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Date:      Wed, 5 Sep 2001 22:26:04 -0400
From:      "Joseph Gleason" <clash@tasam.com>
To:        "Gary Kline" <kline@tao.thought.org>, "Kenneth Wayne Culver" <culverk@wam.umd.edu>
Cc:        "Joseph Gleason" <clash@zogbe.tasam.com>, "FreeBSD Mailing List" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: DVD's
Message-ID:  <00c501c1367b$48de4c90$095f5f0a@battleship>
References:  <20010905144035.K88969-100000@zogbe.tasam.com> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0109051745030.19401-100000@rac1.wam.umd.edu> <20010905171727.B10411@tao.thought.org>

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> On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 05:45:23PM -0400, Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote:
> > Basically, vlc will play DVD's with acceptable (but sometimes
> > jumpy) quality and performance
> >
>
> DVD and movies? For BSD??  You'll have to excuse me for being
> such a nerd and late-adopter, but I thought that in order to
> watch DVD movies on a computer you need special hardware to
> handle the video.  Not to mention a soundcard for the audio.
>
> The reason I'd like a DVD is to get the entire FBSD distribution
> on *one* disc.    :-)

I agree the one disc thing would rock.

You dont need special hardware for dvd decoding.  You need either (PIII 300
or better) or a hardware decoder.  Most current systems can handle the
processing without hardware assistance.





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