[MPlayer-users] Re: mplayer and divx (not mpeg, the dead pay for play dvd format)

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----- Original Message -----
From: Dominik Mierzejewski <dominik at rangers.eu.org>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 09:33:19 +0100
To: "MPlayer user's list." <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu>
Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] Re: mplayer and divx (not mpeg, the dead pay for play dvd format)

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Saturday, 15 March 2003, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 07:31:23PM +0100, Tobias Diedrich wrote:
> > > D Richard Felker III wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 09:44:09PM -0600, Michael Osten wrote:
> > > > > Does mplayer (or anything) support divx using linux?
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, of course. Did you read the web page at all? :)
> > > 
> > > He means the propriatary "Pay per view" DVD format called DIVX.
> > > http://www.cedmagic.com/history/rca-divx-ps8680z.html
> > > I don't think that one is supported by mplayer, is it?
> > 
> > Oh, he should have put that in the message; I didn't even read the
> > subject... Anyway, it's possible that mplayer does support this
> > format, or that it could with some minor changes to lavc. IIRC, this
> > "divx" was also an mpeg4 variant.
> 
> AFAIR this was just a DVD mutation supporting pay-per-view for rentals.
> I.e. you can rent it and watch it once within 24 hours and after that
> it becomes garbage.

no, the dvd player had a modem on the back.
so when you played the dvd it would call the server, charge your
credit card, then get the key from the server to play the dvd
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