7:20 p.m.
Everyone:
Does anyone here have experience using the program "regionset" to change
the region code on a DVD player?
Specifically, has anyone tried to make a drive region-free (region code
0)? And if so, with what result?
The problem: I have a boxed set of DVD's, 12 in all, from Region 2. I
live in Region 1. A few versions of Fedora back (probably F21 or F22), I
found I could play back those Region 2 disks without a problem. But now
with F26, playback even on the "vlc" program gives me sound, but no
picture--a black screen. Dragon refuses to play them at all. The makemkv
program takes about ten minutes trying to do a workaround with the
region codes not matching. Then it seems to work, but the output files
all have sound (including all sound tracks if it has more than one), but
no picture.
The way I see it, I can do one of two things, if I want to rip those disks:
1. Use regionset to change my DVD and BD drive temporarily to Region 2,
rip the disks, then go back to Region 1.
2. Purchase and install a second optical-disk drive and use regionset to
set /that/ to Region 2 and /leave it there/. The second option would
cost me about $50 US.
The larger problem is this: I don't necessarily want to limit myself to
any one region. If I had to pick one "secondary region," it would be 2
because that includes Europe, the Middle East (including Israel), South
Africa, and Japan. But if I want to play or rip a DVD from Australia,
then I'm out of luck.
The /really/ big hack would be to set my present optical drive to Region
0, and hope that would play any disk, from any region. But before I do
something that could fry the drive forever, I would like someone to tell
me whether he's ever done that before.
The only alternative is to shell out $600 US for a multi-region Blu-ray
and DVD player. I would like to avoid that--mainly because I would like
to avoid shelling out a lot of payola for a device having an esoteric
feature I might use only once in a blue moon! Especially since I fully
expect optical media to become obsolete in another ten years.
Any suggestions? Anecdotes? Horror stories?
Temlakos
7:44 p.m.
On 07/24/2017 08:20 AM, Temlakos wrote:
Everyone:
Does anyone here have experience using the program "regionset" to change the
region
code on a DVD player?
I've never changed the region settings of any of my DVD players. (I've not used
one
in a long time and I think all of mine are broken)
I simply install libdvdcss and, if I recall correctly, things like dvdrip and vlc
used the library and ripped and played any DVD regardless of region.
Specifically, has anyone tried to make a drive region-free (region
code 0)? And if
so, with what result?
The problem: I have a boxed set of DVD's, 12 in all, from Region 2. I live in
Region 1. A few versions of Fedora back (probably F21 or F22), I found I could play
back those Region 2 disks without a problem. But now with F26, playback even on the
"vlc" program gives me sound, but no picture--a black screen. Dragon refuses
to
play them at all. The makemkv program takes about ten minutes trying to do a
workaround with the region codes not matching. Then it seems to work, but the
output files all have sound (including all sound tracks if it has more than one),
but no picture.
The way I see it, I can do one of two things, if I want to rip those disks:
1. Use regionset to change my DVD and BD drive temporarily to Region 2, rip the
disks, then go back to Region 1.
2. Purchase and install a second optical-disk drive and use regionset to set /that/
to Region 2 and /leave it there/. The second option would cost me about $50 US.
The larger problem is this: I don't necessarily want to limit myself to any one
region. If I had to pick one "secondary region," it would be 2 because that
includes Europe, the Middle East (including Israel), South Africa, and Japan. But
if I want to play or rip a DVD from Australia, then I'm out of luck.
The /really/ big hack would be to set my present optical drive to Region 0, and
hope that would play any disk, from any region. But before I do something that
could fry the drive forever, I would like someone to tell me whether he's ever done
that before.
The only alternative is to shell out $600 US for a multi-region Blu-ray and DVD
player. I would like to avoid that--mainly because I would like to avoid shelling
out a lot of payola for a device having an esoteric feature I might use only once
in a blue moon! Especially since I fully expect optical media to become obsolete in
another ten years.
Any suggestions? Anecdotes? Horror stories?
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8:11 p.m.
On 07/23/2017 06:20 PM, Temlakos wrote:
Everyone:
Does anyone here have experience using the program "regionset" to
change the region code on a DVD player?
Specifically, has anyone tried to make a drive region-free (region
code 0)? And if so, with what result?
The problem: I have a boxed set of DVD's, 12 in all, from Region 2. I
live in Region 1. A few versions of Fedora back (probably F21 or F22),
I found I could play back those Region 2 disks without a problem. But
now with F26, playback even on the "vlc" program gives me sound, but
no picture--a black screen. Dragon refuses to play them at all. The
makemkv program takes about ten minutes trying to do a workaround with
the region codes not matching. Then it seems to work, but the output
files all have sound (including all sound tracks if it has more than
one), but no picture.
The way I see it, I can do one of two things, if I want to rip those
disks:
1. Use regionset to change my DVD and BD drive temporarily to Region
2, rip the disks, then go back to Region 1.
2. Purchase and install a second optical-disk drive and use regionset
to set /that/ to Region 2 and /leave it there/. The second option
would cost me about $50 US.
The larger problem is this: I don't necessarily want to limit myself
to any one region. If I had to pick one "secondary region," it would
be 2 because that includes Europe, the Middle East (including Israel),
South Africa, and Japan. But if I want to play or rip a DVD from
Australia, then I'm out of luck.
The /really/ big hack would be to set my present optical drive to
Region 0, and hope that would play any disk, from any region. But
before I do something that could fry the drive forever, I would like
someone to tell me whether he's ever done that before.
The only alternative is to shell out $600 US for a multi-region
Blu-ray and DVD player. I would like to avoid that--mainly because I
would like to avoid shelling out a lot of payola for a device having
an esoteric feature I might use only once in a blue moon! Especially
since I fully expect optical media to become obsolete in another ten
years.
Any suggestions? Anecdotes? Horror stories?
Temlakos
How to Unlock DVD Regions on Your Mac and PC: Tech Clinic:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/how-to/a3480/4274927/
Making a DVD player regionless:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=we...
Old versions of VLC somehow got around region codes.
Go to https://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/
and download some older versions and build them and see if that will help.
9:46 p.m.
Allegedly, on or about 23 July 2017, Temlakos sent:
Does anyone here have experience using the program
"regionset" to
change the region code on a DVD player?
I don't recall ever setting a DVD region on my Linux computer equipment.
Not that I can recall trying to play a non-region-4 disc, either. So I
don't know whether my system doesn't care about disc regions, or the
players are doing some software permission control rather than checking
settings in the drive, itself. Reading a locale or timezone setting,
perhaps?
I've no idea about ripping discs on Linux, but old Windows software
seemed to be able to pick the region for the disc to be ripped at will,
and set a region for your newly copied disc. I suspect that ability to
play certain region discs would depend on decryption software, rather
than the disc drive, itself. After all, all the ripping programs are
doing a hack/encryption-crack on the disc (and why sometimes they can't
do anything with some discs). From what I understand, consumer DVD
players decode all discs by comparing something on the disc with their
own settings, along with some decoding key that got cracked many years
ago. Software players wouldn't have a *fixed* region setting.
Specifically, has anyone tried to make a drive region-free (region
code 0)? And if so, with what result?
There's still a risk that a region 0 player mayn't play some discs, some
are engineered so they can't be played in region free machines, as a
final screw-you from Hollywood to people trying to sidestep this
malarkey.
I fully expect optical media to become obsolete in another ten years.
It's already happening.
Video rental stores have disappeared. DVD sales in shops have dwindled,
so the shops only have a limited selection, and poorly stocked shelves.
Streaming services to ordinary television sets are taking over, even
taking over from free-to-air broadcasting. And I went into a Sony
dealer with an example DVD, wanting to show them something that we
needed to be able to do if we bought some new video production
equipment, only to find out that they didn't have anything in the shop
that could play a DVD.
It's the same for computer software, everything's a download, now.
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Boilerplate: All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is
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1:01 a.m.
On 07/23/2017 05:20 PM, Temlakos wrote:
Does anyone here have experience using the program
"regionset" to change
the region code on a DVD player?
Specifically, has anyone tried to make a drive region-free (region code
0)? And if so, with what result?
I had the opposite problem. I think it was an external DVD drive, but
nothing could play DVDs off it until I used regionset to set the region.
I didn't think to see if setting region 0 was possible or if the
problem was that it came with region 0.
1:11 a.m.
On Sun, 2017-07-23 at 20:20 -0400, Temlakos wrote:
Everyone:
Does anyone here have experience using the program "regionset" to change
the region code on a DVD player?
Specifically, has anyone tried to make a drive region-free (region code
0)? And if so, with what result?
The problem: I have a boxed set of DVD's, 12 in all, from Region 2. I
live in Region 1. A few versions of Fedora back (probably F21 or F22), I
found I could play back those Region 2 disks without a problem. But now
with F26, playback even on the "vlc" program gives me sound, but no
picture--a black screen. Dragon refuses to play them at all. The makemkv
program takes about ten minutes trying to do a workaround with the
region codes not matching. Then it seems to work, but the output files
all have sound (including all sound tracks if it has more than one), but
no picture.
Sound, video and subtitles are all muxed together on a DVD so if you
have sound it is breaking the CSS Access Protection just fine. Looks
like you have a problem with a missing mpeg2 video codec or something of
that nature. Linux DVD playback software still isn't able to use the
CSS stuff in the drive the right way, it ignores the region codes
entirely and libdecss simply breaks the encryption thanks to DVD Jon's
efforts in cracking the crypto and giving the break to the world.
(Which is why Fedora will probably never ship that particular library.)
Try mplayer from a command line and see what it has to say, verbose is
of course best. IF it sees the video but can't find a codec or can't
get the display drivers right it will point you to what needs
troubleshooting.
5:23 a.m.
On 07/27/2017 02:11 AM, John Morris wrote:
On Sun, 2017-07-23 at 20:20 -0400, Temlakos wrote:
> Everyone:
>
> Does anyone here have experience using the program "regionset" to change
> the region code on a DVD player?
>
> Specifically, has anyone tried to make a drive region-free (region code
> 0)? And if so, with what result?
>
> The problem: I have a boxed set of DVD's, 12 in all, from Region 2. I
> live in Region 1. A few versions of Fedora back (probably F21 or F22), I
> found I could play back those Region 2 disks without a problem. But now
> with F26, playback even on the "vlc" program gives me sound, but no
> picture--a black screen. Dragon refuses to play them at all. The makemkv
> program takes about ten minutes trying to do a workaround with the
> region codes not matching. Then it seems to work, but the output files
> all have sound (including all sound tracks if it has more than one), but
> no picture.
Sound, video and subtitles are all muxed together on a DVD so if you
have sound it is breaking the CSS Access Protection just fine. Looks
like you have a problem with a missing mpeg2 video codec or something of
that nature. Linux DVD playback software still isn't able to use the
CSS stuff in the drive the right way, it ignores the region codes
entirely and libdecss simply breaks the encryption thanks to DVD Jon's
efforts in cracking the crypto and giving the break to the world.
(Which is why Fedora will probably never ship that particular library.)
Try mplayer from a command line and see what it has to say, verbose is
of course best. IF it sees the video but can't find a codec or can't
get the display drivers right it will point you to what needs
troubleshooting.
I don't know how to use mplayer from the command line. I shudder to
think of how many switches and parameters I have to specify. Can you
help with that?
Temlakos
6:25 a.m.
On 07/27/2017 06:23 PM, Temlakos wrote:
I don't know how to use mplayer from the command line. I shudder
to think of how
many switches and parameters I have to specify. Can you help with that?
Assuming you have a /dev/dvd it should be as simply as typing
mplayer dvd://
If you don't have a /dev/dvd then you may have to create a link to your dvd player to
make things easier
In my case, and in most cases, it would be
ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/dvd
I would test for you....but my DVD drive is broken.
Just give that a try. What could you lose? You may even read the man page on
mplayer. I've never had to give much in the way of other options unless I was doing
something "exotic".
FWIW, even though the laser in my DVD player is dead I still get....
[egreshko@acer ~]$ mplayer dvd://
MPlayer 1.3.0-7 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team
do_connect: could not connect to socket
connect: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
Playing dvd://.
libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable.
libdvdread: Could not open input: No medium found
libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading
Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd (No medium found) <-----------You can't
play
what you can't see....
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7:26 p.m.
On 07/27/2017 07:25 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 07/27/2017 06:23 PM, Temlakos wrote:
> I don't know how to use mplayer from the command line. I shudder to think of how
> many switches and parameters I have to specify. Can you help with that?
Assuming you have a /dev/dvd it should be as simply as typing
mplayer dvd://
If you don't have a /dev/dvd then you may have to create a link to your dvd player
to
make things easier
In my case, and in most cases, it would be
ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/dvd
I would test for you....but my DVD drive is broken.
Just give that a try. What could you lose? You may even read the man page on
mplayer. I've never had to give much in the way of other options unless I was doing
something "exotic".
FWIW, even though the laser in my DVD player is dead I still get....
[egreshko@acer ~]$ mplayer dvd://
MPlayer 1.3.0-7 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team
do_connect: could not connect to socket
connect: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
Playing dvd://.
libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable.
libdvdread: Could not open input: No medium found
libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading
Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd (No medium found) <-----------You can't
play
what you can't see....
How odd.
mplayer on command-line returns, at the end:
MPEG: Missing video stream!? Contact the author, it may be a bug :(
The vlc program gives me sound, but no picture--so no way to navigate
the menu.
However, MakeMKV produces a good DVD video--sound and picture--exactly
what I would expect.
The test disk is a studio-issued special edition of /Fiddler on the
Roof/ (1971), for Region 1.
Herewith the output of mplayer dvd:// (this after I created a soft link
to device "sr0" per your suggestion):
mplayer dvd://
Creating config file: /home/Temlakos/.mplayer/config
MPlayer 1.3.0-7 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team
do_connect: could not connect to socket
connect: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote
control.
Playing dvd://.
There are 9 titles on this DVD.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.
libdvdread: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys
libdvdread: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB at 0x00000149
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x0000027f
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x00000289
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_0.VOB at 0x0000029f
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB at 0x000002a4
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_1.VOB at 0x00000328
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_1.VOB at 0x00001306
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_1.VOB at 0x00001c80
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_06_1.VOB at 0x0000236b
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_0.VOB at 0x0001675c
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_1.VOB at 0x0001e1d0
libdvdread: Elapsed time 1
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_08_1.VOB at 0x003d5daf
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Found 8 VTS's
libdvdread: Elapsed time 1
audio stream: 0 format: ac3 (5.1) language: en aid: 128.
audio stream: 1 format: ac3 (stereo) language: en aid: 129.
number of audio channels on disk: 2.
subtitle ( sid ): 3 language: en
subtitle ( sid ): 4 language: fr
subtitle ( sid ): 5 language: es
number of subtitles on disk: 3
MPEG: Missing video stream!? Contact the author, it may be a bug :(
Exiting... (End of file)
[[censored] ~]$
Now what?
Temlakos
8:09 p.m.
On 07/28/2017 08:26 AM, Temlakos wrote:
How odd.
mplayer on command-line returns, at the end:
MPEG: Missing video stream!? Contact the author, it may be a bug :(
The vlc program gives me sound, but no picture--so no way to navigate the menu.
However, MakeMKV produces a good DVD video--sound and picture--exactly what I would
expect.
The test disk is a studio-issued special edition of /Fiddler on the Roof/ (1971),
for Region 1.
Herewith the output of mplayer dvd:// (this after I created a soft link to device
"sr0" per your suggestion):
> mplayer dvd://
> Creating config file: /home/Temlakos/.mplayer/config
> MPlayer 1.3.0-7 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team
> do_connect: could not connect to socket
> connect: No such file or directory
> Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
>
> Playing dvd://.
> There are 9 titles on this DVD.
> There are 1 angles in this DVD title.
>
> libdvdread: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys
> libdvdread: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient
>
> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB at 0x00000149
> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x0000027f
> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x00000289
> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_0.VOB at 0x0000029f
> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB at 0x000002a4
> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_1.VOB at 0x00000328
> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_1.VOB at 0x00001306
> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_1.VOB at 0x00001c80
> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_06_1.VOB at 0x0000236b
> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_0.VOB at 0x0001675c
> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_1.VOB at 0x0001e1d0
> libdvdread: Elapsed time 1
> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_08_1.VOB at 0x003d5daf
> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
> libdvdread: Found 8
> VTS's
>
> libdvdread: Elapsed time
> 1
>
> audio stream: 0 format: ac3 (5.1) language: en aid:
> 128.
>
> audio stream: 1 format: ac3 (stereo) language: en aid:
> 129.
>
> number of audio channels on disk:
> 2.
>
> subtitle ( sid ): 3 language:
> en
>
> subtitle ( sid ): 4 language:
> fr
>
> subtitle ( sid ): 5 language:
> es
>
> number of subtitles on disk:
> 3
>
>
>
> MPEG: Missing video stream!? Contact the author, it may be a bug
> :(
>
>
>
>
>
> Exiting... (End of
> file)
>
> [[censored] ~]$
Now what?
What version of libmpeg2 do you have installed?
rpm -q libmpeg2
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8:18 p.m.
On 07/27/2017 09:09 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 07/28/2017 08:26 AM, Temlakos wrote:
> How odd.
>
> mplayer on command-line returns, at the end:
>
> MPEG: Missing video stream!? Contact the author, it may be a bug :(
>
> The vlc program gives me sound, but no picture--so no way to navigate the menu.
>
> However, MakeMKV produces a good DVD video--sound and picture--exactly what I would
> expect.
>
> The test disk is a studio-issued special edition of /Fiddler on the Roof/ (1971),
> for Region 1.
>
> Herewith the output of mplayer dvd:// (this after I created a soft link to device
> "sr0" per your suggestion):
>
>> mplayer dvd://
>> Creating config file: /home/Temlakos/.mplayer/config
>> MPlayer 1.3.0-7 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team
>> do_connect: could not connect to socket
>> connect: No such file or directory
>> Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
>>
>> Playing dvd://.
>> There are 9 titles on this DVD.
>> There are 1 angles in this DVD title.
>>
>> libdvdread: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys
>> libdvdread: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient
>>
>> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB at 0x00000149
>> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
>> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x0000027f
>> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
>> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x00000289
>> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
>> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_0.VOB at 0x0000029f
>> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
>> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB at 0x000002a4
>> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
>> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_1.VOB at 0x00000328
>> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
>> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_1.VOB at 0x00001306
>> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
>> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_1.VOB at 0x00001c80
>> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
>> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_06_1.VOB at 0x0000236b
>> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
>> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_0.VOB at 0x0001675c
>> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
>> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_1.VOB at 0x0001e1d0
>> libdvdread: Elapsed time 1
>> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_08_1.VOB at 0x003d5daf
>> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
>> libdvdread: Found 8
>> VTS's
>>
>> libdvdread: Elapsed time
>> 1
>>
>> audio stream: 0 format: ac3 (5.1) language: en aid:
>> 128.
>>
>> audio stream: 1 format: ac3 (stereo) language: en aid:
>> 129.
>>
>> number of audio channels on disk:
>> 2.
>>
>> subtitle ( sid ): 3 language:
>> en
>>
>> subtitle ( sid ): 4 language:
>> fr
>>
>> subtitle ( sid ): 5 language:
>> es
>>
>> number of subtitles on disk:
>> 3
>>
>>
>>
>> MPEG: Missing video stream!? Contact the author, it may be a bug
>> :(
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Exiting... (End of
>> file)
>>
>> [[censored] ~]$
> Now what?
What version of libmpeg2 do you have installed?
rpm -q libmpeg2
libmpeg2-0.5.1-12.fc26.x86_64
Incidentally, though vlc seems hopelessly broken--sound, but no
picture--Dragon Player gives me picture without difficulty, especially
on the new mkv files. So I've verified that MakeMKV works, even when
ripping a Region 2 disk on a Region 1 player. (The "workaround" is
successful; it just seems to take forever, but as long as I read the
message "Operation successfully completed," I can be confident.) The
only other modification I need to try to make, is to crop the picture to
the PAL aspect ratio to eliminate "double letterboxing" on a wide screen.
I realize that vlc is an rpmfusion package, hence no concern of Fedora.
Well, kudos to Fedora for producing a video player (Dragon Player) that
beats vlc in their current iterations! I only wish I knew exactly why.
Temlakos
1:16 a.m.
On 07/28/2017 09:18 AM, Temlakos wrote:
libmpeg2-0.5.1-12.fc26.x86_64
Incidentally, though vlc seems hopelessly broken--sound, but no picture--Dragon
Player gives me picture without difficulty, especially on the new mkv files. So
I've verified that MakeMKV works, even when ripping a Region 2 disk on a Region 1
player. (The "workaround" is successful; it just seems to take forever, but as
long
as I read the message "Operation successfully completed," I can be confident.)
The
only other modification I need to try to make, is to crop the picture to the PAL
aspect ratio to eliminate "double letterboxing" on a wide screen.
I realize that vlc is an rpmfusion package, hence no concern of Fedora. Well, kudos
to Fedora for producing a video player (Dragon Player) that beats vlc in their
current iterations! I only wish I knew exactly why.
I freely admit I know very little about codecs and video playback. In the past
everything has just worked for me. As I said, all of my DVD drives have died....
But since I've been doing upgrades since they were working I should have what I need
for things to work. With that in mind, it may be a good idea to see what gstreamer
plugins you've installed? Here is what is on my system.
[egreshko@meimei backups]$ rpm -qa | grep gstream | grep plug | grep good
gstreamer1-plugins-good-1.12.2-1.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.31-18.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-good-extras-0.10.31-18.fc26.x86_64
[egreshko@meimei backups]$ rpm -qa | grep gstream | grep plug | grep bad
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras-0.10.23-39.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0.10.23-39.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-bad-0.10.23-8.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-1.12.2-1.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeworld-1.12.2-1.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0.10.23-39.fc26.i686
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-gtk-1.12.2-1.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-bad-nonfree-0.10.23-4.fc26.x86_64
[egreshko@meimei backups]$ rpm -qa | grep gstream | grep plug | grep ugly
gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-1.12.2-1.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-ugly-0.10.19-22.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free-1.12.2-1.fc26.x86_64
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5:33 a.m.
On 07/28/2017 02:16 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 07/28/2017 09:18 AM, Temlakos wrote:
> libmpeg2-0.5.1-12.fc26.x86_64
>
> Incidentally, though vlc seems hopelessly broken--sound, but no picture--Dragon
> Player gives me picture without difficulty, especially on the new mkv files. So
> I've verified that MakeMKV works, even when ripping a Region 2 disk on a Region
1
> player. (The "workaround" is successful; it just seems to take forever, but
as long
> as I read the message "Operation successfully completed," I can be
confident.) The
> only other modification I need to try to make, is to crop the picture to the PAL
> aspect ratio to eliminate "double letterboxing" on a wide screen.
>
> I realize that vlc is an rpmfusion package, hence no concern of Fedora. Well, kudos
> to Fedora for producing a video player (Dragon Player) that beats vlc in their
> current iterations! I only wish I knew exactly why.
I freely admit I know very little about codecs and video playback. In the past
everything has just worked for me. As I said, all of my DVD drives have died....
But since I've been doing upgrades since they were working I should have what I need
for things to work. With that in mind, it may be a good idea to see what gstreamer
plugins you've installed? Here is what is on my system.
[egreshko@meimei backups]$ rpm -qa | grep gstream | grep plug | grep good
gstreamer1-plugins-good-1.12.2-1.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.31-18.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-good-extras-0.10.31-18.fc26.x86_64
[egreshko@meimei backups]$ rpm -qa | grep gstream | grep plug | grep bad
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras-0.10.23-39.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0.10.23-39.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-bad-0.10.23-8.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-1.12.2-1.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeworld-1.12.2-1.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0.10.23-39.fc26.i686
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-gtk-1.12.2-1.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-bad-nonfree-0.10.23-4.fc26.x86_64
[egreshko@meimei backups]$ rpm -qa | grep gstream | grep plug | grep ugly
gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-1.12.2-1.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-ugly-0.10.19-22.fc26.x86_64
gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free-1.12.2-1.fc26.x86_64
Thank you for that list. I was in fact missing some gstreamer plugins
packages. I just tracked down and installed the missing ones, and now
vlc works again--picture and sound.
Temlakos
7:36 a.m.
On 07/28/2017 06:33 PM, Temlakos wrote:
Thank you for that list. I was in fact missing some gstreamer plugins
packages. I
just tracked down and installed the missing ones, and now vlc works again--picture
and sound.
Great. I assume mplayer now works as well?
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8:40 a.m.
On 07/28/2017 08:36 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 07/28/2017 06:33 PM, Temlakos wrote:
> Thank you for that list. I was in fact missing some gstreamer plugins packages. I
> just tracked down and installed the missing ones, and now vlc works again--picture
> and sound.
Great. I assume mplayer now works as well?
Haven't tried it yet. But the big thing I wanted to get working, was
MakeMKV. So I could take an out-of-region disk, rip it, and enjoy its
contents without having to shell out $600 US or more for a multiregion
optical-disk player. (One-region players typically cost a mere fraction
of that amount.)
Or buy another optical-disk burner/player and reset its region, either.
Now I can put that decision off for a long time to come.
Temlakos
10:09 p.m.
Allegedly, on or about 27 July 2017, Temlakos sent:
mplayer on command-line returns, at the end:
MPEG: Missing video stream!? Contact the author, it may be a bug :(
The vlc program gives me sound, but no picture--so no way to navigate
the menu.
However, MakeMKV produces a good DVD video--sound and picture--exactly
what I would expect.
Quite likely that MakeMKV uses a different set of CODEC files, than the
other programs, to do the job.
You can install mplayer without a bunch of extra codecs, you may have
done that.
Though I was under the impression that VLC usually installed itself with
enough of everything to do the usual tasks.
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