Enabling DVD backup / playback on Debian Wheezy

First ensure that apt has access to the relevant sources. My /etc/apt/sources.list is as follows (please update to reflect your local mirror – I’m in Japan, hence the “jp”):
deb http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib
deb http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib
deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free

Run update:
apt-get update

Install the deb-multimedia keyring:
apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring

Run update:
apt-get update

Run dist-upgrade:
apt-get dist-upgrade

Install all libdvdcss packages:
apt-get install libdvdcss*

Try it out with vlc or Handbrake or your favorite player

If there are issues, try installing libavcodec-extra:
apt-get install libavcodec-extra-53

Building HandbrakeCLI from source on Debian Wheezy

Install prerequisite packages for the build:
sudo apt-get install subversion yasm build-essential autoconf libtool zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libxml2-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libsamplerate-dev libfribidi-dev libfreetype6-dev libfontconfig1-dev libass-dev libmp3lame-dev libx264-dev intltool libglib2.0-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libgtk-3-dev libgudev-1.0-dev libwebkitgtk-3.0-dev libnotify-dev libappindicator-dev libtheora-dev

Checkout the code from svn:
svn checkout svn://svn.handbrake.fr/HandBrake/trunk hb-trunk

Enter the directory and run configure:
cd hb-trunk/
./configure –disable-gtk –launch

Enter build directory and run make:
cd build
sudo make install

We’re done! Run Handbrake and try it out:
HandBrakeCLI