region settings

gorgo

HI Folks,

I'm away in Asia for a year and was watching DVD's on laptop to find it only has 4 more times until it picks a permenent region setting. Is there anyway around this as I dont want it stuck on Australian region, region 4 I think it was?????

thanks

Ruu_Old

Your DVD drive might have firmware to make it region free or you could use VLC which ignores the region setting as far as I know.

Standard Toaster

Check www.rpc1.org and see if you drive is listed.
Might have a region free firmware for download. (Use at your own risk)

(Not sure if this violates any forum rules?)

TommyGun

any dvd software also does the trick. it will allow any region play using any media player as normal.

Standard Toaster

^^
Not true. Cyberlink PowerDVD & WinDVD are two that obey the change count on the dvd drive.

Another option is to use Slysoft's AnyDVD. It decrypts the dvd on the fly via software. Not free mind.

I could be wrong, but I don't think VLC ignores region.

Overheal

I totally vouch for the VLC Media Player. Very lightweight piece of software, and yes it ignores DVD region settings; I have a mixed collection of Region 1 and 2s - I cant live without it.

gorgo

cheers for the reply people,

I'll give it a try. I installed VLC but haven't tried it yet. Fingers crossed.

Overheal

pfft, leave em uncrossed, its a sure thing.