[ltp] Re: DVD region

[D. Sen]

Hi Konstantin,

There are reports on the firmware site that after the upgrade, write 
functionality on the drive was lost. Was this the case with you?

Thanks,
DS

Konstantin Filtschew wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I had problems playing dvd+r, after a firmware upgrade, this worked for
> me. Maybe you should check the IBM site, there were updates for all
> dirvers.
> 
> Greetz
> 
> Konstantin
> 
> On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 12:13:46 +1100
> "D. Sen" <dsen@ieee.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Looks like there are problems playing DVDs from all regions with these
> 
> 
>>drives.
>>
>>Various discussions can be found by typing in "UJ-812" in the search 
>>field at:
>>
>>http://forum.rpc1.org/search.php
>>
>>DS
>>
>>Mo wrote:
>>
>>>On Tuesday 01 February 2005 02:00, D. Sen wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>About to travel overseas. Whats the latest status on playing DVDs
> 
> from
> 
>>>>different regions? (I am taking the T42p with a MATSHITADVD-RAM
> 
> UJ-812)
> 
>>>>DVD player
>>>>
>>>>Is it still possible to set the region to 0 by a firmware upgrade on
>>>>these things such that they play all regions?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On my R50e I never set a DVD region and it seems to play any DVD
> 
> without 
> 
>>>changing the region. I watched several German and a few Chinese DVDs
> 
> with 
> 
>>>xine without any problems.
>>>
>>>The homepage of libdvdcss says:
>>>"Unlike most similar projects, libdvdcss  doesn't require the region
> 
> of your 
> 
>>>drive to be set."
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Mo
>>
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>>Dr. D. Sen
>>School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications
>>University of New South Wales
>>Sydney
>>NSW 2052
>>Australia
>>Tel: +612+93854754
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Dr. D. Sen
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University of New South Wales
Sydney
NSW 2052
Australia
Tel: +612+93854754