VLC for MACOSX

[David Nedrow]

On Thu, Feb 07, 2002, Johan Bilien wrote:

>On Thu, Feb 07, 2002, Matthew Borgens wrote:
>> I know you are going to be developing VCD access for
>> the client and just wonder when that might happen... 
>> 
>
>In fact VCD access is already done for linux, it only nead an MacOS X port.
>I my have a look if I find documentation on how cdroms are handled, and if
>someone can help me test it.

I think you'll have trouble with this, as Mac OS X does >not< support CDROM-XA
which is the format used by VCD, SVCD, and XVCD. This is a major irritation
for many Mac users who have upgraded to OS X. OS 9 had support for CDROM-XA.
It's anybody's guess as to why Apple dropped the ball on this.

-David




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