> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:01:54 +0100 > From: krisdoug...@gmail.com > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Making VLC muliregion > > On 29 April 2012 21:02, Michael Daniels <michae...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > VLC player is said to be multi-region, mine will only play region "0" or > > region "2". > > There is a patch on "Community Documentation", starts, sudo apt-get install > > libdvdread4 > > Next line says "Then open a terminalwindow and execute:" > > sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh > > Followed by, "Rebooting may be necessary" > > My observation is that both sudo lines require "open a terminal" , has > > anyone done it and managed to get it to work ? > > Any advice will be appreciated. > > Thanks, Michael > > Hello, though I have not done it for a while, I had 10.04 running on > an old mini-pc, hooked up to a big CRT monitor and speakers. I could > play DVDs from all regions on this without issue, Japanese for > instance. > > I did this using the method detailed above, basically installing > libdvdcss on the machine. VLC happily just played whatever it was told > to from there. > > Should be as simple as copy/pasting the commands into a terminal > window, pressing "y" when apt-get asks and following the instructions > for installing libdvdcss. > > Tl;DR > Yes, pasting those commands in should work fine. > > > -- > Regards, Kris Douglas. > www.krisd.eu > > -- Thanks Kris, worked, no problems with a Region 1 DVD . (UK is region 2, > which seems to be the default setting of VLC.) I have printed the Community > Documentation item, so other can be helped if needed. Have a great day, > regards, Michael > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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