Re: DVD on Linux?
On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 02:16 -0500, Kent West wrote:
> 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....
The problem with that of course is that a lot of DVD films with DVD-ROM
content (stuff like scripts, web-links etc) you can only access the DVD-ROM
extras via windows (since it's the _only_ OS anyone ever uses. Isn't it?
:)
Cheers
Dave
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