[MPlayer-users] DVD RPC

[Arpi]

Hi,

> > unneeded...
> > i've bougt a sony dvd driver half year ago, and used it without region code
> > being setting. after few months, i've set it to region 1, but it still plays
> > region2 with mplayer.  no firmware hacks or others - libdvdcss just ignores
> > the region setting.
> 
> Hmmm, I think region code is about drive too. At least when I first tried to
> play my 'The Matrix' (region code 2) with my brand new drive (set to region
> code 1 by default), it refuses to play, spoofing my log file with kernel
> messages about region code mismatches I/O error or something similar I can't
> remember exactly. So the drive itself can controll this process, as you can
> see ...

no. the driver uses the region code for authentication, but libdvdcss
somehow 'workarounds' it, and 'login' into the driver without it...


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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