Esteban Cervetto wrote:
Hi!
> Yes, is true.
> Altough, I suppose that thats DVDs are not other thing that a video with
> a PGN as subtitle (or at least, It would be a good idea to make a
> ChessDVDPlayer).
I did not say that it's rocket science. All I said is: CBs format is
closed undocumented binary and they rely on Windows media for their
video playback. This makes it hard to port it to anything.
> It would be investigated to learn about the structure
> of thats CDs with a software like Gaupol or a DVD ripper.
Now I don't know what DVDs you speak of. The CB stuff is just a usual
cbh on the DVD.
> If this subtitle file be encripted, someone would renderized it in a
> file of form of a timeseries. It is not important the data, the
> important thing is catch the moments at the moves are played.
Right.
> For example: If I have a game 1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6, a subtitle file would
> be like
>
> _ _ _ _ _ _ 1.e4_ _ _ _ e5 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _2.Cf3_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Cc6
>
> where each space is a frame in the video
>
> I am hipoteting that In a encoded format the format would be presented like:
>
> _ _ _ _ _ _ FTY&%_ _ _ _ ()UIRF _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _HV&J_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IUIU(/
>
> If I know the game played, There are no limitations to reproduce the game
Right again.
Just to make it sure: if you (or whoever) come up with some code that
does all this and can be integrated into Scid, I'd have no problem to
add it. But given the already open points on the list and the problems
mentioned above I'll not dive into this stuff myself, especially as I'm
no MM guy.
Same applies to Julios idea of some OpenChessMedia.
However, I'd doubt, given the current market situation plus the amount
of work to set up a decent video of that type that it would take the
market by storm and all people out there convert their stuff to it.
(Especially the main content provider will surely not do it, I'd guess.)
Still, I'm a fan of open formats and would not resist to add support to
Scid. Again with the limit of getting working code that can be
integrated without rewriting everything.
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