[Dorset] Simple? MEPIS and Regionset.
Hi all, installed on Mepis regionset application from synaptic. Konsole doesn't have a clue about it. How do I actually get it to run? Simono -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ -- Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
Re: [Dorset] Simple? MEPIS and Regionset.
Hi Simon,
installed on Mepis regionset application from synaptic. Konsole
doesn't have a clue about it. How do I actually get it to run?
Do
dpkg -L regionset
and inspect the output for clues. In particular, man pages and commands
in
echo /{,usr/}{s,}bin
Cheers,
Ralph.
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Re: [Dorset] Simple? MEPIS and Regionset.
Hi Ralph,
did
su ls -l /usr/sbin/ | grep regionset
and this did indeed confirm the existence of regionset in that
directory(as decreed by the regionset project owners).
Then it was a simple matter of running regionset, by ensuring that you
DO NOT go in as root.
All you need is /usr/sbin/regionset
Apparently my drive is still happily set to Region 1(as it should be).
Thanks for the help.
Maybe this reply will go up on the search results and help out eh?
Simono
On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 18:48 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
Hi Simon,
installed on Mepis regionset application from synaptic. Konsole
doesn't have a clue about it. How do I actually get it to run?
Do
dpkg -L regionset
and inspect the output for clues. In particular, man pages and commands
in
echo /{,usr/}{s,}bin
Cheers,
Ralph.
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Re: [Dorset] Simple? MEPIS and Regionset.
Just fri, libdvdcss is region-free. You don't need to set a region when watching DVDs with it. If I got the right end of the stick... -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
Re: [Dorset] Simple? MEPIS and Regionset.
I was manufacturing some Region 1 Wedding DVDs from a cousin's do recently, for the USA branch of the family. I think they would be more likely to be big screen TV people rather than Linux PC viewers :) Incidentally, the only other slight trouble I had was shoving the ISO over the ether to the Mepis box; it timed out, but at the second attempt with more generous Mepis networking criteria, it went fine. All these essential tweaks make me wonder just how many Linux distros give a damn about the consumer-grade user. Ubuntu for one, but who else? On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 19:59 +0100, Dan Dart wrote: Just fri, libdvdcss is region-free. You don't need to set a region when watching DVDs with it. If I got the right end of the stick... -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
Re: [Dorset] Simple? MEPIS and Regionset.
On 29/08/10 19:59, Dan Dart wrote: Just fri, libdvdcss is region-free. You don't need to set a region when watching DVDs with it. If I got the right end of the stick... I thought that commercially produced DVD discs were region set by the manufacturer for different markets, and by agreement the hardware suppliers restrict hardware to certain regions for those same markets, in the case of PC DVD-Rs often allowing 5 changes before the region becomes permanent. However, many (most?) DVD player/recorders are hackable via the remote and a 'secret' code, or via a firmware flash in the case of PC components. I guess no one wants to manufacture a region-hobbled unit when their competitors all 'accidentally' release the code to unlock theirs, giving them a competitive advantage, so they all pay lip service to the contract they all sign up to and churn out effectively region-free sets regardless. Anyway, the point I wanted to make is that surely there is no need to set a region on content /you/ produce unless you want to? You are not bound by any code to do so, nor are you presumably interested in stopping people from different regions from viewing your DVD. (I say 'you' and obviously mean the original poster here Dan, not you as such!) Of course, I am a notorious chump and may have grasped the wrong end of the stick, if not the wrong stick entirely! Sean -- music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
