#812651 VLC should warn user when libdvdcss is not installed when trying to play encrypted DVD

Package:
vlc
Source:
vlc
Description:
multimedia player and streamer
Submitter:
Yvan Masson
Date:
2026-07-06 17:37:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#812651#5
Date:
2016-01-25 18:18:09 UTC
From:
To:
Dear maintainers,

Currently, when trying to play an encrypted DVD, VLC just does nothing.
In my opinion, it should warn the user that the DVD is encrypted and
that libdvdcss is required to play it. Even if the message is not
perfect, I think it is better than nothing.

Just for information, Gnome Videos/Totem 3.18 has the same problem
since a long time : see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5803
96.

Regards,
Yvan
#812651#10
Date:
2016-04-02 12:00:14 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

After briefly looking to the Debian specific patches (https://anonscm.d
ebian.org/cgit/pkg-multimedia/vlc.git/tree/debian/patches), I supposed
that the bug comes from upstream, and so I reported it on https://trac.
videolan.org/vlc/ticket/16788.

Regards,
Yvan