From owner-freebsd-multimedia Wed Nov 25 23:05:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA02914 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:05:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (zippy.cdrom.com [204.216.27.228]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA02908 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:05:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com) Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by zippy.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id XAA01316; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:06:20 -0800 (PST) To: Mark Murray cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Creative Labs PC-DVD Encore 5X and FreeBSD In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 26 Nov 1998 08:56:46 +0200." <199811260656.IAA49417@greenpeace.grondar.za> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:06:19 -0800 Message-ID: <1312.912063979@zippy.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote: > > This is Creative's latest DVD product, basically an ATAPI DVD drive > > and a controller card with video pass-through which does the MPEG > > decoding in hardware. It is support for this card which we need if > > we're going to be able to watch DVD movies in an X Window (naturally > > an issue of CRITICAL IMPORTANCE to all of us! :-) and if anyone would > > be interested in working on this, let me know and I'll make sure that > > the appropriate box of hardware goes sailing through your living room > > window just behind the attached brick. :-) > > Aren't CL as sticky as hell about releasing programming info? They've gotten better about it. Anyone needing a contact at Creative Labs for this can contact me - I don't want to post his details to this list for obvious reasons, but I have the card from one of their senior engineers right here in front of me and his promise to work with us on issues like this in the future. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message