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Date:      Thu, 19 Apr 2001 16:53:27 -0400
From:      Mikel <mikel@ocsinternet.com>
To:        Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DVD drive.
Message-ID:  <3ADF5047.B2AA5F7@ocsinternet.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10104191324320.84385-100000@moo.sysabend.org>

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check out the xine project...I'm not sute if they've gottent the dvd codecs
working for encrypted dvds yet but it's worth a shot...also look into
opendvd.org and advocacy group for opening the dvd encryption...

Cheers,
Mikel


Jamie Bowden wrote:

> I'm attempting violate the DMCA and exercise my fair use rights
> (amazingly, in a single act) on my laptop.  What I was trying to do, just
> for fun, was play a DVD (The Matrix in this particular case) on my root
> window.  The problem comes in trying to read the .vob from the DVD itself.
> I get the following errors:
>
> acd0: READ_BIG - ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=6f ascq=03 error=00
>
> I can boot Win2k and play the movie, but damnit, that's not the point.
>
> Here's the dmesg info on the DVD ROM drive:
>
> acd0: DVD-ROM <TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-C2402> at ata1-master using UDMA33
>
> I can mount the filesystem just fine, and it accesses audio and data CDs
> with no problems.  It's just reading the .vob(s) where I have problems.
> Anyone have a clue?  Laptop is a Dell Latitude CPx.  Have people seen this
> on desktop systems or other laptops?
>
> Trying to cat or copy the *.vob(s) always produce this error.  My next
> step is to attempt to dump | restore on the device, but I suspect the
> error will not go away, if dump will even access a CD/DVD device anyway.
>
> Jamie Bowden
>
> --
> "It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold"
> Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur"
> Iain Bowen <alaric@alaric.org.uk>
>
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