help.ubuntu.com — It seems everything's in place to play your HD DVD discs in Linux. The kernel supports the UDF filesystem, the recently released BackupHDDVD C++ for Linux can decrypt the content, and the latest VLC and Mplayer can play it. The following instructions are cumbersome, but they should work. Let us know your results.
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spyderfreek2kApr 3, 2007
Because I AM Running windows.
erkokiteApr 3, 2007
I don't see why not. If there are no processor dependencies in the software, then you should be able to compile and use it. As long as you are using the correct kernel, then I would expect it to work. The issue is though, is the PS3 fast enough? If the software is not written to take advantage of the SPE's than it may not be.
koyaaniApr 3, 2007
What does it mean by "this requires a very recent SVN version of mplayer..."? I've got the latest version of mplayer from the Ubuntu repositories, but I still can't play any EVO files. What does it mean by SVN?
loconetApr 3, 2007
SVN = Subversion. The code version control system, basically where developers will put the latest version first (ie: chances are, ubuntu's repository version is older than SVN's for obvious reason)
raid517Apr 3, 2007
"Is this the appropriate place to point and laugh at the douches declaring MS the devil for "including DRM"?"No, that is over in the MS weenies thread.I'm sure you will find a more appreciative audience there.
m4tt3rApr 3, 2007
@XVampireXDid you even RTA?--------- 1. Install a UDF 2.5 filesystem driver. See [WWW] Linux UDF project. 2. Acquire cryptographic keys for the disc player. [WWW] BackupHDDVD C++ (not the regular BackupHDDVD, which only works on Windows) can perform the decryption necessary to play HD DVD and Blu-Ray discs (a separate player app is also needed, see below). This app uses title keys available in an XML file format distributed at various online sources. This will output .evo files containing your disc's video and audio content. Ensure these files are saved to a filesystem supporting files larger than 4.2GB (ie,. not FAT32 or older Ext2). 3. Play the decoded .EVO video and audio files. The current [WWW] subversion release of MPlayer includes and works with the latest ffmpeg, which includes support for the VC-1 video decoder and H.264 audio. Support for E-AC3 audio format is coming soon.------The software doesn't magically appear on your system, you have to download it.
nailerApr 3, 2007Submitter
sirreal1,The article was written by me, by contributing to the wiki like anyone can. While it's indeed true that we're discussing similar things, and it's also true that circumventing is only illegal in some parts of the world (the moderator is wrong is saying it is flatly illegal), I suspect the difference is what you're intending.Your post was about playing a ripped HD DVDs. You didn't mention that you had ripped it yourself, which implies someone else copied their own DVD, posted it to the internet, and you pirated it.This article was about how to play your own HD DVD in Linux. Yes, the technology used is similar. But there's no mention of personal use, or fair use, in your original post that set the direction of the thread. The intent makes the difference. Just speculating, that's all.
javaroastApr 3, 2007
@reed311 Why bring up installing malware. We know you can do that in a couple of mouse clicks. Really it's just not a feature we want in linux
xjvzApr 3, 2007
Here's a quick run-down of how to compile the latest SVN of MPlayer in Ubuntu; make sure you have the source repositories enabled as well [0].[0] <a class="user" href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu</a>Open a terminal, and run these commands (each line is a command):cdsudo apt-get build-dep mplayersudo aptitude install subversionsvn co svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk mplayer-svncd mplayer-svn./configure --enable-guimakesudo make installIf you want to install the win32 codecs (assuming you are using the normal x86 version of Ubuntu and not the 64-bit):cdwget <a class="user" href="http://www3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20061022.tar.bz2">http://www3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20061022.tar.bz2</a>cd /usr/local/libsudo tar -vxjf ~/essential-20061022.tar.bz2sudo mv essential-20061022 codecsFor completeness (i.e. optional step that may come in use some day):echo "/usr/local/lib" | sudo tee -a /etc/ld.so.confExplanation of what you just did:In the first section, we changed our current directory (aka folder) back to our home. Then we installed all the programs necessary to compile MPlayer from source. Then we installed Subversion, the program used to get the latest version of MPlayer. After moving inside the directory with the MPlayer source, we ran a script inside it called "configure" which gets a source ready for compilation. We then run "make", a program that does all the source compiling into executable code (this is the longest step). Afterwards, we ran "sudo make install", another make script that installs the resulting files for use on our system.The other steps were just downloading a file with the win32 codecs, extracting them, and putting the files in /usr/local/lib/codecs/, the directory where MPlayer (and other programs) look for win32 codecs.The optional step adds /usr/local/lib/ to the list of directories that the linker (ld) will look for on dynamically-linked programs (judging by my confusing explanation, you can probably see why this is optional).If you wish to keep up to date with MPlayer, do this:cd ~/mplayer-svnmake distcleansvn up./configuremakesudo make install
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iskberoMay 4, 2010
What?