Dvd Playback?

[jose1711]

hello,

i wonder whether gp2x is powerfull enough to play dvd titles (e. g. stored on a harddrive connected via BoB). has anyone tried that?

thank you.

jozef

 

[sehs33]

I asked a simillar question before (it was running DVD movies from a DVD drive connected to the BOB using USB to IDE) and was told it is not feasable, because the USB is 1.1 which will be so slow
I hope this would work with CDs at least, it will be very costy (money and time wise) converting all PSX games I have to ISOs and storing them on SDs if Zodttd managed to get the titles I like to work well on Psx4gp2x (I still have hope )

 

[hal9000]

Decoding Mpeg2 needs less power than decoding DivX. So the GP2X is clearly powerfull enough to read DVDs.
EDIT: Well, as sehs33 said, the transfer speed could actually be a problem.

But the video player given by GPH will obviously not be able to play encrypted DVDs.

 

[jose1711]

i am used to watch dvd movies from usb 1.1 connected external harddrive on my old notebook. in majority cases it works just fine. thanks for your reply.

jozef