VLC and Region?

[Samuel Hocevar]

On Fri, Nov 23, 2001, Charles Sullivan wrote:

> If VLC is used to play a region-locked DVD, does it make any changes
> to the DVD drive? 

   No, libdvdcss just "forgets" to check for the media's region. And so
far no one has reported this bug O:-)

> I.e., can I play DVDs from a variety of regions without using up the
> region changes allowed by the DVD's firmware?

   Yes, you can use vlc (and any libdvdcss based program) without fear,
they won't touch the region counter.

-- 
Sam.