Re: CDRom able to play DVD movies
I think ive heard thru the same grapevine as you about such a contraption. i have no idea if something of this nature exists or not. and initial logic makes me think [exactly as previously stated] cd drives, are hardware for cd's. and only dvd's drive has the necessary extra hardware to read dvd's. However, what ive heard is there's some kind of tweaked emulation under windows, which tricks the system into thinking the cdrom drive is a dvd drive, and the system compensates for the work the drive cant actually do [perhaps some kind of 'on the fly decode/read']. no idea if such a beast exists. and with today's prices, its probably easier to simply buy a dvd drive. :) yussef On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:58:34-0500 Chris[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 15 July 2003 09:54 pm, Neu, Benjamin S. wrote: Nope! A cd-rom is built (hardware wise) for CD's not DVD's! I wanted to be sure - someplace, somewhere I heard, that under windows, this could be done. Heh - I musta overheard that from some other users in passing - I was sure that wasn't the case, but in a day where you can purchase software (windows-wize) to boost your internet speed, blah, blah, blah - I just had to ask. Thanks for confirming what I had expected all along. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 9:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CDRom able to play DVD movies Hiya - Is there an app/emulator that will allow my ordinary CD Rom reader to play store bought DVD movies? -- Best regards, Chris __ PGP Fingerprint = D976 2575 D0B4 E4B0 45CC AA09 0F93 FF80 C01B C363 PGP Mail encouraged / preferred - keys available on common key servers __ 01010010011101100011011001010111001001011000 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CDRom able to play DVD movies
On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 03:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, what ive heard is there's some kind of tweaked emulation under windows, which tricks the system into thinking the cdrom drive is a dvd drive, and the system compensates for the work the drive cant actually do [perhaps some kind of 'on the fly decode/read']. no idea if such a beast exists. and with today's prices, its probably easier to simply buy a dvd drive. :) Sounds to me like you are confusing this software with a software DVD player/decoder. Most systems should play DVD's through a built-in hardware decoder and display it on the screen in overlay mode. If you don't have built-in decoder, you can use software like WinDVD to read the DVD (still from a DVD drive) and the software does the decoding and displaying on the screen (which will usually slow the system down bad, potentially resulting in frame loss). You still need a DVD drive to read DVD's though. Regards, Frank signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
RE: CDRom able to play DVD movies
On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 11:44, Neu, Benjamin S. wrote: Is there an echo in this mailing list?! :) Maybe :) I only kept half of the thread. Sorry for wasting bits Frank signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: CDRom able to play DVD movies
+-- Chris [freebsd] [15-07-03 21:51 -0500]: | Hiya - | | Is there an app/emulator that will allow my ordinary CD Rom reader to play | store bought DVD movies? | | -- | | Best regards, | Chris *no*. and if you are able to do so, _apply_for_the_patent_immediatlly_ ;-) Regards, Shantanu ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: CDRom able to play DVD movies
Nope! A cd-rom is built (hardware wise) for CD's not DVD's! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 9:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CDRom able to play DVD movies Hiya - Is there an app/emulator that will allow my ordinary CD Rom reader to play store bought DVD movies? -- Best regards, Chris __ PGP Fingerprint = D976 2575 D0B4 E4B0 45CC AA09 0F93 FF80 C01B C363 PGP Mail encouraged / preferred - keys available on common key servers __ 01010010011101100011011001010111001001011000 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CDRom able to play DVD movies
On Tuesday 15 July 2003 09:54 pm, Neu, Benjamin S. wrote: Nope! A cd-rom is built (hardware wise) for CD's not DVD's! I wanted to be sure - someplace, somewhere I heard, that under windows, this could be done. Heh - I musta overheard that from some other users in passing - I was sure that wasn't the case, but in a day where you can purchase software (windows-wize) to boost your internet speed, blah, blah, blah - I just had to ask. Thanks for confirming what I had expected all along. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 9:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CDRom able to play DVD movies Hiya - Is there an app/emulator that will allow my ordinary CD Rom reader to play store bought DVD movies? -- Best regards, Chris __ PGP Fingerprint = D976 2575 D0B4 E4B0 45CC AA09 0F93 FF80 C01B C363 PGP Mail encouraged / preferred - keys available on common key servers __ 01010010011101100011011001010111001001011000 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CDRom able to play DVD movies
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:58:34 -0500 Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 15 July 2003 09:54 pm, Neu, Benjamin S. wrote: Nope! A cd-rom is built (hardware wise) for CD's not DVD's! I wanted to be sure - someplace, somewhere I heard, that under windows, this could be done. Heh - I musta overheard that from some other users in passing - I was sure that wasn't the case, but in a day where you can purchase software (windows-wize) to boost your internet speed, blah, blah, blah - I just had to ask. Thanks for confirming what I had expected all along. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 9:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CDRom able to play DVD movies Hiya - Is there an app/emulator that will allow my ordinary CD Rom reader to play store bought DVD movies? I think I know the source of your confusion. There is a Windows program (or probably more than one program by now) which lets you pop a DVD into your DVD drive, and it converts the files into a format that you can burn onto CD-R - in other words, it lets you create a pair of VCDs from a single DVD. And of course, VCDs can be played in a normal CD drive. regards, Robert ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
