[MPlayer-users] DVD playback error (latest SVN) (FIXED)

[Stephen Stocker]

On Sun, 6 Jun 2010, Reimar Döffinger wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 08:57:58AM -0500, Stephen Stocker wrote:
>> On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, Stephen Stocker wrote:
>>> On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, Stephen Stocker wrote:
>>>> Um, apologies for the mess of a post above... I'm going to see
>>>> which of the revisions broke things here.
>>>
>>> OK, r31155 and 31156 are both fine, so it has to be 31157. Thanks
>>> again, and apologies for the noise on the list.
>>
>>   Just a note to let you know this error is now fixed, in r31336.
>> Working like a charm again. Thanks. :)
>
> Right forgot to say, and good to know.
> But looking at it again, I suspect that you never set a region code
> for the DVD drive?
> These days, DVD drives are not supposed to let you play videos unless
> you have set a region code (this is mostly what all this is about).
> For some reason yours (incorrectly?) does, but otherwise setting a
> region (e.g. with the regionset tool) should help (it should not
> matter which you set for MPlayer at least - luckily since regionset
> doesn't tell you which region corresponds to which geographical area).


  That's correct, thanks. I'd never even checked the region, being basically 
ignorant about computer DVD drives. All I knew was that the DVDs here were 
region 1. Having done some reading on the subject (and grabbed regionset), 
I'm curious to see whether any disc will cause problems without setting it. 
At least I know what to do if I run into the problem. :)