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17 September 2010, 19:24
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. . Mouse . .
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Retro DVD Player..?
Ahh, it's nice at long last to have enough time to put in an appearance...
I've had a groovy (ok, stupid) idea: Wouldn't it be nice to be able to play DVD or Blu-ray films on your retro-box? But our beloved machines lack the raw grunt (and the software) to do it... ...so how's about: -taking a suitable (cheep) DVD / Blu-ray player and butchering it for the electronics. -taking a 3.5" DVD / Blu-ray drive and sort-of squeezing the two together? Some soldering +/- TV-capable GFX card may also be required... ...time to go on a search for suitable component donors - suggestions very welcome. |
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17 September 2010, 19:42
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Zone Friend
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Gargore
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similar idea: http://gadzetomania.pl/2010/09/17/od...y-w-ceglofonie
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17 September 2010, 21:11
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Banned
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: France
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you can purchase an old PCI- DVD card with hardware decoding
something like this http://www.techspot.com/reviews/hard...ollywood-plus/ ***also there are other models from different manufactures -insert that card on the A1200 with a Mediator or a GREXX... -get documentation, -code your self the drivers for Workbench and code yourself the video player |
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17 September 2010, 23:15
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. . Mouse . .
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Thanks chaps.
@Fabie - good plan, but a bit beyond me - I'm just an old-fashioned hardware butcher... My 'plan' is to take a (cheap) DVD player, rip the PCB out of it and hack that into a standard DVD drive. -Some careful selection of components I suspect- Drive (hopefully) still works as a drive 'DVD' output routed to the monitor via a TV card, or something slightly cleverer if I can be bothered. Work the dvd-player function either by the original player's remote or the buttons on the front of the drive. The computer itself isn't involved with the process, but I get to say 'Hey, I've got DVD playback.' Pointless? Oh, yes! Doable? I suspect so. |
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