[techtalk] Re: DVD-ROM on Linux?

coder coderman at mindspring.com
Sun Dec 19 03:15:52 EST 1999


Kelly Lynn Martin wrote:
>
> Merely that you currently have to pay for that right, because of the
> DVD decoder patents.
> 

You can play DVD's on linux / BSD / other systems with software
decoders.  These are not as efficient as hardware decrpytion
(obviously), but they do allow you to play the movies from hard disk or
other medium.

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