playing dvd's on classic

[Piru]

Frankly, you can't.

[Piru]

ppc does not help. even 603p@240 is too slow.

[Piru]

So are there any possibilities for DVD-playback with Amithlon or WinUAE?

Should be no problem, assuming you have software that can do it (say: mplayer compiled for 68k). Naturally you must use JIT and pretty powerful PC.

Then again, why not just use WinDVD or PowerDVD, you get nice surround sound and hw acceleration...

[Piru]

So what was the deal with amidog's amp2 which appears to have been written to play DVD's?

It plays DVDs, assuming your system is fast enough.

Classic systems are not.

[Piru]

@derringer3

Sorry but no go. The only ways to get working DVD playback are:

- have faster cpu
or
- have support for hardware decoder

Naturally things such as SCSI and video overlay (with gfxcard) are required, too.