On Monday 23 October 2006 02:37, Phil Ehrens wrote:
> I posted this to the list a year or two ago:
>
> /* compile me: */
> /* gcc -o region-zero region-zero.c */
> /* set my perms: */
> /* chmod 0755 region-zero */
> /* move me to someplace useful: */
> /* mv region-zero /usr/local/bin */
> /* run me in directory VIDEO_TS */
>
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> main() {
> FILE * fd;
> fd = fopen("VIDEO_TS.IFO","r+");
> fseek(fd,0x23,SEEK_SET); /* hex offset 0x23 is the region code byte */
> putc(0x0,fd); /* zero all the region code bits */
> }
Oops, thanks Phil.
I had a sneaking suspicion I should have asked in here first when I couldn't
find it in Gmane's archives (I still can't).
At least some knowledge was gained from the exercise.
Did you end up putting it on the wiki ?
If not then you should.
I also now see Martin Kaletsch's ruby script for doing same.
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.transcode.user/16353/focus=16363
No ruby install on this box so have not tried it yet.
Martin, if you read this, have you developed it any further ?
> The program I really want to see is the one that uses the
> laser in a dvd burner to damage a commercial dvd in such
> a way that it is deregionalized.
Don't think this is possible, surely the media must support being able to be
written to.
Bests,
Rick
