DVD Area Codes

[Mark Widdicombe]

On 8 September 2011 13:33, Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 09:00:06PM +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
> > On 08/09/11 20:26, Graham Todd wrote:
> > >Is there a way to (for instance) rip a DVD for Rgion 1 and encode it
> > >to play it for Region 2 countries?
> >
> > I pathologically dislike the term "rip"-anything.
> >
> I agree, I was going to say that ripping a DVD is perfectly legal but
> rather difficult as you have to pull very hard.  What's wrong with the
> word 'copy'?
>
> "Copy" means, in this context, making a byte for byte copy of the original
content.  "Rip" means to transcode the original content into another
format.
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