Suspected RCE Region Protection!!!

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Suspected RCE Region Protection!!!

Postby sinistra » 29 Jan 2025 14:04

On playing disc 2 of the Firefly DVD boxed set, I received this error message:

@mundo:~$ vlc
VLC media player 3.0.21 Vetinari (revision 3.0.21-0-gdd8bfdbabe8)
[0000557621b43400] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[0000557621bd6cb0] main playlist: playlist is empty
[00007fa978001130] dvdnav demux: DVD Title: FIREFLY_D2
[00007fa978001130] dvdnav demux: DVD Serial Number: 2F239444
[00007fa978001130] dvdnav demux: DVD Title (Alternative): FIREFLY_D2
[00007fa978001130] dvdnav demux: DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00fe0000. Regions: 01
[00007fa978001130] dvdnav demux: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys
[00007fa978001130] dvdnav demux: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient

libdvdnav: Suspected RCE Region Protection!!!
[00007fa978001130] dvdnav demux error: ifoRead_TITLE_VOBU_ADMAP vtsi failed
libdvdnav: Suspected RCE Region Protection!!!

Disc one plays without this problem

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Operating System: Linux 6.6.15-amd64 (x86_64)

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Re: Suspected RCE Region Protection!!!

Postby Rémi Denis-Courmont » 30 Jan 2025 13:32

Is the DVD (or the DVD drive) from a different region? Not much you can do if the drive refuses to play the disk.
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Re: Suspected RCE Region Protection!!!

Postby sinistra » 01 Feb 2025 06:34

No, it's a foxtvdvd.com box set purchased in the USA.

This has not happened before. This is some kind of external crap when these keys or codecs are whatever or being determined remotely. The DVD drive is a Sony that was put into the case when I built the computer 12 years ago. I have played these disc over that time. The copyright on the box set is 2003. This was another show that got cancelled too soon on Fox News Corpse. The other I can think of off hand was "Brimstone" that had the greatest line ever spoken on a television show: "I didn't know who you were until I saw my name on your chest."

I will see what I can get out of foxtvdvd.com about this. Maybe they will be desperate to exchange my old box set for a new (remastered :-) one.


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