"Alastair G. Hogge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:33, Garrett Cooper wrote: > > I don't think that region coding really matters for Unix. But, > > just try mplayer since from what I remember it didn't require region > > coding at all in order to play DVDs in Linux/*BSD.
> Aren't DVD players(the hardware) region restricted thou? Does mplayer > get around that? The firmware restriction only works in combination with the software. If you are making a DVD player and want a license to descramble CSS, you have to sign that you also implement the user restrictions. If you descramble CSS without license (like mplayer does), you don't have to. Fabian -- http://www.fabiankeil.de/
pgpRExkQ9AoOq.pgp
Description: PGP signature
