Ok maybe I'm not being very clear here, but first you say Hollwood cards can do decoding and then they can't?
What I mean is is the a hardware PCI card that can legally decode *protected* DVDs in hardware? That is a card that decodes DVD videos (Macrovision protected) in hardware, in just the way my stand alone consumer electronics DVD player can? Q ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Pedersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] Re: Legal issues > On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 13:15, 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. > > There is something as a hardware decoder... The Hollywood cards. They do > mpeg2 decoding in hardware. > > Your DVD player read a stream of data that happens to be mpeg2, and that > can be passed onto your hardware decoder if you have one, or let > software handle it. > > > > 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? > > > > Q > > > > PS > > > > Thanks for stopping me from throwing good money away for nothing very > > useful. :) > > > > > <snip> > > -- > Kim Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------- 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
