libdvdcss

libdvdcss is a simple library designed for accessing DVDs like a block device without having to bother about the decryption.

Features

• Portability. Currently supported platforms are GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, BSD/OS, BeOS, Windows 95/98, Windows NT/2000, MacOS X, Solaris, and HP-UX.
• Simplicity. There are currently 7 functions in the API, and we intend to keep this number low.
• Freedom. libdvdcss is released under the General Public License, ensuring it will stay free, and used only for free software products.
• Just better. Unlike most similar projects, libdvdcss doesn't require the region of your drive to be set.

Get libdvdcss

libdvdcss is available through Subversion or by browsing the releases.

You can also see the release notes and the ChangeLog.

Documentation

Document	Status	Download	Maintainer
Libdvdcss API documentation	Up-to-date	HTML DVI PS	Generated by Doxygen

Additionnal information

If you want to read more on this subject, we publish a french non-technical description of libdvdcss and we will try to translate it soon.