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Subject: Re: ratDVD
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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=
s  =

only your best bet or/and you can write a first ratDVD support for  =

Linux/BSD.

Cheers,
Mezz

> thx!
>
> TFC


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