From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 16 02:23:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F4521065680 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:23:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1AD38FC12 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:23:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id mAG2JsTc016007; Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:19:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id mAG2Jrhg016006; Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:19:53 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:19:53 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20081116021953.GA15989@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20081115084600.GA4998@thought.org> <491E9C9E.7050500@hotmail.com> <20081115114006.GE5468@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081115114006.GE5468@thought.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Steven Susbauer , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: "High Noonn" DVD?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:23:57 -0000 On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 03:40:06AM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 03:55:42AM -0600, Steven Susbauer wrote: > > Gary Kline wrote: > > > Do any of you guys know why the DVD version of HIGH NOON won't play on my > > > computers? I've tried everything I can think of. Zero. I watched the > > > *original* in the theater (I think); then have watched the tape in '98, > > > and the DVD just now. I'm not that nutty to waste a DVD-R on it; I'm > > > just wondering my none of my players won't play it. > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > gary > > > > > > > > I would wager it has something to do with a copy protection mechanism. > > Are you able to play other copy-protected DVDs fine? > > > > Steve > > > All the time with every one I've tried in recent years. Since this is > from 1952, perhaps the trouble is that it lacks the copy-protection. > anyway, this is so ancient, it would be a waste to copy! > gary I don't remember anyone making DVDs in 1952. Given that, I doubt there is any copy protection from then either. DVD copy protection is a DVD era thing, not built in to the movie. ////jerry > > -- > Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix > http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"