libdvdcss is a simple library designed for accessing DVDs like a block device without having to bother about the decryption.
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Features
- Portability. Currently supported platforms are GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Haiku, Mac OS X, Solaris, QNX, OS/2, and Windows NT 4.0 SP4 (with IE 5.0) or later.
- Simplicity. A DVD player can be built around the
libdvdcssAPI using no more than 4 or 5 library calls. - Freedom.
libdvdcssis released under the General Public License, ensuring it will stay free, and used only for free software products. - Just better. Unlike most similar projects,
libdvdcssdoes not require the region of your drive to be set.
Get libdvdcss
The latest version of libdvdcss is 1.4.3.
On Debian and Ubuntu, you can install libdvdcss via libdvd-pkg helper package:
And by running the following command, which will download, build and install the latest libdvdcss source to your machine:
libdvdcss is available through Git or by browsing the releases.
Git checkout
You can also access the code online.
Changelog and Documentation
You can see the release notes and the change log.
| Document | Status | Download | Maintainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libdvdcss API documentation | Up-to-date | HTML | Generated by Doxygen |
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Additional Information
If you want to read more on this subject, we publish a non-technical description of libdvdcss.
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