Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:21:51 +0200 From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> To: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing the region code of DVD-Drive Message-ID: <20051017192151.587771a7@localhost> In-Reply-To: <D0238A83-013E-4B66-A901-29E2AA1A6F5C@u.washington.edu> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGEJEFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <1129540755.5695.54.camel@lrl> <D0238A83-013E-4B66-A901-29E2AA1A6F5C@u.washington.edu>
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--Signature_Mon__17_Oct_2005_19_21_51_+0200_quAJ6y8yh1FPr+Zr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> wrote: > On Oct 17, 2005, at 2:19 AM, Thomas Linton wrote: >=20 > > mplayer works (beside the sound, but this is a different problem). =20 > > xine, > > ogle and totem are not working on my box. If I boot winXP and look > > at the properties of the DVD Drive it says region code 0. Up to now > > I didn't change the region code, because you can only change it 5 > > times. > > > > I was just wondering, if there is a tool available under freeBSD to > > change the region code of a DVD Drive or at least a tool which =20 > > gives you > > the current region code of the drive. > > > > Is it necessary for xine, ogle, and totem to have a region code set? > Sorry, but you exceeded the max number of DVD region changes =20 > hardware-wise, where you cannot change your region since it is =20 > something built into the firmware and software in your OS.=20 I don't think so, he just hasn't set the Region Code yet. Region Code 0 is the factory default. There is a region code setting program for "Operating System: All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes)" at: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3D31346&release_id=3D= 168415 But as I use mplayer and mencoder I have never tested it. Fabian --=20 http://www.fabiankeil.de/ --Signature_Mon__17_Oct_2005_19_21_51_+0200_quAJ6y8yh1FPr+Zr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDU924jV8GA4rMKUQRAiY6AKClFdKq2Y1h+hTSU1HWHGDg0wpfiQCgiUQI aNVbeMVI9MLg7vdh5MNj4Ao= =t+cr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Mon__17_Oct_2005_19_21_51_+0200_quAJ6y8yh1FPr+Zr--
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