HDCP's been a losing battle for a while. What will be impressive is when there's a library for reconstructing all the bits necessary (it's mostly Java, I believe) to be able to navigate your BD ROMs.
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Originally posted by etnlWings View PostWhat part of this aren't you getting? That's not a response to the argument I put forward.
...never mind whether anyone uses it. My HDTV came loaded with recipes and meditation routines. I didn't ask for any of it and I sure as hell don't use it (let alone require that my PC and receiver be new-age-bullshit-enabled) but by your logic, that makes me a 'holistic raw food' chef.
Excuse my brusque manner but learn to read. Your evidence doesn't support your premise. Your proceeding argument was a blatant strawman.
If standardization efforts for stereo formats for general consumer use, stereo hardware production, and stereo content production doesn't show a strong embrace of stereo then I'm not sure what would be considered embracing stereo. Making baseless assertions about the status of stereo within the industry doesn't help support your position, which, I think is that stereo support isn't important for the drivers (correct me if I'm wrong here).
We probably have two different views on the importance of content. In my view (as a Linux only user for several years now), being able to use current content is important. A technical problem like "we can't support stereo" is something that should be avoided if possible. Again I agree on the premise of getting basic OGL support in place first, so in that regard I think we're in violent agreement. I think that stereo support should be high on the "after initial OGL support is working" feature list based on the reasoning above.
3D TVs have been on the market for a number of months, now and the various 'old hotness' features give us a good indication: rear projection, plasma, 720p, LCD, HDMI, 1080i, 1080p, 100hz, LED. With every single upgrade, the prices remained punitive until the next gimmick arrived. 3D isn't going to be any different.
As was my initial objection, which rested with your assumptions, not your question.
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Originally posted by pingufunkybeat View PostAnything that lets me watch a BluRay on my Linux computer without running strange closed-source software is great in my book.
There is a shelf full of HD movies in my local video rental shop, and I have a 1080p monitor, yet I can't watch any of it. Screw the MPAA mafia.
All this does (in theory) is allow you to decrypt the garbage between your GPU and your monitor -- which doesn't apply AT ALL to linux since it isn't even implemented.
What it DOES do is it allows you to capture the output of an HDCP device and decrypt it into a usable format.... i.e. universal video capture device for HDMI. Cute, but too late in the processing to be of much value since at this point it has already been decoded from h264 into just plain too much crap that you can't fit on any known disk...
What we need isn't HDCP, it is the AACS and BD+ crap.
Note: Got AACS. Its quite dead.
BD+ is still the ugly mess.
... if these hackers ever get it done
Just note: HDCP is from the GPU to the monitor. AACS and BD+ are from the disk to the GPU and are unrelated to HDCP.... i.e. you start with a compressed, encrypted, and scrambled h264, apply AACS and BD+ to generate a compressed but NOT ENCRYPTED OR SCRAMBLED h264, decompress it, and encrypt it again with HDCP, then send it off to the monitor, which decrypts and displays it... or I might be slightly off in this... it might be AACS and BD+ from the disk to the CPU, wide open from the CPU to the GPU, and then AACS from the GPU to the monitor.
bridgman: what is the stumbling block keeping UVD as such a super secret? Is it HDCP? Or does UVD also do AACS and/or BD+?
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Originally posted by droidhacker View Postbridgman: what is the stumbling block keeping UVD as such a super secret? Is it HDCP? Or does UVD also do AACS and/or BD+?
I can't really be more specific than that, sorry.Test signature
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Originally posted by nanonyme View PostBah, that just means it's useless for you.## VGA ##
AMD: X1950XTX, HD3870, HD5870
Intel: GMA45, HD3000 (Core i5 2500K)
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