Re: Re: region code in cdrecord

From: Sergey Babkin (babkin_at_verizon.net)
Date: 04/25/05

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To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org>, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>

    >(like I said, but in roundabout fashion I admit) region 2, so suggesting
    >that I ignore the region is silly, it's there already. My dvd (and that
    >of my friend's, I tested) both immediately choke on trying to play this

    Sorry, can't help with your original question,
    but I can help with the choice of DVD players.
    Phillips makes a good reprogrammable one.
    I think the model is called 642 in US and 630
    in Europe, I can look at mine (US) at home. Walmart
    and Target sell them for shomething like $70.
    Changing the region code is a breese -
    you get the tray open, press the "secret" button
    sequence and can enter the new code. Setting
    the code to 0 would make it region-free and
    would play any disks except the very paranoid ones.
    For those you can change it back to 1 or 2.

    >disk, they don't even open a menu. I need to change that encoded region
    >value from 2 to 1. Having software here that coded, say, a null value

    AFAIK it's done in a more interesting way: the
    region code on CD is actually a small interpreted
    bytecode program that reads the player's configuration
    data with the region code in it and decides if it
    wants to play on this player or not.
    That's why some disks won't work with the
    players having region 0. I'd guess that this
    program can be happily amputated altogether.

    -SB
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