From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 17 08:29:29 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67C2716A41F for ; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:29:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8EF343D49 for ; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:29:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id j9H8W2b49549; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:32:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Fabian Keil" , Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:29:22 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) x-mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 In-Reply-To: <20051017102039.133e528b@localhost> Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: Changing the region code of DVD-Drive 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: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:29:29 -0000 >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Fabian Keil >Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 1:21 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Changing the region code of DVD-Drive > > >"Alastair G. Hogge" wrote: > >> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:33, Garrett Cooper wrote: >> > I don't think that region coding really matters for Unix. But, >> > just try mplayer since from what I remember it didn't require region >> > coding at all in order to play DVDs in Linux/*BSD. > >> Aren't DVD players(the hardware) region restricted thou? Does mplayer >> get around that? > >The firmware restriction only works in combination with the software. > >If you are making a DVD player and want a license to descramble CSS, >you have to sign that you also implement the user restrictions. > >If you descramble CSS without license (like mplayer does), >you don't have to. > However, most DVD rom manufacturers that I have seen go ahead and implement the user restrictions that the MPAA wants (ie: region codes) anyway, even on bare drives sold primariarly for data useage. Ted