Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:04:43 +0100 From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "High Noonn" DVD?? Message-ID: <20081116160443.110535f6@fabiankeil.de> In-Reply-To: <20081115134600.GA38127@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20081115084600.GA4998@thought.org> <20081115123726.GA32845@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20081115134714.1537e2bc@fabiankeil.de> <20081115134600.GA38127@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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--Sig_/72wMmOhBv4HQ6SbBGb_vDIt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 01:47:14PM +0100, Fabian Keil wrote: > > On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:37:26 +0100, Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wro= te: > >=20 > > > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 12:46:03AM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > > >=20 > > > > Do any of you guys know why the DVD version of HIGH NOON won't pla= y on my > > > > computers? I've tried everything I can think of. Zero. I watch= ed the > > > > *original* in the theater (I think); then have watched the tape in= '98, > > > > and the DVD just now. I'm not that nutty to waste a DVD-R on it; = I'm > > > > just wondering my none of my players won't play it. > > >=20 > > > Different region? Most players are locked to a certain region, and wo= n't > > > play disks from other regions. Although it is possible to install > > > upgraded or modified firmware that removes the region encoding, that > > > usually needs a windows program. And it can brick your player when do= ne > > > incorrectly. > >=20 > > IIRC respecting the region is only necessary for players with a > > licensed CSS implementation. If the player cracks CSS anyway, > > it usually ignores the region as well so messing with the firmware > > shouldn't be necessary. >=20 > OK, that's nice to know. All the DVDs that I have play fine with > mplayer, but they're probably all region 2 disks. So I should be able to > play region 1 disks with mplayer? I think so. I play different regions with both mplayer and vlc all the time. Fabian --Sig_/72wMmOhBv4HQ6SbBGb_vDIt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkkgNowACgkQBYqIVf93VJ0T1QCgnePJFiw1z0NQMMVSXko+Z+gb MyMAn1PBox8RznT1JN3OkSVTNJUqd0Z2 =skFD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/72wMmOhBv4HQ6SbBGb_vDIt--
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