[mythtv-users] Facing the music -- running PowerDVD via Wine

[Bill Williamson]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Marc Barrett <mnealbarrett at cox.net> wrote:
> I think it is going to be a while before it is possible to view
>  BluRay movies under Linux.  Even then, I think it would
>  require a MONDO fast CPU because Linux still will not
>  have anything like Nvidia's PureVideo to speed up decoding.
>  So, the best alternative I can think of would be to run
>  the Cyberlink PowerDVD software via Wine.
>
>  Looking at the WineHQ site, I don't know what works and
>  what doesn't as far as running PowerDVD via Wine right
>  now, though.  It likely needs some work.  What I am
>  really wondering about is the likelihood of getting
>  PowerDVD's PureVideo support to work under Wine.
>  I don't know if that feature is built-into the program, or
>  works by way of some sort of driver.
>


PureVideo is a feature of the driver, not just the program playing the
dvd, so there is a 0% chance of it working.