libdvdcss
is a simple library designed for accessing DVDs like a block device without having to bother about the decryption.
libdvdcss
API using no more than 4 or 5 library calls.libdvdcss
is released under the General Public License, ensuring it will stay free, and used only for free software products.libdvdcss
does not require the region of your drive to be set. The latest version of libdvdcss
is 1.4.0.
Our Debian/Ubuntu repository can be accessed by adding the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/debian/stable/ /
deb-src http://download.videolan.org/pub/debian/stable/ /
And by running
wget -O - http://download.videolan.org/pub/debian/videolan-apt.asc | sudo apt-key add -
libdvdcss
is available through Git or by browsing the releases.
$ git clone http://code.videolan.org/videolan/libdvdcss.git
You can also access the code online.
You can see the release notes and the ChangeLog.
Document | Status | Download | Maintainer |
---|---|---|---|
Libdvdcss API documentation | Up-to-date | HTML | Generated by Doxygen |
If you want to read more on this subject, we publish a non-technical description of libdvdcss.
For legal information, see our legal page