From: Vincent Poy (vince_at_victor.MCESTATE.COM)
Date: Fri Oct 01 1999 - 04:51:49 EDT
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, STeve Andre' wrote:
Actually, all you have to do is uninstall Mediamatics DVDExpress
and install it again.
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> You are right and your anaology is apt: specialized glasses for
> all, if the MPAA had their way.
>
> I have a 1472i with the Mediamatics software on it which has
> never been graced with a DVD yet. Before I test it, I plan on
> recording the contents of the directory of the software, and
> the system registry. We'll see how "clever" they are.
>
> But, even failing that, I still cannot see how the entire system
> has to be reloaded: the recovery CD is a large Zip file, isn't
> it? No one has successfully pulled a piece off that before?
> I've never looked at my recovery CD.
>
> You mentioned a URL in the IBM forum, talking about DVDs, but
> I haven't seen it. Do you know what it is, perchance?
>
> What an OBNOXIOUS thing to do to users... But thanks for your
> info, Juan-Carlos.
>
> STeve Andre'
> andres_at_msu.edu
>
> At 07:37 PM 9/30/1999 -0700, Juan-Carlos Lerman wrote:
> >If book publishers would have divided the world in regions and
> >would have required that we use special glasses to read only the
> >books printed for one specific region, they would have been
> >called unethical (or worse).
> >
> >Unfortunately does not seem to be other published method to
> >change region with Mediamatics's DVDExpress than to reformat/reload
> >as per IBM's info and my own experience. It's also spelled out in
> >the DVDExpress manual.
> >
> >I had to reload Win95 from the recovery CD, on a TP770.
> >
> >Blame it on Hollywood, but not too much on IBM. It could be worse:
> >it's rumored that in other players the encoding is done in the
> >firmware and thus is more difficult to change. And the Mediamatics
> >DVDExpress uses <sarcasm> a quite "clever" method </sarcasm>: do
> >not make the mistake of playing as first DVD, after your OS reload,
> >a DVD from region "0" or "NR" = no region. In that case you'll have
> >to reload again. DVDExpress requires that the first DVD being
> >played is from the region you want to adhere to until you wish to
> >reload again... :-)
> >
> >On the other hand there is a published third party free hacked code
> >for Zoran's SoftDVD that doesn't require reloading. There is an URL
> >given in that IBM forum that you mentioned. In that URL there are
> >utilities for several players and several computers. Use at your
> >own risk. I haven't tried them.
> >
> >Also, if you have the knowledge (I don't) to find out what and
> >where in the TP's software is changed from before and after
> >entering the region number, you might have the solution. My hunch
> >is that is irrecognizably encripted somewhere.
> >
> >Globalization welcome! The world is a big single village, except
> >for DVD movies.
> >
> >STeve Andre' wrote:
> >>
> >> ...On a TP 1472i (and likely any DVD playing TP) the Mediamatics
> >> software won't let you change the region code, once you've initially
> >> set it up?
> >>
> >> Does anyone know how the region code is stored, such that it can be
> >> altered? An officialy IBM spokeswoman recently said, in their discussion
> >> forum, that *the system must be reloaded in order to change it*.
> >>
> >> Besides being bizarre, thats wrong unless the code somehow encrypts the
> >> data and mismashes into the executable or something (and even then, I'd
> >> bet that it could be circumvented).
> >>
> >> Any ideas? Comments? Any code that does this for other TPs would be
> >> appreciated, too. I dimly remember some comments on this a while back
> >> ago, which I stupidly didn't save because I didn't have a DVD playing
> >> machine around me...
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> --STeve Andre'
> >> andres_at_msu.edu
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