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Bug 334062 - [dvdreadsrc] no error with region encoded dvd, but no region set
[dvdreadsrc] no error with region encoded dvd, but no region set
Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE
Product: GStreamer
Classification: Platform
Component: gst-plugins-ugly
git master
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: git master
Assigned To: GStreamer Maintainers
GStreamer Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-03-09 20:29 UTC by Rob Caskey
Modified: 2008-05-06 11:27 UTC
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Description Rob Caskey 2006-03-09 20:29:48 UTC 
If users are trying to run a region encoded DVD without a region set it should ask them if they would like to change their region to match that of the disk. If only one attempt at changing the region remains, users should be prompted for an administrative password.
Comment 1 Tim-Philipp Müller 2006-05-04 08:56:31 UTC 
What happens now exactly?

Do you not get any error whatesoever? Not even a simple 'Could not open DVD' or something?

I am not sure we can actually easily do this in GStreamer, it doesn't look like libdvdreadsrc provides us with this kind of information.
Comment 2 Sebastian Dröge (slomo) 2008-05-06 09:18:20 UTC 
Ok, closing this bug now as no required information was given for years ;)
Comment 3 Tim-Philipp Müller 2008-05-06 11:27:33 UTC 
Actually, I get this on my laptop as well. Some drives (esp. Matshita/Panasonic ones apparently) return garbage/garbled data when no region has been set but the disc has a region mask.

It's fairly easy to check for on linux if you have the fd of the open device, but I don't think dvdread gives us that either.

Here's the output from Thoggen:

 :: DVD DISC INSERTED: FOO BAR
 :: Current Region Code settings:
 ::   RPC Scheme                           : RPC-II
 ::   Type                                 : NO REGION CODE SET YET
 ::   Vendor resets left                   : 4
 ::   User controlled changes left         : 5
 ::   Region_mask=0xFF
 ::   Drive will play discs from region(s) : NONE, you must set a region first
 :: DVDDiscID (/dev/scd0) failed.

** (thoggen:9219): WARNING **: DVDDiscID (/dev/scd0) failed.