[mythtv-users] Facing the music -- running PowerDVD via Wine

[Mark Hutchinson]

Chad wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Richard Bronosky
> <BrunosJunk at bronosky.com> wrote:
>   
>> So you're telling me there's a chance. ;-)
>>
>>  http://imdb.com/title/tt0109686/quotes#qt0191749
>>
>>  Sorry, couldn't help myself.
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Larry Sanderson
>>  <larry.sanderson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  > On Thursday 28 February 2008 02:52:17 am Bill Williamson wrote:
>>  >  > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Marc Barrett <mnealbarrett at cox.net>
>>  >  wrote:
>>  >  > > I think it is going to be a while before it is possible to view
>>  >  > >  BluRay movies under Linux.  Even then, I think it would
>>  >  > >  require a MONDO fast CPU because Linux still will not
>>  >  > >  have anything like Nvidia's PureVideo to speed up decoding.
>>  >  > >  So, the best alternative I can think of would be to run
>>  >  > >  the Cyberlink PowerDVD software via Wine.
>>  >  > >
>>  >  > >  Looking at the WineHQ site, I don't know what works and
>>  >  > >  what doesn't as far as running PowerDVD via Wine right
>>  >  > >  now, though.  It likely needs some work.  What I am
>>  >  > >  really wondering about is the likelihood of getting
>>  >  > >  PowerDVD's PureVideo support to work under Wine.
>>  >  > >  I don't know if that feature is built-into the program, or
>>  >  > >  works by way of some sort of driver.
>>  >  >
>>  >  > PureVideo is a feature of the driver, not just the program playing
>>  >  > the dvd, so there is a 0% chance of it working.
>>  >
>>  >  I wouldn't be so quick to lay claim to that 0% figure.  The ndiswrapper
>>  >  drivers were all about getting Windows drivers (in this case, primarily
>>  >  wireless LAN drivers) to work via wine, and those were pretty stable.
>>  >
>>  >  Sure, this would be a ton of work, but I've seen some amazing things out
>>  >  of motivated OSS programmers.
>>  >
>>  >  I'd say it's more like a 4% chance :-)
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > _______________________________________________
>>     
>
> I'm in the midst of testing Blu-Ray playback on Linux.  I'm using an
> Intel E8400 on an Asus P5M-VM with 4GB of RAM (using the onboard Intel
> G35 graphics).  There are documents out there on using Linux to play
> back your Blu-Ray videos on Linux:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/BluRayAndHDDVD
>
> -Chad
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Let me know how you make out.  What works and what does not.  I have a 
Blu-Ray drive, and have tested a few things.  UDF 2.5 needs to be 
patched in Fedora just to read the disks.  Mplayer ( Non SVN ) does not 
play etc.....
Not looking good I dont think.
I would like to hear your reports though!