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Re: DVD player capture

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Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> writes:

> On 2015-09-08, Haines Brown <haines@engels.histomat.net> wrote:
>> Your further advice would be appreciated. In Newegg, Amazon, and EBay I
>> was unable to find an external or internal drive that specified
>> region. In fact, I didn't even know that the region spec was built into
>> drives rather than players.
>
> Here's a USB one available on Amazon:
>
>   http://www.amazon.com/External-Region-Burner-Writer-Computer/dp/B00WVPRSU2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441711752
>
> Cheaper units are on ebay but they ship direct from China:
>
>   http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-External-USB-2-0-Region-Free-DVD-Burner-Slim-CD-RW-ROM-Combo-Player-Drive-/181678106625?hash=item2a4cdbe801
>
>   http://www.ebay.com/itm/hOT-NEW-External-USB-2-0-Region-Free-DVD-Burner-CD-RW-ROM-Player-Drive-PC-/181681684252?hash=item2a4d127f1c
>
>   http://www.ebay.com/itm/External-USB-2-0-Region-Free-DVD-Burner-CD-RW-ROM-Player-Drive-PC-/171630194261?hash=item27f5f4ee55

Thank you for all your effort. Something was wrong with my search
methodology. No problem finding them now.

>> Interesting. Again, I'm betrayed by my ignorance. Since I happen to have
>> an ASUS internal drive, I went to the ASUS website, where there is
>> nothing about downloading firmware. 
>
> It would be hacked firmware from a 3rd party. If you're not familiar
> with doing this I would stick with just getting a drive that is
> region-free to begin with.
>
>> In snooping about I discovered there is a linux application, regionset,
>> which lets you show and display the region of a drive. I've not tried it
>> yet, but this sounds like a very simple solution to my problem.
>
> You can only change the region 5 times then the drive will lock permanently
> into the last setting it was given.

Aha!

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DVD player capture Haines Brown <haines@engels.histomat.net> - 2015-09-07 06:54 -0400
  Re: DVD player capture Vic RR Garcia <VicGar007@at-gmail.dot.com> - 2015-09-07 13:59 -0400
    Re: DVD player capture Haines Brown <haines@engels.histomat.net> - 2015-09-08 05:18 -0400
      Re: DVD player capture Vic RR Garcia <VicGar007@at-gmail.dot.com> - 2015-09-08 14:03 -0400
    Re: DVD player capture Haines Brown <haines@engels.histomat.net> - 2015-09-08 05:42 -0400
  Re: DVD player capture Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2015-09-07 23:53 +0000
    Re: DVD player capture Haines Brown <haines@engels.histomat.net> - 2015-09-08 06:29 -0400
      Re: DVD player capture Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2015-09-08 11:35 +0000
        Re: DVD player capture Haines Brown <haines@engels.histomat.net> - 2015-09-08 08:31 -0400
    Re: DVD player capture Vic RR Garcia <VicGar007@at-gmail.dot.com> - 2015-09-08 14:04 -0400
      Re: DVD player capture Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-09 14:52 -0400
        Re: DVD player capture Vic RR Garcia <VicGar007@at-gmail.dot.com> - 2015-09-09 19:11 -0400
  Re: DVD player capture Harold Johanssen <noemail@please.net> - 2015-09-08 14:35 +0000
    Re: DVD player capture Vic RR Garcia <VicGar007@at-gmail.dot.com> - 2015-09-08 14:07 -0400
  Re: DVD player capture JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-09-10 16:27 -0500

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