Re: DVD Region Codes and Debian multimedia software
On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 13:15 -0400, Frank wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 17:25 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> > Bret Busby:
> > >
> > > Apparently, multimedia applications, such as Totem MPlayer, in Debian
> > > can play movies that are recorded on DVD's.
> > >
> > > Are these movie players able to read and play DVD's from any and all
> > > Region Codes, or, are they limited to particular region codes?
> >
> > The region code is not tied to software, but to your hardware. DVD
> > players (either stand-alone or for computers) have one code set when
> > leaving the factory and change it when you insert a DVD with another
> > region code. The stupidity is that they (generally) only allow a few of
> > these changes (say, five). After that, they refuse to play anything else
> > than the region code they switched to the last time.
> >
> > J.
>
> Googling shows there are firmware hacks available to allow unlimited
> changes on **certain** DVD players....but I doubt he wants to get into
> this :)
>
>
>
I've had good luck in setting the player code to play DVDs from "All
Regions" on a JVC player with info from this site:
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks .
Regards,
Tom Ashley
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