[ltp] Reset region change counter

Eric Covener linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:33:05 -0500


On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:00:36 +1200, Christopher Sawtell
<csawtell@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 02:18, Kevin Krause wrote:
> > Tino:
> > > Shouldn't programs which use libcss (xine, mplayer etc.) be able play
> > > the DVD regardless of the region setting of the DVD drive?
> >
> > Unfortunately not, the DVD drive itself refuses to play DVDs with other
> > region codes once it has been changed five times. 

libdvdcss does have a slow, bruteforce method that can be used against
rpc-2 drives when you have a drive/disk regionmismatch. Software like
mplayer may cache the title key if you let it chug through once.

export DVDCSS_METHOD=title


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Eric Covener
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