mplayer works (beside the sound, but this is a different problem). xine, ogle and totem are not working on my box. If I boot winXP and look at the properties of the DVD Drive it says region code 0. Up to now I didn't change the region code, because you can only change it 5 times.
I was just wondering, if there is a tool available under freeBSD to change the region code of a DVD Drive or at least a tool which gives you the current region code of the drive. Is it necessary for xine, ogle, and totem to have a region code set? Many thanks in advance, Thomas. On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 01:29 -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > >-----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]" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
