[ltp] region-free DVD-drive

[fire-eyes]

igorr+tp@ifi.uio.no wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> I have a ThinkPad with a Matshita UJ-822S, and recently I have
> discovered that this DVD drive unfortunately implements region settings
> in firmware. There does not seem to be any third party firmware
> updates[1], and coming from the region-free NEC-world[2], I find this
> situation very annoying.
> 
> So, I was wondering if anyone has a solution for this predicament[3].
> Ideally a firmware/software solution, but if there is a slim form factor
> drive out there with region-free capabilities (hackable or out of the
> box), naturally I'd be willing to consider a hardware approach.

Try regionset or setregion, it's one of the two. I had this same issue
with a brand new T43.

Though I still can't manage to play dvd movies for various reasons, even
though i can with the exact same versions of mplayer and xine and USE
flasg as my desktop.