On Fri, 28 Apr 2017 08:11:06 -0500
Stevens
I have read this thread and I am thoroughly confused. My understanding is that the DVD player is installed in the computer which is running Linux but the problem described sounds like a standalone player. I have never found any DVD that won't play in my systems and I have had a rather diverse mixture of manufacturers, all based on the "cheap" criteria. It is my understanding that dvdcss unencrypts DVDs and allows them to play and that process is region independent. If Panasonic makes a DVD player that is region-specific and I had bought said drive, I would bitch about it mightily then trash can it and go buy something like this LG DVD burner I have now that cost me all of about US$18 new.
Forgive me if i misunderstood, but i think we are mixing two separate issues in this thread which leads to the confusion. Region Coding has nothing to do with CSS encryption. 1) There are non-encrypted movie dvds and there are encrypted ones (almost every commercial movie from a studio). Try inserting a dvd and dd it to the disk (or mount it and copy the files) and you should get "read errors". Using libdvdcss you can unscramble the dvd and read it properly. (I think that after "unlocking" it using libdvdcss, then you can use any tool you like to copy the files until the media is ejected because a simple "mpv dvd://" immediately followed by q to quit the player allows me to copy everything with cp without getting errors). If you then burn these files to a new dvd, then this will not be "encrypted" and you will not need libdvdcss to read it. 2) Region Coding is used to prevent you bying media from another region. For example, if you browse amazon.com, there are movie titles that mention "uk import, region2 pal format" and respectively amazon.co.uk and amazon.it has titles that say "us import, region 1". When you insert a media from another region to your drive, you should not be able to play it unless you change it's region. Most PC units give you a certain amount of changes you can do, unless you flash a "rpc1" firmware which either autochanges the region when a media from another region is inserted or has region checking altogether disabled. This is a different issue than libdvdcss. If you only buy DVDs from your country, then it is logical that you didn't find any media that doesn't play. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org