Re: RealMagic DVD-cards

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 22:55:47 +0100 (BST)


> Although I guess we would still need DVD Player software for linux once the
> card was driven.
> hmmm.
> Anyone know if theres a project out there to write a Software based DVD Player?

There are but its hard. In order to protect their habit of selling the
same movie in different countries at different times and different prices
the DVD vendors use crypto and country coding. People are breaking this
stuff but its non trivial

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