[mythtv-users] libdvdcss

[jedi]

On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 09:51:42AM +0000, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 19/03/15 00:01, Mark Small wrote:
> >
> >
> >On 18/03/15 05:15 PM, Mike Holden wrote:
> >>On 19 March 2015 at 07:03, Joe Henley <joehenley at kc.rr.com
> >><mailto:joehenley at kc.rr.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>    Eric,
> >>
> >>    The info is:
> >>    root at Giada:~ # ls -l /dev/dvd
> >>    lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root             3 Mar 17 14:08 /dev/dvd
> >>    -> sr0
> >>    root at Giada:~ # ls -l /dev/sr0
> >>    brw-rw----    1 root     cdrom      11,   0 Mar 17 14:08 /dev/sr0
> >>
> >>    Thoughts?
> >>
> >>    Joe
> >>
> >
> >Bad DVD drive?  Try a DVD that used to work and see if it still does.
> >
> Sort of off-topic: I have had variable results with almost every DVD
> drive I have ever bought. Usually they work for a period of months
> and then start misbehaving.
> 
> End result: I have a pile of old DVD drives sitting waiting for me
> to decide what to do with them. (Don't laugh - I know you all do the
> same.)
> 
> Recently, I had to build a scratch host for some software testing
> and couldn't install the OS using USB key. On impulse I pulled a DVD
> drive from that pile. I fitted it with a IDE -> SATA converter and
> plugged it into the brand new SATA-only motherboard. Manufacturing
> date on the drive? 1999.
> 
> Guess what? It works perfectly. I'm now looking at that pile of
> drives in a different light.

    Perhaps the tolerances for reading commercial media are tighter
than simple data use. I could easily see that being the case. DRM
tends to be like that. It takes a simple and robust system and makes
it complex and failure prone.

    ...and yes, I would have the same pile of old DVD/BD drives if I
bothered to save mine after they start giving me trouble.