Handbrake, Flatpak and Pop OS

[Brian Cluff]

Not having libdvdcss in the flatpak sandbox would probably be the 
culprit.  I just tried installing the flatpak myself to see if I could 
figure out how to make handbrake aware of the dvdcss library and 
immediately remembered why I got rid of any and all flatpak stuff on my 
system.  It wanted to download a gigabyte of support flatpak crap to go 
along with the handbrake install.  That might be fine if I was going to 
use a ton of flatpaked stuff, but it's seems rather excessive for the 
one or 2 flatpaks I've ever come across that I might want.
...so it didn't get installed.  I'll find a different way to get the 
latest version on my system.

Brian Cluff

On 9/4/21 2:50 PM, Steve B wrote:
> I uninstalled the Flatpak version and installed an older Deb package 
> and now everything is working again.
>
> Could it be that libdvdcss is not part of the Flatpak version, or that 
> the Flatpak technology is unable to access libdvdcss outside of it's 
> sandbox?
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 10:08 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss 
> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org 
> <mailto:plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>> wrote:
>
>     Sounds like you are missing libdvdcss available from:
>     https://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvdcss.html
>     <https://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvdcss.html>
>
>     Without that installed the system has no way to decrypt your DVDs
>     so they will appear pixelated
>
>     Brian Cluff
>
>     On 8/31/21 8:07 PM, Steve B via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>>     Recently I reinstalled Handbrake to Linux (Pop OS) hoping to
>>     start ripping DVDs again. Previously it was a deb package but it
>>     appears Handbrake has moved to Flatpak for Linux distribution.
>>
>>     This version of Handbrake is not working for me and I'm
>>     struggling to understand what I am doing wrong. When Handbrake
>>     scans the DVD it does not find anything. I have to open and start
>>     the DVD in VLC and then Handbrake it will find it in its scan.
>>     What it does find shows as pixelated in both the preview as well
>>     as any rip it makes for me. I've tried a handful of the presets
>>     and no matter what I chose I get the same pixelated output.
>>
>>     Are there any other Flatpak/Handbrake users in this group that
>>     have it working successfully for them who can give me some guidance?
>>
>>     Steve
>>
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