[NTLUG:Discuss] Sorta OT: dvd

[David I S Mandala]

Fred, 

Here is why I went through the time to play DVD's on Linux, I don't use
MS Windows at all, and it's really hard to carry my surround sound audio
system and my 40" TV on air planes when I travel.

Sure I could purchase an extra portable DVD player to take with my but
why should I, I always travel with my laptop for work reasons. Why add
another piece of hardware that can be broken, lost or stolen and adds to
the weight of what I carry? Since my laptop is perfectly capable of
playing back a DVD why should I not use it?

Last year I spent 20 weeks on the road, just because I use only Linux
should I not enjoy my movie collection?

Cheers,

David

On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 20:00 -0800, Fred wrote:
> 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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