On 20/03/06, Peter Collier
On Monday 20 March 2006 12:16, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Monday 2006-03-20 at 10:59 -0000, Kevanf1 wrote:
I thought it was a software thing that decided country encoding. Is this incorrect?
Yes and no... it could be software, but in the drive procesor, not the main cpu. So, for us, it is hardware. Kind of, anyway.
-- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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 :-) -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Xmas may be over but, PLEASE DON'T drink and drive you'll make it to the next one that way. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR