On Dec 11, 2007 11:41 AM, David Brodbeck <<a href="mailto:gull@gull.us">gull@gull.us</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>On Dec 10, 2007, at 7:19 PM, Brian Wood wrote:<br>> I believe there was some sort of device that purported to blank the<br>> audio in case of "undesired" content. I think it used caption
<br>> information to identify content.<br>><br>> I've never seen this box, and I question how effective it could be,<br>> since the delay between the caption text and the audio is so variable.<br><br></div>
I vaguely remember a commercial device that was supposed to do this.<br>I think people who tested it noted that it silenced the audio for a<br>rather long period of time, to compensate for the variable caption<br>delays.<br>
<br>There was also a company for a while selling a DVD player that would<br>skip around to automatically edit movies for content, based on pre-<br>written scripts the company came up with for various films. It was<br>sold on Christian radio stations and the other usual places for such
<br>things. I remember the MPAA suing, but I don't remember the outcome.<br><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br></div></div></blockquote><div>FWIW:<br><br><a href="http://www.clearplay.com">www.clearplay.com</a><br>
<br>Bascially they have you upload 'edits' to a specialized dvd player for each <br>standard, dvd movie you want to watch. The dvd player skips around or blanks<br>the audio based on the 'edits' that you upload to the dvd player via a usb
<br>memory stick. Something like that... <br><br>There was a second type of tech that the MPAA sued successfully where<br>the company would sell you a modified DVD that played in a standard DVD <br>player. You would actually get a DVD copy of a movie ( edited for content )
<br>and the MPAA sued them saying that some company was altering a DVD <br>for content, reselling it and making a profit.... again.. something like that. <br><br>The 'clearplay' difference is you use a standard DVD that you buy or rent
<br>and then tell you specialized dvd player ( via the usb memory stick ) to <br>alter how the disk is played back. <br><br>jack <br></div></div><br>