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Region free media player install#
Region free media player upgrade#

There's a chance that even after installing libdvdcss, some of your DVD's still won't play.

See the Free Formats page for more information

Region free media player install#

Install the regionset package from the Universe repositories.

To change the region code of your DVD player, insert a DVD from your region in the DVD player, and do the following:.

Also, if it is necessary to crack the CSS key, it can sometimes take up to a few minutes to do so. However, it must be set to something if it hasn't been initialized, even non-region-restricted DVDs won't play. MPlayer/VLC) with most DVD drives are able to ignore the value of the region setting.

Region free media player upgrade#

After the fifth change, the DVD drive will stay fixed on that code - on some drives you can upgrade the drive firmware and have then additional five changes, on other drives you won't be able to change the region code any more." The drive firmware allows you to change the region code, but on nearly all drives you are limited to five (5) changes. The author of regionset writes: "On delivery, most DVD drives have no region code set. You can view or modify the region code of your DVD drive with the regionset tool. For example, you cannot play a DVD published in Japan (Region 2) on a DVD player in the United States (Region 1) without changing the region code of the DVD player (unless you own a region-free DVD player). Region codes are a form of vendor lock-in. If your DVD player regularly locks up when you try to play back a DVD, your DVD player probably does not match the DVD's region code. If after doing all this, you still get messages about not being able to play DVDs, check that the DVD drive has a region set (see below). Sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.shĪfter this, VLC will automatically use it. Then open a terminal window and execute:.Install the libdvdread4 package ( no need to add third party repositories) via Synaptic or command line: (note: if you have installed *ubuntu-restricted-extras this has already been installed automatically for you)

May also work for old releases, 9.04 onwards, that are no longer supported only if you have repositories on CD/DVD or somewhere. Follow libdvd-pkg's instructions to let it download, compile, and install libdvdcss.Sudo apt install libdvd-pkg & sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg Install the libdvd-pkg package ( no need to add third party repositories) via Synaptic or command line: Legal warning: Check with your local laws to make sure usage of libdvdcss2 would be legal in your area.įrom Ubuntu 15.10 onwards, libdvd-pkg is available to ease the installation of libdvdcss. By installing the libdvdcss2 package you can play encrypted DVDs with: