[wellylug] Mini-ITX Motherboard

[Jethro Carr]

On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 11:20, Phillip Hutchings wrote:
> >> - does the hardware dvd decrytion mean that I don't need libdvdcss? 
> >> Does
> >> it work on Linux?
> >
> > No need for libdvdcss, open source these days. 
> > http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=22&DSCat=29&DCatType=1
> >
> > viaarena.com has a lot of information on Epia things.
> 
> I forgot to mention that while the player is OSS, you need a 
> closed-source binary X driver to get it to work, only available for 
> Fedora/Mandrake/SuSE. It's on viaarena in the drivers section.

damn, as I don't plan to use any of those distributions. :-(


> There's an open source 'lite' version without DVD decryption, I believe 
> you should blame the RIAA for stupidity.

bloody RIAA! I would blame them for stupidity, but they proberly have a
patent on that. ;-)



Thanks everyone for there information, I'll research with the
information you've given me.

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