[NTLUG:Discuss] Sorta OT: dvd

[Kevin Brannen]

Rev. wRy wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 22:00, Fred wrote:
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>>I probably shouldn't, but here goes:
>>What is the fascination with dvd viewing on Linux (or puters
>>in general)? And the resultant hours of screwing around with
>>libdvdcss, etc to get the encrypted movies to play, not to
>>mention the pain one has to endure to get a good copy.
>>Besides, watching movies gets almost all of my attention, so
>>whatever else is happening on the puter gets ignored. I am
>>retired and can get away with it but I would bet lots of
>>y'all are not.
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>Laptop.  I travel.  Much easier to carry a dvd or two, or even *gasp*
>have them ripped to my hard drive.
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An excellent reason!  Especially seeing as I have a trip coming up in 
the not too far future.

Another is I've only got 1 "console" DVD player in the house.  Unlike 
you, I'm not retired and still have kids in the house.  Sometimes I want 
to watch a movie at the same time they do, and of course I don't want to 
watch theirs. :-)  So watching them on my computer is like having a 2nd 
console & TV.  Plus I can drag a comfy chair or two into my office for 
the spouse & I. :-)

Kevin