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Date:      Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:16:35 -0600
From:      "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net>
To:        "Tsu-Fan Cheng" <tfcheng@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mm <freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ratDVD
Message-ID:  <op.ti5c1xvz9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
In-Reply-To: <f84c38580611152004s56341a55saf073c5bdb99a58b@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <f84c38580611152004s56341a55saf073c5bdb99a58b@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:04:19 -0600, Tsu-Fan Cheng <tfcheng@gmail.com>  =

wrote:

> hi,
>    how should I watch ratDVD on freebsd??

See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RatDVD#Criticism

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-Its closed-source nature
[...]
-ratDVD was not directly supported in popular Windows video and DVD  =

players, forcing people to use the ratDVD program to play ratDVD files.
[...]
-ratDVD files are not a standardized format.
-Being available only for the Microsoft Windows operating system;  =

dependent on Microsoft DirectShow
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It looks like ratDVD is useless. If you still need it, looks like wine i=
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only your best bet or/and you can write a first ratDVD support for  =

Linux/BSD.

Cheers,
Mezz

> thx!
>
> TFC


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