[mythtv-users] Xbox 360 HD-DVD

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Mon Dec 3 18:04:26 UTC 2007


On Dec 3, 2007 2:17 AM, Nicolas Will <nico at youplala.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-12-02 at 23:28 -0600, jedi wrote:
> >
> >      What HD disc formats are playable under Linux these days? Which
> > ones
> > aren't (like BD+)? I don't really want to have to buy some win32 app
> > so
> > I can rip something before adding it to my DVD jukebox.
>
> You can play BD and HD-DVD on Linux, without waiting for a complete rip
> or using a windows application.
>
> You need a Java application to read the disk, using a key list. What
> that software outputs is directly dumped into mplayer (minimum rc2) and
> is displayed on your TV, in real time.
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/BluRayAndHDDVD
>
> It is not yet possible to automate the process in a script, the java app
> is a GUI, but it is quite fast to setup. I'm also confident that this
> will en-up pretty rapidly in a proper fashion into a nice player near
> you, in an automated way.
>
> mplayer supports vc-1 (wmv9) and h264, once decrypted, very nicely.
>
> Sure, this may be illegal in you country. But if it is, it is not more
> illegal than playing DVDs using mplayer, which breaks a protection too.
>
> For the time being I am playing VC-1 rips made outside of my mythtv box,
> as it doesn't have an HD format piece of hardware. But it will, the LG
> BD/HD-DVD multi-format player in now below $300...
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136133&Tpk=GGC-H20L
>
> Nico

Nico, what processor are you using to play back the VC-1 files? I'm
trying to decide if its worth spending the money on an HD-DVD/BD drive
for my frontend or if i'll have to end up dropping a lot more money
into a faster processor...

thanks!
-- 
Steve
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