From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 6 05:01:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA27823 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 05:01:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from st-lcremean.tidalwave.net (lee@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net [208.213.203.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA27817 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 05:01:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lee@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net) Received: (from lee@localhost) by st-lcremean.tidalwave.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA01006; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 08:01:12 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lee) Message-ID: <19980706080112.21240@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net> Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 08:01:12 -0400 From: Lee Cremeans To: Kendo Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DVD-ROM in FreeBSD Reply-To: lcremean@tidalwave.net References: <34FD4361.6996@ix.netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e In-Reply-To: <34FD4361.6996@ix.netcom.com>; from Kendo on Wed, Mar 04, 1998 at 07:04:49AM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE (soon to be 3.0-CURRENT) X-Evil: microsoft.com Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Mar 04, 1998 at 07:04:49AM -0500, Kendo wrote: > can i use dvd drives in FreeBSD, and if so can i watch dvd videos? 1) This isn't really a question for -stable; you should have sent this to questions@freebsd.org. 2) I remember reading a question of this sort on Slashdot (a Linux site, I know, but hang in there), and they say that if you stick to DVD-ROM (which uses ISO 9660), you should be fine... BUT: movie DVDs use their own format (UDF) that nothing seems to support yet--except Windows. They also say "don't even think about Divx"--so for now, you will probably be better off with getting a dedicated DVD player box, or finding a WIndows machine to play the movies on. -- Lee C. -- Manassas, VA, USA (WakkyMouse on DALnet #watertower) A! JW223 YWD+++^ri P&B++ SL+++^i GDF B&M KK--i MD+++i P++ I++++ Did $++ E5/10/70/3c/73ac/95/96 H2 PonPippi Ay77 M | lcremean@tidalwave.net FreeBSD/Linux/Unix hacker...Win95 and M$ evil! (go see www.freebsd.org) My home page: http://st-lcremean.tidalwave.net/~lee | finger me for geek code To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message