On 07/24/2017 08:20 AM, Temlakos wrote: > > Everyone: > > Does anyone here have experience using the program "regionset" to change the > region > code on a DVD player? >
I've never changed the region settings of any of my DVD players. (I've not used one in a long time and I think all of mine are broken) I simply install libdvdcss and, if I recall correctly, things like dvdrip and vlc used the library and ripped and played any DVD regardless of region. > Specifically, has anyone tried to make a drive region-free (region code 0)? > And if > so, with what result? > > The problem: I have a boxed set of DVD's, 12 in all, from Region 2. I live in > Region 1. A few versions of Fedora back (probably F21 or F22), I found I > could play > back those Region 2 disks without a problem. But now with F26, playback even > on the > "vlc" program gives me sound, but no picture--a black screen. Dragon refuses > to > play them at all. The makemkv program takes about ten minutes trying to do a > workaround with the region codes not matching. Then it seems to work, but the > output files all have sound (including all sound tracks if it has more than > one), > but no picture. > > The way I see it, I can do one of two things, if I want to rip those disks: > > 1. Use regionset to change my DVD and BD drive temporarily to Region 2, rip > the > disks, then go back to Region 1. > > 2. Purchase and install a second optical-disk drive and use regionset to set > /that/ > to Region 2 and /leave it there/. The second option would cost me about $50 > US. > > The larger problem is this: I don't necessarily want to limit myself to any > one > region. If I had to pick one "secondary region," it would be 2 because that > includes Europe, the Middle East (including Israel), South Africa, and Japan. > But > if I want to play or rip a DVD from Australia, then I'm out of luck. > > The /really/ big hack would be to set my present optical drive to Region 0, > and > hope that would play any disk, from any region. But before I do something that > could fry the drive forever, I would like someone to tell me whether he's > ever done > that before. > > The only alternative is to shell out $600 US for a multi-region Blu-ray and > DVD > player. I would like to avoid that--mainly because I would like to avoid > shelling > out a lot of payola for a device having an esoteric feature I might use only > once > in a blue moon! Especially since I fully expect optical media to become > obsolete in > another ten years. > > Any suggestions? Anecdotes? Horror stories? > > -- Fedora Users List - The place to go to speculate endlessly
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