Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 14:26:18 -0400
From: "Lawrence Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DVD question
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From: "Clinton Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: DVD question
> Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 13:39:57 -0400
> From: Clinton Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: DVD question
>
> Lawrence and List,
>
> It sure seems to me that if a computer can play a DVD movie from a
> DVD-ROM drive and this requires the movie to be decoded (either in
> hardware or software) in the PC before it is displayed, then even if
> there is encryption, the data must be decrypted BEFORE it comes out of
> the DVD-ROM drive (I'm not talking about the mpeg decoding done later).
> Why can't that raw data dump out of the DVD-ROM drive be stored to a
> file and then have that file "played back" at some future time as though
> it had come out of the DVD-ROM drive?
If it works like that, believe me, you'll never see a single DVD moive title
at all.
>
> If I understand it right, a DVD movie is only on the order of few Gigs
> and I don't see why it couldn't be stored on a large HD (even if only to
> be viewed and then erased). It seems to me if this is possible, the
> Libby would make a wonderful portable movie player to take for a child
> to watch while waiting for a doctor's appointment, to watch on the
> plane, etc. ....
The reason DVD technology delayed many years is that the Movie industry want
to make sure no one can copy the DVD contents easily -- at least that is the
case before some careless Software DVD decoder company carelessly let out
the DVD encryption key.
>
> I don't know the legalities of this, but I am not talking about piracy
> (at least as I understand it). I own the DVD-ROM movie disk(s) (paid for
> them with real $$$) and would just like to view a movie on the go. What
> difference should it make wether I have the disk in a DVD-ROM drive or
> playing it from HD? It seems to me that few Gigs of movie could be
> transferred over a fast eithernet in a few hours (start it and let it
> transfer over night). Maybe not that practical for a day to day thing,
> but certainly acceptable for doing occasionally.
If movie studios have their way, they want you to pay every time you view
it. You does not own the movie. You only purchased the right to view it on
the terms controlled by studios. Why do you think DIVX had so many titles in
its hay days while almost no heavy weight titles were released in DVD format
at that time. Thank god DIVX is dead!
Lawrence
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