Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-30 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 04:36:31AM +, Chuck Robey wrote.. Daniel O'Connor wrote: On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:02, Chuck Robey wrote: and growisofs instead. The both have large man pages, but nothing in them regarding the setting of region codes. Not at all suprising given that the ISO

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-29 Thread Chuck Robey
Daniel O'Connor wrote: On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:02, Chuck Robey wrote: and growisofs instead. The both have large man pages, but nothing in them regarding the setting of region codes. Not at all suprising given that the ISO metdata (ie what mkisofs makes) doesn't contain the region information..

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-26 Thread Chuck Robey
David Gilbert wrote: Tim == Tim Kientzle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tim I wouldn't rather, but I think it might be simpler. I also Tim seem to recall hearing about discs whose region-coding was done Tim in such a way that they would not play on unlocked players. Well (to put that to rest), there

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-26 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:02, Chuck Robey wrote: and growisofs instead. The both have large man pages, but nothing in them regarding the setting of region codes. Not at all suprising given that the ISO metdata (ie what mkisofs makes) doesn't contain the region information.. -- Daniel O'Connor

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-26 Thread Chuck Robey
Daniel O'Connor wrote: On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:02, Chuck Robey wrote: and growisofs instead. The both have large man pages, but nothing in them regarding the setting of region codes. Not at all suprising given that the ISO metdata (ie what mkisofs makes) doesn't contain the region information..

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-25 Thread Julian H. Stacey
folks reasons why, but I hope not that often). Anyhow, the disk is (like I said, but in roundabout fashion I admit) region 2, so suggesting As someone said the Region code is in the VOB file: How about putting your Region 2 DVD media in a FreeBSD box, using

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-25 Thread Julian H. Stacey
There are so many bad assumptions here! bad#2: that ANY of them do. A very small amount of dvd players have the ability to add patches to them, these all (in every case) need you to run Windows code to get these patches installed, and I don't run Windows, anywhere, anytime. My DVD

Re: Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-25 Thread Sergey Babkin
(like I said, but in roundabout fashion I admit) region 2, so suggesting that I ignore the region is silly, it's there already. My dvd (and that of my friend's, I tested) both immediately choke on trying to play this Sorry, can't help with your original question, but I can help with the

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-25 Thread David Gilbert
Tim == Tim Kientzle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tim I wouldn't rather, but I think it might be simpler. I also Tim seem to recall hearing about discs whose region-coding was done Tim in such a way that they would not play on unlocked players. Well (to put that to rest), there are two types of

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-24 Thread Scott Mitchell
On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 11:48:42AM +0930, Daniel O'Connor wrote: On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 09:59, Chuck Robey wrote: Now, I want to go for broke, and try for the one I've been after for years, which is converting a region==2 dvd to a region==1 dvd (Britain to US). I have a dvd taht you can't

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-24 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 19:37, Scott Mitchell wrote: I may be completely off base here (no experience with making DVDs other than as enormous CDR's for backup), but does it need to be region coded at all? Even region-locked players should be able to play a dvd with no region code. I think 'no

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-24 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Chuck Robey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am really doing rather well here; I got dvd copying to work via 'k3b'. Now, I want to go for broke, and try for the one I've been after for years, which is converting a region==2 dvd to a region==1 dvd (Britain to US). I have a dvd taht you can't buy

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-24 Thread Scott Mitchell
On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 11:48:42AM +0930, Daniel O'Connor wrote: On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 09:59, Chuck Robey wrote: Now, I want to go for broke, and try for the one I've been after for years, which is converting a region==2 dvd to a region==1 dvd (Britain to US). I have a dvd taht you can't

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-24 Thread Tim Kientzle
Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: Chuck Robey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... converting a region==2 dvd to a region==1 dvd (Britain to US). I have a dvd taht you can't buy in the US, I've tried, and the British won't sell it in region code 1 ... Just unlock your player. Google should provide you with

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-24 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Tim Kientzle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: With cheap DVD players down to about $50, just buy another player and set it to Region 2. Uhm, why would you rather have two players locked to different regions than a single unlocked player? DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-24 Thread Tim Kientzle
Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: Tim Kientzle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: With cheap DVD players down to about $50, just buy another player and set it to Region 2. Uhm, why would you rather have two players locked to different regions than a single unlocked player? I wouldn't rather, but I

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-24 Thread Chuck Robey
Tim Kientzle wrote: I may be completely off base here (no experience with making DVDs other than as enormous CDR's for backup), but does it need to be region coded at all? Even region-locked players should be able to play a dvd with no region code. I think 'no region code' might actually be

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-24 Thread Chuck Robey
Tim Kientzle wrote: Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: Tim Kientzle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: With cheap DVD players down to about $50, just buy another player and set it to Region 2. Uhm, why would you rather have two players locked to different regions than a single unlocked player? I wouldn't

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-24 Thread Chuck Robey
Tim Kientzle wrote: Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: Chuck Robey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... converting a region==2 dvd to a region==1 dvd (Britain to US). I have a dvd taht you can't buy in the US, I've tried, and the British won't sell it in region code 1 ... Just unlock your player. Google

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-24 Thread Ajurna
On 4/24/05, Chuck Robey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tim Kientzle wrote: Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: Chuck Robey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... converting a region==2 dvd to a region==1 dvd (Britain to US). I have a dvd taht you can't buy in the US, I've tried, and the British won't

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-24 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 03:40, Chuck Robey wrote: k3b is just great at copying the disk. I understand that k3b really uses either cdrecord or cdrdao to burn the disk, so if I could convince the disk that I am region 1, I would be in fat city. I spent quite a long time reading the docs on

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-23 Thread Chuck Robey
Mail screwup, so I'm re-sending. In fact, since it messed up going out ot Multimedia, I'm resending to hackers instead. Chuck Robey wrote: I am really doing rather well here; I got dvd copying to work via 'k3b'. Now, I want to go for broke, and try for the one I've been after for years,

Re: region code in cdrecord

2005-04-23 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 09:59, Chuck Robey wrote: Now, I want to go for broke, and try for the one I've been after for years, which is converting a region==2 dvd to a region==1 dvd (Britain to US). I have a dvd taht you can't buy in the US, I've tried, and the British won't sell it in region