The Game OS is not capable of decoding WMV which is a Microsoft format. Sony and Microsoft aren't exactly the best of friends.
- Marat On 1/22/07, Michael Torres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only thing worth mentioning here is that when > using the PS3 OS, and you insert the disc. It is read > as a data disc with no video. But, apparently in the > YDL OS, you are able to play the and rip the video > from the very popular Pirates "HD-DVD" disc. So, at > least from the PS3 operating system is concerned, you > can't recreate the activity of playback. > > > > Sorry about that. I thought you meant one of the two > Disney movies > with the same name. Either way though, the same > principle applies. You > can't refer to it as an HD-DVD since the optical drive > inside of the > PS3 isn't capable of reading that media format. It is > a rival format > and it isn't possible. Just because the movie is in > hi-def doesn't > make it an HD-DVD (there are a ton of other optical > media that can > store hi-def content, including regular DVDs). > > You probably have a home-made or small production DVD > with a movie > encoded in WMV in 720p. You should be able to recreate > your activity > on any computer with any operating system. > > - Marat > > On 1/22/07, Michael Torres <mykal_t45 at yahoo.com> > wrote: > > It is not a pirated DVD. That is the name of the > > movie. Pirates is an adult themed adventure set on > the > > high seas! Anyways, it was billed as the adult > > industry's first HD-DVD. > > > > > > > > Yes, I'm sure you can rip pirated DVDs in Linux > > without any extra > > applications since pirates have little reason to > > encrypt data. I can > > confirm this without even trying. You can do it on > any > > operating > > system on any hardware. The fact that your movie is > > encoded in WMV is > > a clear signal of that. Blu-ray and HD-DVD do not > use > > Microsoft codecs > > for the video stream. > > > > - Marat > > > > On 1/22/07, Michael Torres <mykal_t45 at yahoo.com> > > wrote: > > > I can confirm it, since I was the one that did it. > > > Apparently after discussing in other forums it > seems > > > that Pirates is actually encoded as WMV-HD. So, > > while > > > it does playback at 720P, it is not a "true" > HD-DVD, > > > but it still is fairly easy to copy the files into > > > Linux. I just right-clicked and saved onto my > > Desktop. > > > However, playback is extremely slow, most probably > > due > > > to either not optimized MPlayer configuration, or > > lack > > > of adequate graphics support on the PS3. > Hopefully, > > > this can be tweaked. I will try and post a video > > > tonight if possible. Thanks. > > > > > > Michael > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. > Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
