Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thursday 13 November 2008 19:28:47 Rich Emberson wrote: > >> So, I've got a Region 2 DVD, a Region 1 DVD player, >> Fedora 9, a SAMSUNG SH-S203N DVD+RW and some recordable DVDs. >> What I want to do is create a Region 1 version of the Region >> 2 DVD so that I can look at it using my Region 1 DVD >> player. >> I do not need to look at the DVD using Fedora, just make a copy. >> Can this be done? >> Googling about one finds numerous Linux DVD tools, scripts, sites, >> suggestions, etc. - all well and good, but I'd like a complete >> solution and not a cobbled together set of utilities that may >> or not work depending of numerous factors (and you are on your own >> to figure out what is not working). >> >> I know this might be a tall order. I understand that Fedora is, in >> a sense, a testbed, but its what I've got installed (and I don't >> have Windows installed anywhere, so I am interested in a Linux >> only solution). >> > > Possibly the easiest solution is to convince your DVD player to play Region 2 > disks. Most modern players can do this if you ask them nicely (Google is your > friend) or even by default. Pay no attention to what it says on the box or > manual, which is often misleading, I presume for legal reasons. I have an LG > player which will play any region, NTSC or PAL and it just came that way. > > Failing that, you could try k9copy and cross your fingers. > > Or run one of the DVD cloning apps under Wine (sometimes works) or under > VMware or VirtualBox (should always work if properly configured). > FWIW, I use DVD Shrink under wine to create "region free" disks. Works great...especially when the original is a 9GB DVD. -- fortune: not found -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
