Apparently #Toshiba rushed #HDDVD so hard to the market they literally released a #Pentium4-based #Linux box with a #Desktop #Drive as their first #Player...

• Any #veteran #KernelDevs and #FLOSS #Lawyers wanna pull a #BusyBox and beat the HD-DVD specs out of them in court?

Please, go ahead!

• And yes, #Microsoft prolonged the #FormatWar at the expense ob #bluray solely to get their #Streaming and #Download business off the ground.

So in the format war of blu-ray vs HD-DVD vs #HDVMD (yes you read right there existed a 3rd format, HD-VMD, that just tried to do absurd layer numbers to still use red lasers and be in theory cheaper to make discs and drives for!), the real winner are shitty Streaming Services like #Netflix and the like.

• Tho I still think #BitTorrent owns them all as #delistings and absurdly high #subscription fees and lack of #physical releases at reasonable prices resurged #piracy , but that's just me #ReadingTheRoom and saying the obvious thing noone wants to admit - I just don't pirate so I can talk about it!

ROFLMAO!?
https://youtu.be/2G9n0vJiKXw?feature=shared&t=966

I wounder: Is there a #HDDVD #DemoScene?

Cuz apparently HD-DVD menues are just #Web 2.0 pages with #JavaScript, #HTML 4.0 and #CSS, so way easier to get started than #BDJ aka. #bluray - #Java...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G9n0vJiKXw&t=970s

Hands up #äHDDVD #nerds who here has a LG GGC-H20L?

*me: ✋ *
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G9n0vJiKXw&t=1296s

To answer #f4mi's Question re: #HDDVD:

1. Get a #WindowsXP machine
2. Get a copy of #AnyDVDHD
3. Rip it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G9n0vJiKXw&t=1382s

Either way, the #Enshittification of #PhysicalMedia AND #Streaming is the reason why #piracy is rising!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tetXKdi9U3c

@kkarhan if so, it might be even more obscure than the FPGA demoscene.

@Tathar I mean, #FPGA|s ain't that user-friendly in terms of setup and tooling, but #WebDevelopment as for #HDDVD should've been feasible for everyone who can make a site that doesn't look like shit on #InternetExploder 6!

• Bad jokes aside, I wounder if HD-DVD has any sort-of "#CopyProtection" that prevents like self-recorded discs from being played.

Cuz #bluray players do accept #BDROM discs from like those #miniBD #Camcorders...

• And even thos HD-DVD media and burners are basically #unobtanium these days, they should be able to use cheap #DVDROM since AFAIK most #DemoDiscs for HD-DVD were using #DVD media for cost savings as the #capacity of a #DualLayer-DVD is enough for the 15-30min looped #showreel footage and basically every HD-DVD drive I know does DVDs and CDs anyway so it's just #UDF 2.5 - ish.

And the whole "Copy Protection" - Pipeline with #HDCP & #AACS and the lice is only concerned about people duplicating #retail discs.

• Unlike #VideogameConsoles, therse players were also #standalone & #offline-capable devices so #DRM like with the #Xbox360 and #XboxOne didn't really hapen,...

Espechally not on HD-DVD otherwise we'd not have this cool thing today!

#09F911 #029D74 #E35BD8 #4156C5 #635688 #C0 #09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0

And yes, #BluRay really #enshittified harder than #DVD...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsdzaEVeFEE

Okay, those #colours do look nice as a #wallpaper...

Almost reminds me of the #Windows7 and #WindowsVista editions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntnvriLX95s&t=66s

@kkarhan that wallpaper looks like what apple has as their default wallpapers these days

@getimiskon I should re-learn how to make nice #gradient #wallpapers in the most beloved #JankWare there is:

#GIMP!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFYkGyaXCw0 video via @tantacrul

@kkarhan lmao, true... GIMP is indeed jank. But i love it, also i make my web buttons there.

@getimiskon Lets just say, I hope #Gimp3 gets more than a move to #GTK3 but a complete overhaul in #UI & #UX...

• Granted, I do rank it almongside #Freeware like the older versions of #PhotoFiltre and would tell everyone who works on #Graphics to get at least a #hackintosh if not a #MacMini and buy the #Affinity Suite cuz #AffinityPhoto and #AffinityDesigner are propably the best #OneTimePurchase 3rd party #creative #Apps for #macOS I know...

They just work out of the box.

• So yeah, #GIMP has to step up their game, just like #Kdenlive has!

@getimiskon That being said there's nothing wrong using #GIMP and I'd rather use that than to ever give #Adobe or #AVID money.

• Not to mention #piracy isn't an option in any #commercial setup when courts already decided that using pirated Software will result in the copyrights being de-jure transfered to the Software Licensor in lieu of licensing payments...

So yeah, I do want to see #Linux ports of #Affinity's Suite and #Blackmagicdesign to step up their Support of Linux outside of #CentOS & #RHEL Workstation and at least on the #paid version get #FeatureParity to the #macOS & #Windows version in terms of #Codecs (or at least implement support for those not subject to #licensing like #AV1, #VP9 / #WebM & #Opus, #Vorbis & #Speex.

@alex puts on green glasses

it's hacking time!

climbs into hacking sewers

• lemme wiggle wop that for ya...

#sillyness #shitpost