On 04/28/2017 12:54 PM, Paul Groves wrote:
On 18/04/17 10:19, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2017-04-18 11:16, jdd wrote:
Le 18/04/2017 à 11:15, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
On 2017-04-18 10:44, stakanov wrote:
sudo wodim -prcap dev=/dev/sr0 cdrecord -prcap dev=/dev/sr0 | less
cdrecord -scanbus What about the region?
Hi All,
So after much investigating and back and forth with Panasonic I have discovered that this drive's firmware is locked to only play back protected DVDs in Windows.
Panasonic have informed me that they have a contact with Microsoft to only allow playback on their OS. The funny thing is Windows cannot play DVDs without 3rd party software (VLC) so it all smells like BS to me.
Panasonic sent me 2 drives (one blu-ray and the other DVD) both of them work fine in Windows and Linux but encrypted playback does not work in Linux.
Panasonic refused to assist me in unlocking / flashing the firmware Panasonic also refused to refund me for the drive even though I am sure you will all strongly agree it is not fit for purpose and does not do as advertised (play DVDs).
They also tried to pull the "we only support windows" card but it does not say that on the box. Yes it does say it supports windows but it doesn't say it does not support Linux anywhere at all, in fact they even have a driver for it on their website. Damn hypocrites.
So in short the only way I would be able to watch DVDs is to illegally copy or download them. Way to prevent piracy Panasonic! You are definitely not encouraging pirate DVDs at all (seeing as you do not allow playing of my legally purchased ones). :/
So while I am battling to try to get my money back for this hunk-of-junk does anyone know of any drives that will work with encrypted DVDs?
There are several on eBay but I would like to confirm one that will work before I buy would be great. The LG GS40N seems a good choice, does anyone have one of this model?
Requirements: It must be slim (laptop size) It must be slot load (my case has no removable front panel, just a slot) It must at least support DVDs or CDs (not too worried about blu-ray as I only own a few of them)
Alternatively, does anyone know how to flash a new firmware to my drive? Or even unlock the existing firmware? (I know absolutely nothing about this myself).
Paul
Dunno about your issues with your Panasonic drive/s did you take that up with the VLC guys as Carlos suggested ? Ever since dvds came out I and with lvdcss I have never had a dvd drive that wouldn't play them via a pc, using whatever dvd drive I had at the time. At present I have an Asus internal drive standard size in a tower pc and a pretty old LG external dvd drive attached to my pc. Both of those play any dvd or cd I have and write both. Blu Ray playback AFAIK simply doesn't work in Linux and when my son got a blu ray drive for his Windows pc a few years ago the Windows player that came with it wasn't up to much either. I only have a few blu rays I simply play them via a stand alone blu ray player attached to my tv routing the sound to my hi fi system. Given your requirements and my experience with one (external as I said) LG drive I assume "any" LG device should play dvds via your laptop. So the drive you mention "should" work with Linux. Ask LG or whoever you might buy it from first ? Do you rule out an external drive and connecting that to your laptop ? I don't personally like slot loading and in my experience going back a long time usb external dvd drives work, even going back to work and W95 15 years ago. M -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org