As streaming continues to dominate the film and TV industry, many Gen Z movie watchers are opting out and choosing physical formats instead.
  • magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    5·
    23 hours ago

    No that’s the idea, it would be to make a piece of software which if thrown on a sbc with a DVD drive becomes a player.

    Which really isn’t too far off of DVD and most bluray players.

    Though I wouldn’t be shocked if the super cheap DVD players have some sorta all-in-one integrated asic for most of the job.

    Would mostly be used by hobbiest making their own burned discs and small artists releasing stuff.

    • azuth@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      10 hours ago

      I mean if you control the software on the “player” you don’t really need a dedicated dvd format. Think about mp3 CDs, it never became a real format with specs and everything yet most CD players after a certain date supported them.

      • magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        9 hours ago

        Yeah but if you make it an open format other hobbyists could make their own hardware/software about it.

        Mostly a fantasy medium, but if people start using it for art, then hey neat.