Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:32:07 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Alastair G. Hogge" <agh@tpg.com.au>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> Subject: RE: Changing the region code of DVD-Drive Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNKEJDFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <200510171728.37642.agh@tpg.com.au>
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Yes, most are. Search the Internet with google, there's many websites that have patched firmware that locks out the region coding. One of the first things I do when buying a new DVD is to flash it with patched firmware that disables region codes. Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Alastair G. >Hogge >Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 12:29 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Cc: Garrett Cooper >Subject: Re: Changing the region code of DVD-Drive > > >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. >> -Garrett >Aren't DVD players(the hardware) region restricted thou? Does >mplayer get >around that? > > >_______________________________________________ >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" > >-- >Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.9/116 - Release Date: >9/30/2005 >
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