DVD Drive Region Issues

[Slim]

My DVD drive just went "Yeah, I just decided from now on you can play Region 4. Nothing else". Apparently after so many changes it locks on a region. Any way I can rectify this and play all regions again?...

[Jaws]

I don't think so. On my DVD-ROM player, it says once you change the settings 3 (or 4 not sure) times you can't change it again. Even if you put it in another computer or reinstall windows.

[Norgus]

Okay, when I open dvd smart ripper, it says it unlocks my drive. Now I can't be sure it WILL do so on your drive and I also don't know if its region locking it refers to XD

but its worth a try, ne?

<a href="http://www.afterdawn.com/general/disclaimers/decss_disclaimer.cfm">dvd smart ripper</a>
remember to have a DVD video disk in the drive or the program doesnt even start.

[Josh]

In some places you can find firmwares for you drive that will allow you to do stuff like unlock regions and stuff.

[Dark Neighbour]

Its all in the firmware, you're only allowed to change the region about 5 times. After that, i don't think you can change it again. Try getting new firmware, i can't think of where from though...

[Josh]

This page should help you.

http://forum.digital-digest.com/arch...c/34426-1.html

[madcrow]

you can also use a dvd player program that bypasses the standard system and drive firmware and does raw reads and brute-force decodes. vlc ( http://www.videolan.org/ ) is my fave for that purpose.