Kevanf1 wrote:
On 20/03/06, Peter Collier
wrote: If your dvd drive is set to region 1, is it still possible to copy the files off a region 2 disk onto your computer? If you can, then would you be able to watch the dvd using the copied files on your computer assuming libdvdcss is installed?
Peter C
I'd have thought that it would balk as soon as it knew it was region 2. So, no copying could be done because it couldn't (wouldn't be allowed to) read the original disk in the first place.
However, there are hacks available in the Windows world that I think alter the firmware of the drive to make it region free. I do not know if they would run in a Linux system though. They only need to be run once and they then write to the drives firmware in a similar manner as a BIOS update...I think :-)
Are you sure? Did you actually try for instance to vobcopy the disk? I cannot imagine, that a *PC* dvd rom drive does anything in the way of region coding. I cannot try this myself as the all DVD's I own have the region code 2. So my answer to the OP would have been: sure you can. Vobcopy the DVD, shrink it (DVDshrink under wine) as you see fit and burn it. But this is only legal if you own it and in some countries even then it isn't. And, yes, you need libdvdcss. Regards, -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704