[MPlayer-users] DVD RPC (fwd)

[Steffen Barszus]

Am Mittwoch, 17. Juli 2002 22:17 schrieb Arpi:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi,
>
> > > HmmHmm, it's quite strange though :) At least my kernel got I/O errors
> > > in the IDE channel because of region code mismatch (according to eg
> > > output of 'dmesg'). Nevermind, however it's quite strange topic ... The
> > > 'somehow' in your sentence is also will be interesting to know exactly
> > > the way :)
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > AFAIK the drives do region code check in firmware themselves (well
>
> not really.
> they use region code in the authentication (key decryption).
> yes, soem new DVD disc has program to check region code, but it isn't
> interpreted by mplayer, just by the dvdnav stuff.
>
> > that's probably the reason why so many guys (girls:) are making
> > region-free firmwares on the net). But it's also known that some
>
> they do it for windows lamers

and only for them. In windows there is a tool called dvd-genie that make it 
also possible to play every dvd regioncodefree, this tool starts the 
comercial soft-dvd-player and everything is alright. So it's a myth that the 
drive itself take care of it. 

Greets

Steffen