[ltp] DVD+/-R and Region-free

[René Castberg]

You will notice that you region counter decreases every time you use a
different disc.... 
Unfortunatly i don't know of any good software to check this under
linux.
I have managed to patch my drive to region free, using information from
www.rpc1.org, its not the easiest patch to do.
if you want i can try and dig up the information from my disc.
The reason that windows couldn't play different region files is that it
has a region set in the software as well, because of decss linux doesn't
have this problem.


rene

On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 19:42, honey@gneek.com wrote:
> I'd like to play DVD+R disks on my Matshita UJDA745 DVD/CDRW supplied
> with my T40, and I'm told from the list archives that upgrading my
> firmware from version 1.02 (which was supplied) will do the job.
> But I'm trying to understand the region-free issue.
> 
> At the moment, via linux I was pleasantly surprised to find I could
> play both region 1 and 2 disks.  Reading the list, I gather this may
> be the libdvdcss stuff, and if I haven't played a DVD via Windows
> (can't swear I have) then the region won't have been set.
> 
> So questions: if I upgrade the software to region 1.03 via the IBM
> firmware, will I lose my ability to play region 1 and 2 via linux?
> And should I not risk ever playing a DVD via Windows if I don't want
> to lose this?  Or does libdvdcss remove all worries for this either
> way?
> 
> Finally I guess it would be nice for someone to confirm that 1.03
> does add the ability to play DVD+R too.
> 
> Thanks!