Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 02/20/07 01:29

On 2/18/2007, Mike S. posted this:
> In article <44oht2h24194rod7p3uu6m6j306aodumtv@4ax.com>,
> dgates <dgates@somedomain.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 11:20:31 -0800, Gene E. Bloch
>> <spamfree@nobody.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/18/2007, SA posted this:
>>>> I'm looking for a new DVD player. I mainly want one that can be hacked so
>>>> I can push Fast Forward or Menu any time. It really pisses me off when
>>>> my DVD player tells me I can't do what I want to do - like go right to
>>>> the menu and skip all the warnings and crap.
>>>>
>>>> Any recommendations on a good hackable DVD player and info on the hacks?
>>>
>>> Those things are programmed into the content, not the player.
>>>
>>> Some software used to rip and reburn the DVD on your computer lets you
>>> delete the restrictions from the files before copying to the new DVD.
>>
>>
>> But the ideal solution wouldn't be to spend 15 or more minutes copying
>> the DVD just to save yourself watching a 30-second intro two or three
>> times, or however many times you watch the movie.
>>
>> Aren't there DVD players that will always allow you to jump straight
>> to the film's main menu, regardless of what the DVD is trying to do?
>
> In the early days of Chinese-designed DVD players like the Apex and Sampo
> models, there were lots of hacks and interbreeding of firmware from
> different models based on the same ESS chipset. Some of those hacks did,
> indeed, enable the user to bypass UOPs that were encoded into discs. I
> think, though, that such projects (like OFFA) have been abandoned long
> ago, leaving as the only recourse the need to rip the content from the DVD
> and remove the UOPs using a utility like FreeDVD.

Or just live with it as it is :-)

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