Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:19:53 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: Steven Susbauer <stupendoussteve@hotmail.com>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: "High Noonn" DVD?? Message-ID: <20081116021953.GA15989@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20081115114006.GE5468@thought.org> References: <20081115084600.GA4998@thought.org> <491E9C9E.7050500@hotmail.com> <20081115114006.GE5468@thought.org>
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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"
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