Le 01/05/2014 09:23, Basil Chupin a écrit :
Firstly, I did have to purchase a copy of Windows 7 Professional - and it cost less than price which I was paying for S.u.S.E. way back at about version #6 or #7. And this was when a $ was worth a $.
full version (not update) cost much more than that, but usually one only pay the computer and oem windows price. computers without windows are usually €80 cheaper (when OS is sold separately) http://microsoft.entelechargement.com/windows/
Secondly, there is no "key" to the Bd discs which comes with Windows that I am aware of. (But I have to admit that I have never used the Media Player [don't think that I even have it installed] in Windows so cannot definitively confirm this; will check the next time I boot-into Windows to see if I do have Media Player installed.)
may not be in the player, but come with the hardware, like a codec or inside the codec. It's only a very small fee per BD reader. Fluendo did some paying for some kind of codecs, but few people seems to care about BD. Do you know there is *no* authoring application to make own BD in Linux? I *have* to use Windows to do this (thanksfully I can write data BD with mp4)!!
Thirdly, see my other responses: I am happy to pay some annual fee to be able to view Bd discs on Linux.
However, I do NOT accept the fact that some money grabbing enterprises have the right to impose these restrictions on the use of media especially when they pay exorbitant fees - and make exorbitant profits - for producing some B-grade movie which they then release on a DVD or a Bd disc.
BC
I fully agree with you. These closed codecs should never be standard, but this is out of our reach :-( jdd -- http://www.dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org