I just watched the trailer for Baikonur, & it looks like a good movie. Thanks,
Elcaset On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 7:34 PM, C W <[email protected]> wrote: > As long as you use a distro like Mint that comes with libdvdcss2 included, > all you have to do is use vlc, & you can play PAL DVDs of any region with > subtitles. No special setup needed, & no loss in quality. Or run Mint live > for each movie night, if you prefer. I have added libdvdcss2 to many > distros, & it rarely works, if added. It always works with a distro like > Mint where it is built into the distro. This is much easier than trying to > make your stand-alone DVD player region free. Mint 13 KDE LTS is the > version I recommend, but any version of mint should work. > > Cheers, > > Elcaset > > > On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 1:59 PM, King Beowulf <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On 12/07/2012 10:15 PM, Keith Lofstrom 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 >> > >> Just another ideato add to all the others: >> >> I use dvd::rip (and previously k9copy but development has stopped), to >> ripDVDs I purchase to be region,macrovisionand css free. Either of >> these programs allows a straight copy to DVD iso. I then use K3B to burn >> a dvd. This new DVD will play on anything! I put the iso on a network >> drive to then streamit to the TV via a linux box (NTSC vs PAL not >> relavent using vlc or mplayer with the proper libraries installed). All >> thison Slackware with a region 1 dvd9 DVDRW-DL playerinstalled in to the >> computer. Usually only takes 1-2 hrs to rip and burn, depending on the >> size of the movie. Interestingly enough, most DVD players in the last 5 >> yrs will play both PAL and NTSC content once you strip the region code >> from the DVD. Both my JVC and Phillips DVD players dont' seem to have a >> problem. >> >> Note re: changing region code on computer DVDRW or standalone >> DVDplayers. IIRC, you get only 5 changes. So if you can't sent the >> player to "region free" you should leave itat region 1 and change the >> region of the DVD. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > > > -- > Free Geek Seattle- Helping The Needy Get Nerdy > http://www.freegeekseattle.org/ > https://groups.google.com/group/freegeek-seattle/topics?hl=en > > K Desktop Environment- Experience Freedom & User Friendliness > http://kde.org/ > > Free Lossless Audio Codec > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Flac > > Protect your digital freedom and privacy, eliminate DRM, learn more at > http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm > > -- Free Geek Seattle- Helping The Needy Get Nerdy http://www.freegeekseattle.org/ https://groups.google.com/group/freegeek-seattle/topics?hl=en K Desktop Environment- Experience Freedom & User Friendliness http://kde.org/ Free Lossless Audio Codec https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Flac Protect your digital freedom and privacy, eliminate DRM, learn more at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
