Tim wrote: > I've never got the applications that FC4 tried to use to play a DVD, by > default, to work. Not surprising -- they're not meant to work for most DVDs. Supplying the code to read most DVD's CSS may well be a violation of the USA's DCMA, and the MPEG2 encoding is patented. So Fedora *can't* legally supply open-source programs to play most DVDs. (I believe that FC4's programs can play a few DVDs, though, so Fedora aims to be compatible with those). http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems#head-81ea9196bc459b5f7827b58e9c0e70d3631c18f0 James. -- E-mail address: james | Ah yes. Thingie and thingamagig, and I'll throw in @westexe.demon.co.uk | whatchamacallit too. Because in tech support, "button" | is sometimes a bit too technical for the average | caller. -- "mr_scoot"
