[PLUG] playing PAL region 2 DVDs with subtitles on Linux

[Jason Barnett]

here is a good resource for unlocking the region code for your dvd player.
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks

I have been able to watch Japanese dvds on my Linux box with no issues and
they too are region code 2.

Jason

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Jim Karlock <jjkarlock at gmail.com> wrote:

> FWIW, my 5(+/-) year old COBY stand alone player has a PAL/NTSC
> switch that controls the OUTPUT independently of the DVD format!
> Don't know about the region BS.
>
> Thanks
> JK
>
>
> At 10:15 PM 12/7/2012, you wrote:
> >For bimonthly movie night, my wife and I watched "Absurdistan".
> >The title is apt.  Director Veit Helmer recently made "Baikonur",
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iK464i6tzw
> >a drama filmed at the active Kazakh/Russian launch center, which
> >I would like to see.  Amazon sells the DVD for PAL region 2,
> >which is incompatable with my Hollywood-infested DVD player.
> >
> >Will a PAL region 2 disk play using Linux DVD player software?
> >Will the English subtitles display?  I'm guessing this can be
> >set up with a lot of effort,  but many tweaks may be needed,
> >and frame-rate incompatabilities leading to ugly video.
> >
> >Keith
> >
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