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On Thursday 27 September 2007, Anthony E. Caudel wrote: |
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> Thinking about ordering a DVD from Amazon.uk (not available here in |
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> the US). It is a region 2 DVD and is in PAL format unlike the NTSC |
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> here in the states. |
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> Will the DVD play in Mplayer? |
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It's really got nothing to do with mplayer, the zoning has everything to |
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do with the drive itself. If it's multi-zone, the dvd will play. If |
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not, well then most drives let you change the zone 5 times or some such |
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thing. |
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PAL vs NTSC vs SECAM et al is purely a tv broadcast thing and video |
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software is utterly unaffected by these standards (we don't use tvs as |
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display devices). None of the things that limit what a TV can do are |
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applicable to software driving a monitor. I have played PAL and |
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NeverTheSameColour video seamlessly on mplayer. |
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<subtly dig at stupid US standards> |
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What may well happen is that by viewing PAL in it's native resolution |
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you might be surprised by the increased quality and this might |
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adversely affect your viewing pleasure of future US tv broadcasts |
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</subtle dig at stupid US standards> |
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alan |
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Optimists say the glass is half full, |
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Pessimists say the glass is half empty, |
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Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za |
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+27 82, double three seven, one nine three five |
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