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--- Forwarded Message from Bernd Conrad <[log in to unmask]> --- >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 21:11:33 -0700 >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >From: Bernd Conrad <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #7435.1 Where is region info stored? (!) On my Mac, running OS X, I force-quit DVD Player to prevent the region code count down from advancing (APPLE-key + OPTION-key + ESC). Given the number of Region 1 and 2 DVDs I have, I have found this to be the least obtrusive solution. I would be curious to know whether force-quitting an application breaks the law. Bernd Conrad Northern Arizona University >--- Forwarded Message from [log in to unmask] --- > >>From: [log in to unmask] >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: RE: #7435 Where is region info stored? >>Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 10:36:38 -0500 > >To the best of my knowledge, the region information is stored in the >drive's firmware. There are some programs out there that will flash >your drive's firmware to allow you to re-set the region even after 5 >plays, but I think I've heard that they also carry some threat of >damaging the drive or voiding the warranty or somesuch. (Perhaps >somebody else can confirm or refute that.) Reformatting the hard >drive, and/or reinstalling the OS, has no affect on a DVD drive's >firmware. > > > >Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 08:34:21 -0800 > > >From: Patrick Foster <[log in to unmask]> > > >Subject: Where is region info stored? > > >In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]> > > >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum > ><[log in to unmask]> > > >References: <[log in to unmask]> > > > >Does anyone know where the region information on a computer with a > >DVD drive is stored? As I understand it, one is allotted a number of > >changes in the region code before it "locks". Is that information > >stored in some sort of non-volatile RAM in the drive or on the > >computer's hard drive? Would a re-format and re-install of the OS let > >you start over? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Pat > >-- > >Patrick A. Foster > >Director, Modern Languages Learning Center > >http://mllc.ewu.edu > >Eastern Washington University > >(509) 359-6002 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Jonathan White Boston University >Technical Coordinator Center for English Language >617-358-2499 and Orientation Programs >[log in to unmask] http://www.bu.edu/celop >----------------------------------------------------------------------