Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 23:09:16 +0100 From: Ajurna <ajurna@gmail.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: region code in cdrecord Message-ID: <9008936a05042415099e335f0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <426BF930.6030108@chuckr.org> References: <426AC21B.2080205@chuckr.org> <426AE866.7050008@chuckr.org> <86wtqs9yiw.fsf@xps.des.no> <426BD1F6.7050201@freebsd.org> <426BF930.6030108@chuckr.org>
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On 4/24/05, Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> wrote: >=20 > Tim Kientzle wrote: > > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > > > >> Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> writes: > >> > >>> ... converting a region=3D=3D2 dvd to a region=3D=3D1 > >>> 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 ... > >> > >> > >> Just unlock your player. Google should provide you with the correct > >> procedure. > > > > > > With cheap DVD players down to about $50, just buy another > > player and set it to Region 2. >=20 > There are so many bad assumptions here! >=20 > bad#1: that all dvd players come with secret decoder rings to change > their region code. >=20 > bad#2: that ANY of them do. A very small amount of dvd players have the > ability to add patches to them, these all (in every case) need you to > run Windows code to get these patches installed, and I don't run > Windows, anywhere, anytime. >=20 > bad#3: that I have the time and willingness to talk my good friend, the > really truly stubborn one who doesn't' know computers so well, that his > dvd player should change. He and I are family, and I just need to > present him with clean copy. This should be a software thing, not > hardware, just so I don't need to argue with my friend over that. >=20 > I just spent a LOT of unfun time on google over this. I would rather > spend days fixing cdrecord than minutes on the hardware, or telling > folks who I don't want to boot Windows >=20 > > > > Tim > > >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " >=20 the region code is not a number in the header that says 1 or 2 it is part o= f=20 an encryption system that is put on dvds in order to stop people from=20 duplicating them. however this encryption system is incredibly bad because= =20 it is so easy to break. what you need to do is decrypt it completly. so then you have the vob files= =20 with no regioning or css so that you can burn it to a dvd disc with no=20 region. this will be able to play in your dvd player. i have yet to come=20 accross a dvd burner that can burn a dvd with css and regioning but if it= =20 plays and it has no region i dont think you have a problem. :D
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