[MPlayer-users] how does mplayer circumvent region protected (RPC-2) DVD drives?

[Arpi]

Hi,

> On my new laptop the DVD drive is RPC-2 (region protected). However it
> after swapping region 1 and 2 disks way beyond the 5-change limit, DVDs
> still work fine under Linux and mplayer. Under WinXP the drive's
> internal region change counter is still the same.
> 
> How does mplayer circumvent this restriction? Does it read the DVD files
> in DVD-Rom mode instead of DVD player mode?
> 
> Just curious,

It's just pure black magic.

> PS: any idea how to not increment the counter under Windows? Region-free
> firmware for this drive hasn't been released yet.

this is not a windows list.
stop sending such mails here.


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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