Re: Can I play a region 1 DVD in my region 2 dvd recorder?
- From: Måns Rullgård <mans@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:38:48 +0100
rodsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Rod Smith) writes:
In article <o532t4-qgd.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
markhobley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Mark Hobley) writes:
...
I would like to play a region 1 dvd on my region 2 dvd rewriter drive.
My drive is a Lite-On DVDRW S0HW-012S rewriter.
I have mounted the disk, but when I try to play the video files, I
get errors as follows:
mplayer *.vob
Playing vts_01_0.vob.
Seek failed
Presumably this is due to the region code not matching the region
of my drive (I am in the United Kingdom.)
Actually, the problem is more likely due to the fact that you've tried to
mount the disc and play the files from the mounted image. Instead, you
should use xine or some other Linux DVD-playing tool to play the disc by
pointing the program at your DVD-ROM drive's device file:
xine dvd:///
Details will vary depending on what program you use, though. Note that
mplayer isn't the best choice for this because it can't handle DVD menus,
which makes DVD navigation difficult.
While that is true, MPlayer has the advantage of skipping the annoying
logo sequences and copyright notices most players insist on showing
before the actual film. Which player is best depends entirely on the
situation.
As to region codes specifically, it's my understanding that most DVD
drives for computers ship with the region code unset, meaning that the
drive will play discs from any region. In most cases, Windows or MacOS
DVD-playing software sets the code the first time the software is run, but
Linux software doesn't do this. Thus, if you've never tried to play a
video DVD in Windows or MacOS on your system, you'll PROBABLY be able to
play media intended for any region in Linux. If you've used the DVD drive
to play videos under Windows or MacOS, though, the region code will
probably be set. You can check this detail with the regionset utility
(http://linvdr.org/projects/regionset/); just insert a CD or DVD, type
"regionset", and examine the output. On my systems, I get several lines of
output, including:
drive plays discs from region(s):, mask=0xFF
If the region code is set, it would appear just before the comma, as in:
drive plays discs from region(s): 2, mask=0xFF
At the end of the output, regionset asks if you want to change your
drive's region code. Most drives limit the number of times you can do this
(regionset reports how many are left), so don't do it unnecessarily.
It is correct that many DVD drives, at least if sold separately (not
part of an assembled computer), come without a region configured.
Until a region is set, the behaviour varies between models. Some will
happily play anything, others will not play any discs at all.
One further point: I've seen a claim that the decss library can get
around region coding and play discs for one region even when the
drive is set to another region code.
This claim is true. Libdvdcss is able to play DVDs with any region
mask on any player. Oddly enough, the exception is some drives with
no region set, as mentioned above. On these drives, setting any
region will allow playback of any DVD.
As for the legality of libdvdcss, I reckon the risk of getting caught
is fairly minimal, even in the US.
--
Måns Rullgård
mans@xxxxxxxxx
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