[ydl-gen] HD-DVD on YDL

[Marat Denenberg]

The Game OS is not capable of decoding WMV which is a Microsoft
format. Sony and Microsoft aren't exactly the best of friends.

- Marat

On 1/22/07, Michael Torres <mykal_t45 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The only thing worth mentioning here is that when
> using the PS3 OS, and you insert the disc. It is read
> as a data disc with no video. But, apparently in the
> YDL OS, you are able to play the and rip the video
> from the very popular Pirates "HD-DVD" disc. So, at
> least from the PS3 operating system is concerned, you
> can't recreate the activity of playback.
>
>
>
> Sorry about that. I thought you meant one of the two
> Disney movies
> with the same name. Either way though, the same
> principle applies. You
> can't refer to it as an HD-DVD since the optical drive
> inside of the
> PS3 isn't capable of reading that media format. It is
> a rival format
> and it isn't possible. Just because the movie is in
> hi-def doesn't
> make it an HD-DVD (there are a ton of other optical
> media that can
> store hi-def content, including regular DVDs).
>
> You probably have a home-made or small production DVD
> with a movie
> encoded in WMV in 720p. You should be able to recreate
> your activity
> on any computer with any operating system.
>
> - Marat
>
> On 1/22/07, Michael Torres <mykal_t45 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > It is not a pirated DVD. That is the name of the
> > movie. Pirates is an adult themed adventure set on
> the
> > high seas! Anyways, it was billed as the adult
> > industry's first HD-DVD.
> >
> >
> >
> > Yes, I'm sure you can rip pirated DVDs in Linux
> > without any extra
> > applications since pirates have little reason to
> > encrypt data. I can
> > confirm this without even trying. You can do it on
> any
> > operating
> > system on any hardware. The fact that your movie is
> > encoded in WMV is
> > a clear signal of that. Blu-ray and HD-DVD do not
> use
> > Microsoft codecs
> > for the video stream.
> >
> > - Marat
> >
> > On 1/22/07, Michael Torres <mykal_t45 at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > > I can confirm it, since I was the one that did it.
> > > Apparently after discussing in other forums it
> seems
> > > that Pirates is actually encoded as WMV-HD. So,
> > while
> > > it does playback at 720P, it is not a "true"
> HD-DVD,
> > > but it still is fairly easy to copy the files into
> > > Linux. I just right-clicked and saved onto my
> > Desktop.
> > > However, playback is extremely slow, most probably
> > due
> > > to either not optimized MPlayer configuration, or
> > lack
> > > of adequate graphics support on the PS3.
> Hopefully,
> > > this can be tweaked. I will try and post a video
> > > tonight if possible. Thanks.
> > >
> > > Michael
> >
>
>
>
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