How to set the region on a dvd-rom

stijn

Hi,

I have a dvd rom in my system but i've never used it, so i guess there is no setting for the region. How do I do this and how do I now from what region the dvd-disc is (i don't find anythind region ... on the box nor the disc)?

thanks

stijn

demon-tf · Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2003 5:24 pm Post subject: dvd_disk is your friend

Hi!

Try to dl dvd_disk from http://linuxtv.org/dvd/! It contains a prg. named regionset...

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UnuMondo · Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 11:10 am Post subject:

On Linux, as long as you have libdvdcss, won't an application play a DVD from any region with no region changing necessary? I had a DVD-ROM that was region 1, but xine and ogle managed to play anything, while the Windows I was dual-booting wouldn't play a disc from region 2 or higher.

UnuMondo

Kawada · Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 5:23 pm Post subject:

plate · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 1:37 am Post subject:

I hope someone steps in and corrects me, but doesn't the firmware of the drive determine what region it can play, and in the case of RPC-2 prohibit changing the region more than a limited number of times, usually four or five? For all I know about RPC-2 drives you need to flash the firmware to be able to switch region encoding freely. There's an entire user forum devoted to this subject, but they're so Windows-centric up there that I didn't dare to ask about RPC and Linux...

EDIT: But then again I could have just gone there and searched for it... Apparently yes, you need to flash the firmware of the drive, but unfortunately you need at least a DOS floppy or an existing Windows installation to run the flashing tools they have. The admin (guy called >NIL) seems to be friendly to Linux users, but says there is no flasher for Linux systems.

DarrenM · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 2:03 am Post subject:

You could also use Videolan client which bypasses region checking and the piracy warning. Maybe xine skips it also which would explain why you could play any region under linux but not with your windows software.

Only problem is it doesn't do menu's and can be a little unstable.

stijn · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 2:08 am Post subject:

sorry for not responding,

but i got a new big disc :-)

downside is a reinstall (this is even m$ wind**** where am typing at) ... I'll give these suggestions a go when gentoo is back up and running

stijn

Mitchybums · n00b Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 68 Location: iowa

I've spend some time looking for a region patch for the firmware on my laptop's dvd, but after trying it in XINE with dvd-nav and dvd-css, it's already region free. windows whines about regions, but xine doesnt.
hope it helps