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).
Richard
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).
poc
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.
On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 09:27 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
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.
Ditto, except when it decides not to recognize my DVD drive. Reliability seems to vary with each update to Wine.
poc
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 15:58:47 -0800, Rich Emberson emberson.rich@gmail.com 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.
Usually stock rpc drives can change regions a limited amount of times. I am not sure if there is a linux tool to do this, but probably there is.
You might consider looking for alternative firmware. You can make your drive region zero which should play any disk, but I think there are ways for the DVD content providers to have this break menus to make the disk hard to use. You can also get firmware that resets the region change count every time you change it.
When buying DVD drives, I think it is a good idea to check to see if flashing tools are available for Linux and if there are third party firmwares available to deal with region coding. You might also want the firmware to remove the speed limiting that both helps keep the drive quiet and limits how fast you can copy a DVD.
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).
Richard
I have done it.
There are two issues that may be involved with the DVD. One is the format of the video. Is the screen resolution compatible with your player? What format is the Region 2 DVD in?
Another is the region coding.
I have converted DVD's for others to work in any Region 1 player for both screen resolution as well as region coding. I normally will convert to Region 0.
I do this at home so I don't have my notes handy.
There is an DVD menu editor program that allows you to change the DVD menu from the *.ifo files. This program allows you to simply click the region you want and what other changes you want to do.
You just save the files from the VIDEO.TS and AUDIO.TS on your computer, edit and then burn them with K3b.
DVD menu editor. http://download.videohelp.com/r0lZ/pgcedit/index.html
Note, if the DVD is a dual layer, there are ways to shrink the videos to fit on a single layer DVD just like DVD shrink.
I normally rip the video and then use mencoder to modify resolution and quality to meet my needs. You can use mencoder to fix many corrupted files as well.