardware >acceleration from the