Where did libdvdcss go?
Libdvdcss is a library that is important for reading information off DVDs. This package still exists, but it is a little tricky to find. Although the Livna repository, in which libdvdcss was distributed, is now a part of RPM Fusion, libdvdcss was not moved with the rest of Livna’s rpms and remains as the only package in the Livna repo (besides the package for RPM Fusion).
The libdvdcss rpm can be obtained by going to Livna’s website and downloading it from there. For Fedora 10 users though the rpm needs be built from source using rpmbuild and the Fedora 9 source rpm for libdvdcss.
If after installing libdvdcss DVDs will still not play correctly try using the xine backend.
December 1, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Easier way for Fedora 10 users:
1. Install this RPM: http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fedora/10/i386/livna-release-9-2.noarch.rpm
2. Do a “yum install libdvdcss”.
Because RPM Fusion doesn’t want to touch libdvdcss, Livna has decided to stick around for the forseeable future, until such time as it’s not needed anymore. So while it is a bit silly to have a repo for only one file, it’s really no more silly than having to install Adobe’s repo for their stuff and so on. This will at least be kept up to date for a while, until the issues with it are sorted out properly. And Livna has been around a long time and so can be reliably counted on to stick it out for as long as it is still needed.