From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 24 10:07:53 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9632016A4CF for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:07:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mta13-winn.mailhost.ntl.com (smtpout19.mailhost.ntl.com [212.250.162.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8538943D2D for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:07:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scott@fishballoon.org) Received: from aamta04-winn.mailhost.ntl.com ([212.250.162.8]) by mta13-winn.mailhost.ntl.com with ESMTP <20050424100751.YOL8086.mta13-winn.mailhost.ntl.com@aamta04-winn.mailhost.ntl.com>; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:07:51 +0100 Received: from llama.fishballoon.org ([81.104.196.104]) by aamta04-winn.mailhost.ntl.com with ESMTP <20050424100751.JIID1352.aamta04-winn.mailhost.ntl.com@llama.fishballoon.org>; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:07:51 +0100 Received: from tuatara.fishballoon.org ([192.168.1.6]) by llama.fishballoon.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50 (FreeBSD)) id 1DPe1l-000JDX-6G; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:07:49 +0100 Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.fishballoon.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j3OA7nkn000621; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:07:49 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scott) Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:07:49 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell To: "Daniel O'Connor" Message-ID: <20050424100749.GB528@tuatara.fishballoon.org> References: <426AC21B.2080205@chuckr.org> <426AE866.7050008@chuckr.org> <200504241148.48912.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200504241148.48912.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE i386 cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org cc: Chuck Robey Subject: Re: region code in cdrecord X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:07:53 -0000 On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 11:48:42AM +0930, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 09:59, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > Now, I want to go for broke, and try for the one I've been after for > > > years, which is converting a region==2 dvd to a region==1 dvd (Britain > > > to US). I have a dvd taht you can't buy in the US, I've tried, and the > > > British won't sell it in region code 1, so I want to convert the one I > > > went ahead and purchased anyhow. Once I get it converted, I figure I > > > can toss out the old region==2 version and remain lily-white and pure > > > as far as honesty goes. > > The region code is part of the VOB/IFO files that contain the DVD, not as a > part of the ISO metadata. > > You will need another tool to change region, I know DVD Decrypter > [http://www.dvddecrypter.com/] does it for Win32. Maybe transcode? I may be completely off base here (no experience with making DVDs other than as enormous CDR's for backup), but does it need to be region coded at all? Even region-locked players should be able to play a dvd with no region code. I think 'no region code' might actually be region 0, but it amounts to the same thing. IMHO there's nothing dishonest in taking whatever steps you need to play a piece of legitimately purchased media. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott at fishballoon.org | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon