On Fri 01.08.2003 at 12:15:35PM +0100, Q wrote: > Well I asked about this on JustLinux.com. It was them that pointed out the > Hollywood range of cards too me. But I guess they got it wrong too. > > Is there such a thing as a hardware decoder? It would be nice to be able to > have something that decoded my DVDs in just the same way my stand alone dvd > player did. I tried seaching Google on this but all I could find were people > talking about the Hollywod cards and another similar (seemingly > discontinued) Creative card.
AFAIK Dxr2 did so (CSS decoding and MPEG2 decoding in hw), but it's not manufactured anymore. > It seem a kind of obvious thing that there should be a card like this, but > maybe there is a good reason there isn't? Decoding CSS is probably fast enough in software, so it's cheaper to sell Dxr3 with a CSS decoding software. What might be legal for CSS decoding, however, is to use the legal software shipped with Dxr3 to de-CSS movies. This would require tweaking, since this software is Windows-only, but it would be legal. However, some people have pointed out that the DVD-regioning system (for which CSS is used) is not legal from the point of view of international commerce and free exchange laws... But this is another story. Matthieu -- (~._.~) Matthieu Weber - Universit� de Jyv�skyl� (~._.~) ( ? ) email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( ? ) ()- -() public key id : 452AE0AD ()- -() (_)-(_) "Humor ist, wenn man trotzdem lacht (Germain Muller)" (_)-(_) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
