Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: SBLive driver source - Dxr2/3 | Date | Wed, 3 Nov 1999 19:59:31 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> when I tried it in my NT SMP box... resource contention anyone? Anyways, > Sigma has actually said they are producing Linux drivers for it (in fact > the slashdot article on DVD when CSS decryption was cracked has a reply > from Sigma posted that states just this). My guess is the drivers will > be binary only though so I guess they really won't exist as far as I > care.
The DVD licensees are under a lot of pressure to play very safe. The fine is about $1m if their stuff is broken. The Sigma board apparently does CSS in software so they have their butts to cover. Hopefully they can manage to at least do open source driver , binary only player.
> Livid I believe has docs for some of the Zoran based DVD cards (anyone > know which cards those are?) so that's probably the way to go if cards > are any good.
The Zoran has hardware CSS which does make vendor life easier although it may limit your ability to play region locked DVD's
Alan
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