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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The "Desired solution" could stand much improvement. The text should be
much shorter (62 words is far too much for an alert); the button labels
should not start with "Yes" or "No"; and it's not clear what should
happen during or after installation.

Most importantly, though, it would be asking a question to which people
couldn't reasonably be expected to know the answer. And if they didn't
know the answer -- or even if they did know, and the answer was negative
-- they would be steered towards having the DVD not play. All this while
there's perfectly legal DVD-playing software available in Ubuntu
Software Center!

I propose instead that, first, we let people who know about libdvdcss,
and who understand the risk (or otherwise) of it in their country,
install it by any method they like. Second, if Totem opens to play an
encrypted DVD while no known DVD-playing software is installed, we offer
the solution that will work in practically every country: purchasing the
DVD player software in Ubuntu Software Center. Third, that USC be smart
enough to close, or be replaced by a progress window, or something like
that, once you've started installing the one thing that it was opened to
present. And fourth, that Totem (or GStreamer?) be smart enough to start
playback automatically once installation completes.

The third step is vague because it should be designed to be roughly
consistent with the solution to bug 860536. And designing all four steps
would require input from developers familiar with USC and GStreamer --
at least to decide which software should play which parts.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/137527

Title:
  Unhelpful response when inserting encrypted DVD in default
  installation

Status in Ayatana Design:
  Triaged
Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
  Fix Released
Status in Totem Movie Player:
  In Progress
Status in “libdvdnav” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “libdvdread” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “libgimme-codec” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “totem” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Without libdvdcss2, Totem, VLC, and others are unable to play my
  original DVD-s. I know it's illegal to ship Ubuntu with libdvdcss2,
  but it could be in multiverse repos, and totem's plugin installer
  could install it, OR add the medibuntu repo to the list (but leave
  unchecked), then Totem's plugin installer should give a hint, to use
  that repo's libdvdcss2 to play your DVDs. Newbies wont find out how to
  solve this problem by theirself, go back to win, and then it will be
  harder to solve the bug #1 :)

  -------------------------------------
  Desired solution:

  When a user tries to play a dvd, a dialogue should pop up displaying
  the following message:

  "The DVD you have inserted cann't currently be played because the
  supporting software has not been installed. This is because it is not
  legal for Ubuntu to distribute this software in some countries. If you
  are certain that it is legal for you to install this software in your
  country, you can install it now. Would you like to install it now?

  <yes install now> <no thanks>"

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