On Sat, 24 May 2008 17:15:34 +0100 Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 24 May 2008, at 10:03, Florian Philipp wrote: > >> ... > >> I would avoid bluray until it gets easier to play. > > > > Hmm, on which features depends the encryption? Would a Windows Media > > Player in Wine be able to play it or do I need an operating system > > supporting it, maybe in a virtual machine? Has anyone tried? > > Neither of these methods would work at all. > > Read up on the Protected Video Path (PVP) at: > http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do? > command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9005047 > > Basically you won't be able to use a "legitimate" player under > Linux. You either rip it, use a DeCSS equivalent, or not at all. > > >> Why would you buy an HD-DVD reader? > >> That format is dead and there won't be any new titles. > > > > It's meant for my dad. He's a big Star Trek fan and afaik the new > > remastered Star Trek Original Series is HD-DVD-only. > > It'll probably be available on BluRay soon enough, although HD-DVD > might be a cheap way to buy it. But don't plan on being able to use > those disks on set-top hi-def players in 5 years time. > > > The price > > difference isn't that big, either. > > For the drive, no. It's probably worth paying for that extra feature. > > Stroller. > > Well, then it's a no-go. The display is a pre-"HD-ready" TV-set with a standard DVI-D-port and a fairly high but non-standard resolution so I don't expect it to work with a hardware player or PVP. Well, it seems like the only thing someone like me can do is to use [ahem] *alternative* ways to obtain a copy [1]. [1] Notice that this mail isn't signed in case someone doesn't understand the irony in the statement above. Of course I'm a good capitalistic citizen who'd give his life to protect the property of Warner Bros. and Disney... -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
