Re: Help: DVDs players and Linux

2001-08-21 Thread csj
On 21 Aug 2001 16:24:17 -0300, =?us-ascii?Q?Rog=E9rio?= Brito wrote: > On Aug 22 2001, csj wrote: > I can't find VCDs where I live, but I've already thought of > making some using vcdimager, which, fortunately, is available > in unstable (but I can't find good ripping and converti

Re: Help: DVDs players and Linux

2001-08-21 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 22 2001, csj wrote: > On 20 Aug 2001 18:37:25 -0300, =?us-ascii?Q?Rog=E9rio?= Brito wrote: > > On Aug 13 2001, Rogério Brito wrote: > > > (BTW, as a side comment, both of my posts to this list > > regarding DVDs in the last month received almost no responses, > > a very curious

Re: Help: DVDs players and Linux

2001-08-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 06:50:21PM +0100, Pedro Neves wrote: > Hi: > How come DVD playing in Linux is illegal? > Is there any place where I can get more info about this? It is only illegal for those residing in the U.S. and other oppressive countries. There are two issues, the DMCA law, which i

Re: Help: DVDs players and Linux

2001-08-21 Thread Pedro Neves
Hi: How come DVD playing in Linux is illegal? Is there any place where I can get more info about this? Thanks in advance Pedro Neves > > DVD playing is perhaps one area where the hacker/cracker distinction > (which I myself don't believe in) falls apart. Playing most DVDs in > Linux is ILLEGA

Re: Help: DVDs players and Linux

2001-08-21 Thread csj
On 20 Aug 2001 18:37:25 -0300, =?us-ascii?Q?Rog=E9rio?= Brito wrote: > On Aug 13 2001, Rogério Brito wrote: > (BTW, as a side comment, both of my posts to this list > regarding DVDs in the last month received almost no responses, > a very curious fact -- is it an indication that

Re: Help: DVDs players and Linux

2001-08-20 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 13 2001, Rogério Brito wrote: > Last week, I bought myself a new DVD drive, an Asus E608, > which is a RPC1 drive. (...) I have described some of my experiences with DVD playing under Linux at http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/diary/. Below are the relevant

Help: DVDs players and Linux

2001-08-13 Thread Rogério Brito
Dear All, Last week, I bought myself a new DVD drive, an Asus E608, which is a RPC1 drive. Being a new technology for me, I only have two DVDs to play with it ("G3: Live in Concert" and Elvis Presley's comeback special). Of course, the first thing