> > So why can we play it using Daphne? I know you have to have a copy of the DVD for > it > > to check can't MAME do something of the same? > > This may be spreading FUD but the last time I investigated this, this check in Daphne > was done by a closed-source Windows library provided by Digital Leisure. So, no, MAME > _can't_ do things the way Daphne does. Besides, MAME's goal is to use laserdisc rips > in CHD format, which Digital Leisure likely won't understand, support or license.
Huh. I thought Daphne used to be GPL, which would obviously prevent that, but it appears to be entirely closed source now. I wish him a lot of luck doing a Linux program that's binary-only.