Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] region coding sucks, but Linux rocks !
From: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki (rzewnickie_AT_rfa.org)
Date: Tue Jul 15 2003 - 23:07:21 EEST
About 5 years ago we (me and _my_ better half) bought a video tape in
China ... It played similarly to Dave's ... no picture and screwed up
audio.
Does anyone know if PAL is the standard in China as well?
-Eric Rz.
On Tue 15/07/2003 14:29:55, Joe Hartley wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 13:55:10 -0400
> Dave Phillips <dlphilp_AT_bright.net> wrote:
> > Is there some way to change a hardware DVD player to accept another
> > region coding...
>
> Completely depends on the player - some allow you to change the region a
> fixed number of times.
>
> > How does it happen that my Linux players recognize these discs with
> > no trouble ?
>
> Magic :) (Translation - I have no idea!) But it's heartening to know
> it worked. My guess is that Windows machines would be careful to honor
> the region encoding because MS is so closely aligned with the MPAA with
> regards to digital rights management. Dunno about Macs, but my guess is
> that they'd honor the region encoding as well.
>
> > The VHS tape is still a problem. Our player doesn't seem to like it,
> > no picture appears but we can hear the audio moving along at something
> > like twice normal speed. Can anyone tell me what's up with that and if
> > there's some way to fix it ?
>
> Your tape is likely in the PAL format, the European standard for TV
> broadcasting. It has a different number of lines scanned per second
> than the NTSC format used in the US. I think your only option here
> is to find someone with a PAL VCR and get them to dub a copy onto an
> NTSC VCR.
>
> --
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> Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant - jh_AT_brainiac.com
> Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - FZappa
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