Playing InterActual DVDs Under Linux?

marat asks: "This Thursday our HMV store had (what I thought was) some kind of sale of well-know DVD titles starting from $5 a piece, however after I brought about $200 of them home I discovered that Kaffeine (xine frontend) refuses to play them. Closer inspection revealed small 'Please use with DVD video player' notice on each cover. More elaborate piece of paper enclosed -inside- stated that I have to download and install something called 'InterActual Player' if I want to watch this disk on the PC or Mac. The disks have the 'DVD video' symbol on them, and I don't have any other DVD player nor TV set at home, nor place to put it. Besides, I prefer my 19" monitor anyways. I didn't find the solution myself, that's why I'm asking the Slashdot crowd two questions: How can I play this stuff under Linux? What should I do if they refuse to accept opened cases back? (for semi-legal advice, please take into account that I'm in Tokyo)." "I've also learned that:"

• Linux is not even mentioned on their site
• It looks like this piece of software is not even free
• Some people believe it is spyware and, finally...
• There are numerous problems making it work."

Comments

Re:just a stab in the dark

[StyXman]

I would suggest kmplayer. it integrates better in knoqueror for listening/viewing streamed media online. it has nice features, like the ability to give you the url you're watchong, wich allows you to download it and see it offline if you need to.