On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 13:15 -0400, Frank wrote: > On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 17:25 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > Bret Busby: > > > > > > Apparently, multimedia applications, such as Totem MPlayer, in Debian > > > can play movies that are recorded on DVD's. > > > > > > Are these movie players able to read and play DVD's from any and all > > > Region Codes, or, are they limited to particular region codes? > > > > The region code is not tied to software, but to your hardware. DVD > > players (either stand-alone or for computers) have one code set when > > leaving the factory and change it when you insert a DVD with another > > region code. The stupidity is that they (generally) only allow a few of > > these changes (say, five). After that, they refuse to play anything else > > than the region code they switched to the last time. > > > > J. > > Googling shows there are firmware hacks available to allow unlimited > changes on **certain** DVD players....but I doubt he wants to get into > this :) > > > I've had good luck in setting the player code to play DVDs from "All Regions" on a JVC player with info from this site: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks .
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