Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:20:39 +0200 From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing the region code of DVD-Drive Message-ID: <20051017102039.133e528b@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200510171728.37642.agh@tpg.com.au> References: <1129454915.5695.6.camel@lrl> <73E44C2A-4236-422D-885A-2D6B843A4D21@u.washington.edu> <200510171728.37642.agh@tpg.com.au>
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--Signature_Mon__17_Oct_2005_10_20_39_+0200_qToTWGPM9hIIWTDt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "Alastair G. Hogge" <agh@tpg.com.au> 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.=20 Fabian --=20 http://www.fabiankeil.de/ --Signature_Mon__17_Oct_2005_10_20_39_+0200_qToTWGPM9hIIWTDt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDU17hjV8GA4rMKUQRArHoAJ46QnQrdKcRK5ZHo+FnUm/Z4X42twCgrZQ4 depl72KyfnvzzpfKriIH0Rg= =zOrl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Mon__17_Oct_2005_10_20_39_+0200_qToTWGPM9hIIWTDt--
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