On Jun 5, 2006, at 7:20 PM, Jim Thompson wrote:
On Jun 5, 2006, at 6:25 PM, David Kiwerski wrote:
How would you explain Linspire's DVD player that plays commercial
DVD's?
I think he already did.
"The Linspire DVD player is a software multimedia player that
includes legal, licensed commercial-quality codecs and auto-
detection of DVDs to enhance the DVD playback experience under
Linspire 4.5 and higher." This from their website.
Its not 'free' in either sense of the word. It will cost you $9.95
*and* you have to be a CNR "member' ($19.95/year).
http://www.linspire.com/lindows_products_details.php?product_id=11804
http://www.linspire.com/products_cnr_whatis.php?tab=whatis
Not to put too fine a point on it, but, quoting the rest of the first
URL above (which you appear to be unwilling to do):
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How is the Linspire DVD player different from Xine and other DVD
players available for Linux?
The Linspire DVD player is actually based on the Xine player, but
there are three main differences: First, the Linspire DVD player
includes a commercial license for the DVD playback decoding so you
don't have to find, buy and install this on your own (this can be
expensive and a tricky, complicated process).
Second, Linspire DVD player has been optimized for ease-of-use,
making it one-click easy to install and use.
And third, Linspire DVD player has been integrated fully with
Linspire, making things like auto-play possible so that when you put
a DVD into your Linspire computer, it recognizes it and loads the DVD
software automatically. Linspire users can also, if they choose,
install the regular Xine player (without the items mentioned above)
at no charge via CNR.
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So what you get by sending $10 to Linspire is Xine plus a license to
the CODECs you need to play DVDs, plus the "CNR" functions (which you
only care about if you're running Linspire). Most linux distros can
be setup to auto-play DVDs.
