SolidShark wrote...
Flaser wrote...
SolidShark wrote...
http://www.videolan.org
It plays your copyright-protected DVD's, since some DVD's now come with a protection which doesn't allow them to be played on your PC.
Please stop the bullshit. All DVDs are encrypted with CSS, and region locked. Some players comply with the region restrictions other don't.
I believe we are experiencing some confusion. I got the Paprika (2006) DVD, I put it on the laptop, it didn't play, it was blocked due to "copyrights". It didn't let me view the movie in neither Windows media player, Real Player, or Quicktime. The message that popped was something regarding copyright. I went to ask.com and asked how to play copyrighted movies. I found the program, it worked. That's why I reccomend it. That's it, I just wanted to add something helpful to this thread.
I had a PC, an XP, many many years ago, which without any program, played movies without any mention of regional or copyright block. Sorry for my ignorance of not knowing that ALL movies have that problem. I haven't played movies on a laptop for a long time, and that was the first time, and said that mention. Can I really be blamed for running into the wrong conclusion? No.
The issue was likely region blocking on the disc. All DVD drives, even the ones in PCs are supposed to have a region set. When the region on the disc and the device don't match the movie's not supposed to be played.
...except cheap Taiwanese/Chinese stand alone players didn't ever give a fuck.
Same goes for software. "Brand name" products from Microsoft/Apple have to play by the rules or they get the the mother of all anal law-suits over breaches of copyright treaties.
3rd party video player programs tend to not give a damn.