here is a good resource for unlocking the region code for your dvd player. http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks
I have been able to watch Japanese dvds on my Linux box with no issues and they too are region code 2. Jason On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Jim Karlock <[email protected]> wrote: > FWIW, my 5(+/-) year old COBY stand alone player has a PAL/NTSC > switch that controls the OUTPUT independently of the DVD format! > Don't know about the region BS. > > Thanks > JK > > > At 10:15 PM 12/7/2012, you wrote: > >For bimonthly movie night, my wife and I watched "Absurdistan". > >The title is apt. Director Veit Helmer recently made "Baikonur", > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iK464i6tzw > >a drama filmed at the active Kazakh/Russian launch center, which > >I would like to see. Amazon sells the DVD for PAL region 2, > >which is incompatable with my Hollywood-infested DVD player. > > > >Will a PAL region 2 disk play using Linux DVD player software? > >Will the English subtitles display? I'm guessing this can be > >set up with a lot of effort, but many tweaks may be needed, > >and frame-rate incompatabilities leading to ugly video. > > > >Keith > > > >-- > >Keith Lofstrom [email protected] Voice (503)-520-1993 > >_______________________________________________ > >PLUG mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
