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Re: [SLE] Watching DVD on SuSE 10
- From: "Adam Vazquez Kb2jpd Internet Mobile w/ Treo" <adamvaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:05:00 -0400
- Message-id: <E1ERWYn-0003Ui-0z@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
You won't see a Linux based DVD player out of them anytime soon. The thought is that once out on the market, the 'top secret' keys will be reverse-engineered and 'found'.
Right. If there was a outboard usb solution that kept all that black magic away from your computing platform, would you pay extra just to play DVDS?
Meanwhile, quite a few laptops have been announced with LinuxBios and with the ability to play DVDs without booting an OS.
What to stop reverse-engineering a product like that? Not that I condone something like that.
BTW,I would like to be able to boot Linux off of flashbios in <5 seconds. There is no software hurtle. The only limiting factor would be how the target laptop manufacturer feels their product will be preceived by their fellow competitors.
My name is Adam and I use mplayer.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Donnelly <kevin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subj: Re: [SLE] Watching DVD on SuSE 10
Date: Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:16 am
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To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
On Sunday 16 October 2005 21:24, kai wrote:
> Q: Some computer users say they only want to use DeCSS to view their DVDs
> on computers that use the Linux operating system. Windows- and
> Macintosh-based computers can play DVDs, so is it fair to deprive the Linux
> community?
>
> A: The Linux argument is a false issue. It has always been in the interest
> of the Motion Picture industry that there be as many legitimately licensed
> DVD players as possible, including those using non-Windows operating
> systems. However the argument that DeCSS was written for Linux players is
> simply false. The De-CSS utility was written for Windows-based software,
> not Linux.
>
> Also, the development of two, separate, licensed DVD players for Linux
> systems - which use the CSS system - were recently announced. Sigma Designs
> (www.sigmadesigns.com) and InterVideo Inc. (www.intervideo.com) both
> announced the roll-out of LICENSED, LEGAL Linux-based DVD players.
This answer is disingenuous at best. Intervideo announced a Linux DVD player
several years ago - it never appeared in consumer form, and their site makes
no reference to it in OEM form either, so it seems to be defunct. Sigma
Designs make chips, and there is no reference on their site to any DVD
software. You should contact the MPAA and tell them this, and see how long
it takes them to change this answer - I'm betting it will be a long time.
--
Pob hwyl / Best wishes
Kevin Donnelly
www.kyfieithu.co.uk - Meddalwedd Rhydd yn Gymraeg
www.cymrux.org.uk - Linux Cymraeg ar un CD
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Right. If there was a outboard usb solution that kept all that black magic away from your computing platform, would you pay extra just to play DVDS?
Meanwhile, quite a few laptops have been announced with LinuxBios and with the ability to play DVDs without booting an OS.
What to stop reverse-engineering a product like that? Not that I condone something like that.
BTW,I would like to be able to boot Linux off of flashbios in <5 seconds. There is no software hurtle. The only limiting factor would be how the target laptop manufacturer feels their product will be preceived by their fellow competitors.
My name is Adam and I use mplayer.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Donnelly <kevin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subj: Re: [SLE] Watching DVD on SuSE 10
Date: Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:16 am
Size: 1K
To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
On Sunday 16 October 2005 21:24, kai wrote:
> Q: Some computer users say they only want to use DeCSS to view their DVDs
> on computers that use the Linux operating system. Windows- and
> Macintosh-based computers can play DVDs, so is it fair to deprive the Linux
> community?
>
> A: The Linux argument is a false issue. It has always been in the interest
> of the Motion Picture industry that there be as many legitimately licensed
> DVD players as possible, including those using non-Windows operating
> systems. However the argument that DeCSS was written for Linux players is
> simply false. The De-CSS utility was written for Windows-based software,
> not Linux.
>
> Also, the development of two, separate, licensed DVD players for Linux
> systems - which use the CSS system - were recently announced. Sigma Designs
> (www.sigmadesigns.com) and InterVideo Inc. (www.intervideo.com) both
> announced the roll-out of LICENSED, LEGAL Linux-based DVD players.
This answer is disingenuous at best. Intervideo announced a Linux DVD player
several years ago - it never appeared in consumer form, and their site makes
no reference to it in OEM form either, so it seems to be defunct. Sigma
Designs make chips, and there is no reference on their site to any DVD
software. You should contact the MPAA and tell them this, and see how long
it takes them to change this answer - I'm betting it will be a long time.
--
Pob hwyl / Best wishes
Kevin Donnelly
www.kyfieithu.co.uk - Meddalwedd Rhydd yn Gymraeg
www.cymrux.org.uk - Linux Cymraeg ar un CD
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