Paul Groves wrote:
On 16/04/17 09:13, Per Jessen wrote:
Isn't this really a dead duck? For one thing, any-region DVD players have been available for at least 16 years (based on my personal experience), for another, isn't the DVD market slowly dying or virtually dead already?
I don't think the DVD market is dying out.. Otherwise companies like CEX and music magpie would be long gone.
Just my gut feeling. Streaming and on-demand movies seem to making progress in leaps and bounds. I do occasionally buy a DVD in a 2nd hand shop, 2-3francs. Have never heard of CEX nor music magpie :-) On local mailing lists, I see people dumping their DVD collections quite frequently.
The PC in question is my living room HTPC. It is running kodi so I can do everything on it I need apart from the fact it refuses to play my legally purchased DVDs unless I set the region code, and they only let you change it 3 times otherwise I would just script it.
Very similar to what I wanted to do, except I use MythTV.
My point is, why should I have to buy more hardware to do this? The whole point of a HTPC is to do everything in one box. PVR, CD, DVD, Bluray player and upnp client, which my box does, I am just stuck on the fact that protected DVDs only play when I set the region.
Maybe you just need to get the right DVD drive? I've just looked at what's being sold in our local on-line shops, none of the specs say anything about region codes. I'll have to check the one I bought a couple of years ago. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (10.4°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - dedicated server rental in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org