Re: DVD on Linux?

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Mark Brown wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 12:30:39AM -0700, Ramiel G. wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know if there are any DVD players out there for Linux?
> 
> Due to restrictions on the decoding algorithms and (I presume) the specs
> for chips used in hardware decoders there aren't any.

Oh Man! This means I've talked my sister into a Linux box for
nothing; playing DVDs was an important issue for her. At least
we're still in the planning stage. I guess it's back to her
original plan of getting a blue-box G3 (at three times the cost).
At least I'll be able to put LinuxPPC on it....