From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 15 13:46:09 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D66D106564A for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:46:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E3048FC13 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:46:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id mAFDk1JO089505; Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:46:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E41D8BAA9; Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:46:00 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:46:00 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Fabian Keil Message-ID: <20081115134600.GA38127@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20081115084600.GA4998@thought.org> <20081115123726.GA32845@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20081115134714.1537e2bc@fabiankeil.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081115134714.1537e2bc@fabiankeil.de> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "High Noonn" DVD?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:46:09 -0000 --C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 01:47:14PM +0100, Fabian Keil wrote: > On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:37:26 +0100, Roland Smith wrote: >=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 play = on my > > > computers? I've tried everything I can think of. Zero. I watched= 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 won'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 done > > 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. 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? There seem to be other benefits to updating the firmware, like allowing faster burns with selected media. There is a firmware update utility for NEC / Optiarc burners that also works under linux. It's called binflash [http://binflash.cdfreaks.com/]. There is no source code available, though. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkke0pgACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVQywCfa/6oUtYV22F4Jo1p+z4WuEFD owwAoKpX2UZJAklhvFnPjn6DzRU7x/UP =TftX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc--