Viewing DVDs

Well, as is the case with every Linux distro I've heard of, you can't play your movies without adding some extra packages, due to the Hollywood Gestapo. Here's what I had to do to watch my flicks on my computer.

1. add deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main to sources.list
2. apt-get install libdvdcss2
3. uncomment the lines in /etc/apt/sources.list to allow downloading from additional repositories deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty universe deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty universe
4. install totem-xine (requires removal of two packages)
5. install xine-ui if you want to use Xine instead of/as well as Totem.

(12 Feb.) This was working last night, but now the sound refuses to work. Also, Totem has a bug that only allows playback of discs that aren't already mounted. If the disk was mounted before choosing to play it (even if it was mounted by Totem), it pukes.