Date: 16 Jul 2003 11:34:46 -0500 From: Frank Knobbe <frank@knobbe.us> To: ydg@cox.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CDRom able to play DVD movies Message-ID: <1058373286.510.22.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20030716082813.YXKO12263.fed1mtao07.cox.net@marathon.claygirl.org> References: <000201c34b45$a5826a40$010b0a0a@windstorm> <200307152158.34789.racerx@makeworld.com> <20030716082813.YXKO12263.fed1mtao07.cox.net@marathon.claygirl.org>
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--=-pLydwbKb9B1f2fxigjaZ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 03:28, ydg@cox.net wrote: > However, what ive heard is there's some kind of tweaked emulation > under windows, which tricks the system into thinking the cdrom drive > is a dvd drive, and the system compensates for the work the drive cant > actually do [perhaps some kind of 'on the fly decode/read']. no idea > if such a beast exists. and with today's prices, its probably easier > to simply buy a dvd drive. :) Sounds to me like you are confusing this software with a software DVD player/decoder. Most systems should play DVD's through a built-in hardware decoder and display it on the screen in overlay mode. If you don't have built-in decoder, you can use software like WinDVD to read the DVD (still from a DVD drive) and the software does the decoding and displaying on the screen (which will usually slow the system down bad, potentially resulting in frame loss). You still need a DVD drive to read DVD's though.=20 Regards, Frank --=-pLydwbKb9B1f2fxigjaZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/FX6lpo+MRgtrF98RAnqbAJ9bQpCMGE9NCzeAs88EFuwb/3iJZgCglQiW QBcUWVMIGIsa0E/sxhd909g= =AQ74 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-pLydwbKb9B1f2fxigjaZ--
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