Well, the new machine seems to be largely running with minimal issues. However, I have tried to get xine/libdvdcss to do it's thing, with only partial success. I have several DVDs that are region 1, and they work fine. However, I also have some that are region 2, and those don't want to play. I thought libdvdcss was essentially "region free" and indeed it reports some success with the key management, but also reports at least one failure. It sometimes plays some piece of a header/intro, but then fails. Sometimes it doesn't play anything before reporting failure. Any suggestions? Thanks, Simon "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." — Naguib Mahfouz
On Thursday 09 November 2006 22:23, Simon Roberts wrote:
I thought libdvdcss was essentially "region free" and indeed it reports some success with the key management, but also reports at least one failure
I was always under the impression the hardware itself held the region. You can buy drives with no region code set, but windows won't let you work that way, but Linux will. (Well, at least SuSE 9.3 did). But if your drive has it s region set, your screwed. Try swapping the drive from your old machine in - or is this a laptop? -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 23:23 -0800, Simon Roberts wrote:
Well, the new machine seems to be largely running with minimal issues.
What did you get?
I have several DVDs that are region 1, and they work fine. However, I also have some that are region 2, and those don't want to play.
When I got my HP (Canadian model, so I suppose the drive is set to region 1 by default), I had the same problem. My (one) Region 1 DVD played fine, but my other DVDs (all Region 2) wouldn't. I had to boot into Windows, pop in a Region 2 disc, let WinDVD set the region to 2, and after that everything worked OK. Hans --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Nov 10, 06 15:11:43 +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote:
On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 23:23 -0800, Simon Roberts wrote:
Well, the new machine seems to be largely running with minimal issues.
What did you get?
I have several DVDs that are region 1, and they work fine. However, I also have some that are region 2, and those don't want to play.
When I got my HP (Canadian model, so I suppose the drive is set to region 1 by default), I had the same problem. My (one) Region 1 DVD played fine, but my other DVDs (all Region 2) wouldn't. I had to boot into Windows, pop in a Region 2 disc, let WinDVD set the region to 2, and after that everything worked OK.
This shouldn't be necessary with libdvdcss. If standard authorization
doesn't work, it does a brute-force attack on the keys.
Does the disk play in a stand-alone player?
Matthias
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Matthias Hopf
Simon Roberts wrote:
Well, the new machine seems to be largely running with minimal issues. However, I have tried to get xine/libdvdcss to do it's thing, with only partial success.
Just to make sure I am reading this correctly, this is a new computer (laptop?).
I have several DVDs that are region 1, and they work fine. However, I also have some that are region 2, and those don't want to play. I thought libdvdcss was essentially "region free" and indeed it reports some success with the key management, but also reports at least one failure. It sometimes plays some piece of a header/intro, but then fails. Sometimes it doesn't play anything before reporting failure.
It sounds like your drive is region locked. This may get sticky. You could: 1. Only play region 1 DVDs since the drive is region locked, or 2. Search to see if there is a firmware update for that drive to make it region free (RPC 1), but replacing the firmware could invalidate your warranty, maybe only on the drive, maybe the whole computer. -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871
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