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| Thread ID: 23645 | 2002-08-21 08:40:00 | DVD writers(?) and whats the story with mpeg cards? | Chris Wilson (431) | Press F1 |
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| 72958 | 2002-08-21 10:11:00 | Thanks PeebZ, That answers most of the immediate questions, A lot to learn, but at least i'm not stumbling around in the dark anymore. Cheers Chris.... |
Chris Wilson (431) | ||
| 72959 | 2002-08-21 10:16:00 | the MAIN thing to look for with dvd roms is how to make it region free :) work that out before buying it. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 72960 | 2002-08-21 10:20:00 | tweak'e....... ?:| just when i thought i had a grip on the concept..... ?:| ?:| region free????? say what?? ?:| |
Chris Wilson (431) | ||
| 72961 | 2002-08-21 10:34:00 | just like normall standalone dvd players, computer dvd players are also region coded. some drives are made region free, others its a jumber setting while others you have to flash the firmware. unless the drive is region free you will have 5 region changes before it locks on the last region used. see previous posts about it. if it locks on the wrong zone you will need to buy new drive to play your dvd's. opps csi is on....got to go. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 72962 | 2002-08-21 10:38:00 | Region Free. - First what is a region ?. For an complete anwser have a read here (www.digital-digest.com) Simple - To control releases around the globe and we'll throw in cause the US still hang onto the NTSC video format the globe was divided into 6 regions. Most DVD Roms written into their firmware (software that is embedded in your DVD Drive) can change a Region only 5 times before they become locked. ie stay in zone 4 for good. Not really to consumer helpful are they. This protection is on top of Windows DVD region settings. Zoning in NZ is not to much of a concern anymore as Video stores can only buy zone 4 (Aus + NZ) DVD's now. In the old days they rented out Zone 1 as well (USA) as they were released alot earyier. Also the firmware can be flashed (cracked) with new firmware that removes this problem, but also software tools mentioned in the news such as RegionKiller (elby.ch) made by the people of clone cd. (So it has to be good for ya). Bacically this itercepts the signal from the DVD and modifys the signal to what the DVD player and or Windows wants to hear, so that the movie can be played. Jess |
PeebZ (454) | ||
| 72963 | 2002-08-21 11:43:00 | one small thing. there are three main region codeding. the dvd drive itself, as already disscused, the dvd software player(plenty of region killer apps, eg region killer, dvd genie) and tho rare windows itself. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 72964 | 2002-08-21 12:17:00 | which leads to the question of what about DVD on linux, or would that have to be a hardware DVD player? | Chris Wilson (431) | ||
| 72965 | 2002-08-22 03:58:00 | Have a look at Linux TV Stuff (http://www.linuxtv.org/). For more, google will give you "a few" ;-) when you prompt it with "linux dvd". | Graham L (2) | ||
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