$200 computer and video

[Kurt Wall]

An unnamed Administration source, Leon A. Goldstein, wrote:
> Joel Hammer wrote:
> 
> > I posted awhile back about my lindows box ($200, Debian distro). I noted
> > that running xine froze  the computer and required a reinstall of the
> > whole dang thing.  Since then, I have been leery of video, although
> > realplayer has worked fine.
> >
> > I just installed mplayer from the lindows warehouse (I mean, how else can
> > you view those movies from the weather satellites?). It runs beautifully.
> > So, there is hope for video on this box.
> >
> >
> 
> You need  a small file added in order to play DVD's with xine.  I don't
> know how Lindows handles this.   Libranet's Xine would not play  until I
> downloaded the missing codec.  Since there apparently is some legal
> issue involved, I don't think it appropriate to discuss details here.

Bah! "some legal issue"? Would you be referring to the CSS decryption
crap?

Kurt
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