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Date:      Mon, 28 Feb 2000 09:58:41 -0800
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Ronald Klop <ronald@node11a94.a2000.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DVD/CD-ROM support
Message-ID:  <20000228095841.A12656@orion.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10002281046100.92684-100000@bak.evertsen.nl>; from ronald@node11a94.a2000.nl on Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 10:48:46AM %2B0100
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10002281046100.92684-100000@bak.evertsen.nl>

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On Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 10:48:46AM +0100, Ronald Klop wrote:
> I know there is currently no DVD support in FreeBSD. But is a DVD player
> usable as a CD-ROM player in 3.4-STABLE or 4.0-CURRENT?
> 
> If yes, which DVD-manufacturer is recommended?

They should all work as CD drives.  The Toshiba in my laptop works fine.
In -current, with the ata driver there are also the necessicary ioctls
for DVD decoding if you have software to support them (i.e. DeCSS, not
the port though ;-).

-- Brooks

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