Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:03:42 -0400 From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> To: Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> Cc: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> Subject: Re: region code in cdrecord Message-ID: <17005.5342.260402.241779@canoe.dclg.ca> In-Reply-To: <426BDE1F.3020004@kientzle.com> References: <426AC21B.2080205@chuckr.org> <426AE866.7050008@chuckr.org> <86wtqs9yiw.fsf@xps.des.no> <426BD1F6.7050201@freebsd.org> <86r7h08464.fsf@xps.des.no> <426BDE1F.3020004@kientzle.com>
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>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> writes: Tim> I wouldn't "rather", but I think it might be simpler. I also Tim> seem to recall hearing about discs whose region-coding was done Tim> in such a way that they would not play on unlocked players. Well (to put that to rest), there are two types of region coding in use on DVDs. The first is the one we're talking about here ... which is a code in the files that tells the DVD player which region the disk is. Early "unlocked" players were simply patched to accept any region. The second type is code in the menu system that queries the region code and then acts on it. Early players returned '0' for this function ... and the disks were coded to not play. The fix for this was players that you could change the region on ... and "unlocked" players of this type allow you to set the region an unlimited number of times. "locked" players usually let you set the region some small number of times. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can only be | |Mail: dave@daveg.ca | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================
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