Re: DVDPlayback

FROM : Finlay Dobbie
DATE : Thu Jul 13 17:54:09 2006

On 13/07/06, Devin Lane <<email_removed>> wrote:
> Michael:
>
> Oops, somehow I missed your reply when I made a new post.
>
> Looking at DVDPlayer's nib files, it's viewer window has an HIView
> that the video content is drawn into, meaning that there has to be
> some way of drawing the video to somewhere else but a window, or some
> magic that can be done with HIView.


That is not a valid conclusion to draw.

> The reason I want the video frames is not because I have an interest
> in making a dvd ripping program, but because I wish to draw the video
> in a custom view that supports arbitrary zooming, scrolling, and core
> image effects. I cannot do that by just drawing the dvd video in a
> window.


Nobody said you were interested in making a DVD ripping program. What
you request is in theory a mechanism which would be exploited to make
a DVD ripping program. I believe Apple is contractually obliged by the
DVD CCA (as are other vendors) to implement anti-piracy methods making
it hard to capture the decrypted content from DVDs.

> Any idea what Apple's player uses to get the frames directly?


What makes you think that it does?

-- Finlay