Bug#226173: ITP: regionset -- view and modify the region code of DVD drives

[Andreas Metzler <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org>]

Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Version: unavailable; reported 2004-01-04
> Severity: wishlist

> * Package name    : regionset
>  Version         : 0.1
>  Upstream Author : Mirko Dölle <cooper@linvdr.org>
> * URL             : http://linvdr.org/projects/regionset/
> * License         : GPL
>  Description     : view and modify the region code of DVD drives

> Regionset is a small utility which allows to display and set the
> region/zone setting of a DVD drive, allowing it to decrypt the DVD's
> sold in this geographical zone. Hardware vendors often limit the number
> of such modifications, but it is necessary to set it at least once with
> a brand new drive.

Correct me if I am wrong but afaik you'll still need libdvdcss2 and
libdvdcss2 can decrypt DVD's whose RC does not match the one of the
drive, it just takes a little bit longer (but the cracked keys are
cached on disk.
               cu andreas
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