Can the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component play back DVDs? The MPEG-2 Playback Component can play back MPEG-2 files on non-encrypted DVDs. Professionally produced, commercial DVDs (such as Hollywood movies) are usually encrypted with special anti-piracy software, called Content Scramble System (CSS). In order to view these DVDs, decryption software is required and is included in DVD players. But decryption software is not included in QuickTime or the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D2187Z/A On Jan 16, 2011, at 12:51 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote: > > 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. 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. >> >> 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? >> >> -Mike > > Can a MacBook Air play a DVD (I suppose how it was ripped matters) that's > been ripped and sitting on a remote DISK ? > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
