Re: Generalized rather than just CD

Alan Cox (alan nospam at redhat.com)
Mon, 6 Dec 1999 07:33:34 -0500 (EST)

> The industry still hasn't learnt from CDs that you should put a label
> on the INSIDE with the data, as well as on the outside with the price
> sticker?

Well its all there, but as mpeg2 footage. The fancy titles on a DVD are
done with a simple virtual machine and this footage.

> Well, their loss I guess. Does a DVD have a TOC, or some analagous
> structure which can be contemplated by a hash function for a unique

They have serial numbers and stuff.

> identifier? The (current) policy of CDindex to hang on to the whole
> audio TOC is very good for this stage of development.

The TOC also should work for videocd

> Of course, I'm not sure quite what user's will USE this for, do you
> have "background movies" while you work, with a desktop player? Maybe
> you will next year :)

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