Re: [xine-devel] preparing for 0.9.1

[Siggi L. <si...@us...>]

On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Rich Wareham wrote:

[...]
> > - some reports about ugly subtitles. I don't know anything specific
> >   here...
> 
> I think we need to differentiate between palette problems and decoding
> problems. If the former then there is nothing the default input plugin can
> do without using some form of (reverse-engineered) IFO parsing. Both d4d
> and dvdnav send CLUTs to Xine (dvdnav does it by almost every means
> imaginable so should work nicely now).
> 
> All I can suggest is that the default DVD plugin prints something like:
> 
> 'Due to the legal issues surrounding DVDs, the default installation of
> Xine cannot extract subtitle palette information. This may lead to
> undesired subtitle colours'

Sounds like a nice idea. I'd recheck the legal situation before doing
that, though.
IFO parsing really shouldn't be an issue. That's only reverse engeneering
a file format, which is not a "circumvention device" in terms of any
DMCA-like laws. At least in Germany, this is perfectly legal. And the use
of such work (not the reengeneering process itself) should even be legal
in the US...

> And we provide some mechanism in .xinerc to set a default SPU palette.

Good idea. But can wait for the next release...

Cheers,
	Siggi