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Reged: 09/26/03
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Loc: Naples, Italy
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Re: Wait a second...
09/27/10 03:03 AM
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> > >
> > > I though I read a while back a dev, prolly Belmont, saying that you could
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> > > just get the original arcade software in the ROMS to decrypt the mpegs for you
> > > without having to put any algorithums into MAME itself...
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> > Which is exactly what we'll end up doing for this anyway.
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> Incorrect. If a chip decodes MPEG2, we're on the hook for the patents and you cannot
> implement the decoding. If the game has a fast CPU/DSP that does the decoding in
> software (which I tend to doubt based on the board pictures), then we're clear.
Yes, I've mis-read the thing.
I meant to just decode the video with external lossless software then hook that up, it'll end up in being at least one billion time bigger but it bypass the need of decoding the MPEG. Guess that I don't have any other choice right now ...
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