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Tom Potts wrote: > On Tuesday 24 March 2009 19:18, John Hansen wrote: > >> My wife who went to school in Maryland has received a DVD with school >> photos and films compiled by a friend. We have tried seeing it on our TV >> via a DVDplayer and on my PC (Windows XP) but without any success. I see >> Nero offers a solution at £59.99 and wonder if there is another way to run >> the DVD. Any suggestions welcome. >> >> >> John W Hansen >> > Your UK/European box wont play it - Zone resrictions > XP wont - Zone restrictions > Zone restrictions are there so MM companies can charge UK customers twice as > much as their american counterparts!! > Should they exist?? > Should they exist for private media? No! > Try your Linux Box - VLC /MediaPlayer should be able to 'get round' them. > Tom te tom te tom > > > Thanks to all for advice. John -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html