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The Little DVD Driver That Could Change Movies

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-think-about dept.

AnnaBlack writes "DVDSynth is a (currently prerelease) low-level driver tool that can sit between your physical DVD drive and any software that accesses it. So far so what, but the extremely clever thing about this is that it can filter the DVD data on the fly. The example applications included currently allow new subtitle sets to be provided for existing films (which could spawn a whole new activity for movie buffs!) but also a very neat little filter that will remove region codes on the fly from any DVD you play. Supplied with full sourcecode and programmers documentation." Wonder how long before this is contraband code like DeCSS.

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  1. Sad day ... Stephen King dead at 55 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning, on his 55th birthday. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.

    1. Re:Sad day ... Stephen King dead at 55 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      you fail faggit, you tried that yesterday with 54 you dumb fuckig moron. you don't deserve to be a fucking troll. split.

  2. I missed fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please help me get it (this is NOT goatse.cx)

  3. Sad news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning, on his 55th birthday. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.

  4. slashdotted already by zemote · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mirror, Mirror on the wall, tell me who has the most bandwidth of them all?

    Zemote,
    Mysql is like masturbation

  5. Help cheer me up :-( by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just failed my first phone interview, and am depressed! :~(