The Little DVD Driver That Could Change Movies

Posted by CmdrTaco on Saturday September 21, 2002 @05:47AM 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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Re:Generalized solution to CD-encryption? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-21 05:58 · Score: 1, Troll

"If it's dedicated hardware, you just have to make friends with an Electical Engineer."

Why? 99% of those priests of exam-cramming have never touched electronics in their lives. They just want a piece of paper to climb the career ladder.

Why not make friends with the guy who has a lab in his house?