On Jan 16, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Michael Winter wrote: > On Jan 16, 2011, at 11:50 AM, LuKreme wrote: > >> On Jan 15, 2011, at 8:24 PM, Kevin Callahan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> So, DVD Player requires an optical drive in a machine to run? >> >> It always did, but I am surprised that it still does. I would have thought >> it would work with a shared drive. > > IIRC it has something to do with the way mpeg2 playback is licensed. The > "drive" is licensed, which is why Macs will play back DVDs. But to play back > an mpeg2 file on your hard drive, you need to purchase the mpeg2 playback > component or use something like VLC or other software that gets around this > limitation.
I think you are right. I once had the mpeg2 playback component. VLC works, but (at least last night) the videos skipped - and being a music video, it was particularly problematic! Usually, streaming movies from my remote drive is smooth as glass. > So without the internal drive, there's no license for mpeg2 playback. I don't > know if purchasing the mpeg2 playback component from Apple would fix that or > not. Hmm. > > I'm not positive this is the problem, just connecting various "dots" from the > time the first b//w G3 came out and DVD player was initially licensed, and > the outrage when they went to "hardware playback" & licensing. Has that all > changed in the intervening years? I think you are right! K > > -Mike > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk Red Fantasy music: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-red-fantasy-the-red-fantasy/id388974092?i=388974326 Red Fantasy and Fourth Stream scores: http://www.dobermaneditions.com/en/search-composer/p17554934.html Odair Assad CD: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/el-caminante-el-caminante/id388974092 Three River Moments score: http://www.henry-lemoine.com/en/catalogue/rechercheFiche.html?cotage=27461 Accessorizer: http://www.kevincallahan.org/software/accessorizer.html Homepage: http://www.kevincallahan.org/ http://www.xeniamara.com
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