[newbie] DVD regions?
Hell His there a limitation with the DVD regions under linux like with XP? I have zone 1 and 2 DVDs. What a stupid thing this limitation since you can buy original region 1 movies in a region 2 country. I looked at Kaffeine and I can change the region in the input section of the xine config window but is there a limit of changes like in XP? Thanks Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] DVD regions?
On Friday 02 April 2004 09:04 am, rhein wrote: Hell His there a limitation with the DVD regions under linux like with XP? I have zone 1 and 2 DVDs. What a stupid thing this limitation since you can buy original region 1 movies in a region 2 country. I looked at Kaffeine and I can change the region in the input section of the xine config window but is there a limit of changes like in XP? The limitation on setting the region on DVD drives is in the firmware of the drive, once you set the region, if you change it, you will use up one of the 5 changes allowed and after you get to 0, the drive will not allow you to change the region again. If you download and install libdvdcss2 from PLF sources, Xine should be able to play dvd's from any region without mucking with changing the region code on the drive. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] DVD regions
Hi gang. This has probably been aired before, but is it possible to get past the regional encoding restriction with Xine, Ogle, or Mplayer? The problem is, Amazon has a copy of a DVD I hoped to buy which is only available for region 1. The UK belongs to region 2. Amazon UK cannot help so it probably is only available for North America. -- Len Lawrence -- I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals. -- Brigid Brophy -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DVD regions
Hi gang. This has probably been aired before, but is it possible to get past the regional encoding restriction with Xine, Ogle, or Mplayer? The problem is, Amazon has a copy of a DVD I hoped to buy which is only available for region 1. The UK belongs to region 2. Amazon UK cannot help so it probably is only available for North America. Isn't that more of a hardware problem then a softwareproblem...I might be wrong but that's what I think. You need to get the DVD-player region free /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DVD regions
On Monday 27 Oct 2003 3:52 pm, Len Lawrence wrote: Hi gang. This has probably been aired before, but is it possible to get past the regional encoding restriction with Xine, Ogle, or Mplayer? The problem is, Amazon has a copy of a DVD I hoped to buy which is only available for region 1. The UK belongs to region 2. Amazon UK cannot help so it probably is only available for North America. Do a search on Google and you will find sites where you can download new firmware to make your drive region free. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DVD regions
On Monday 27 October 2003 10:52 am, Len Lawrence wrote: Hi gang. This has probably been aired before, but is it possible to get past the regional encoding restriction with Xine, Ogle, or Mplayer? The problem is, Amazon has a copy of a DVD I hoped to buy which is only available for region 1. The UK belongs to region 2. Amazon UK cannot help so it probably is only available for North America. An alternative would be to simply rip the vob files to your hard drive and de-regionize them in the process. Then you could create an ISO image of the DVD, mount it and play the DVD with no region at all. Since telling you exactly how to do that would be a violation of the DMCA which I am party to, I would suggest that you get in touch with someone off-list, in a non-public forum for specific instructions. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
