Re: [xine-devel] New input plugin for catching streams

[Michael R. <mr...@us...>]

Hi Bastien,

> > * Measures for DVDs need to be taken. We should not allow encrypted
> >   discs to be saved. Maybe we should deny saving DVDs completely.
>
> I would agree only if you pay me a new copy of "Something About
> Mary", it's so scratched it makes my hardware DVD player cry.

You could just copy the disc to HD with dd. You don't need the 
rip-feature for that at all.

> As I just posted, I think a warning to the user would be enough. This
> one should probably be directly in the UI though.

I don't agree. We avoided to include libdvdcss code into xine because 
that would make xine illegal in a lot of countries. The same 
considerations apply to the rip-feature.

Michael

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