>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Fabian Keil >Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 1:21 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Changing the region code of DVD-Drive > > >"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. >
However, most DVD rom manufacturers that I have seen go ahead and implement the user restrictions that the MPAA wants (ie: region codes) anyway, even on bare drives sold primariarly for data useage. Ted _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"