[nzlug] Vaguely OT: Got DVD? Maybe not for long

[Craig Box]

>> This still isnt really  linux related, take it to the NZOSS mailing list
>> thanks :)
>
> Yes it is, because the css hack is needed on linux, whereas windows
> users have licensed decryptors in windvd/powerdvd etc. It is a point
> of some importance to linux users.

There have been licensed DVD players available for Linux for some time
(if you believe what you read [1], since at least 2001).  Dell license
LinDVD [2] from InterVideo for their Ubuntu preloads.  Fluendo,
through whom you can buy codecs [3] (including Windows Media), are
promising a player soon.

I don't believe there is an end-user option at this point, but it's
not technically correct [4] to say it's impossible.

Reforming the system is a noble goal.  CSS is flawed, not least due to
the fact that the system of staggered worldwide releases doesn't make
any sense in an online age.

Craig

[1] http://www.cyberlink.com/eng/press_room/view_239.html
[2] http://www.intervideo.com/jsp/Product_Profile.jsp?p=LinDVD
[3] https://shop.fluendo.com/
[4] As my friend Paul likes to say, "the best kind of correct."