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Church · 05-20-2008, 11:38 AM

Whats the deal lately? The past year or so there are numerous new movies coming out that simply don't play in my computer DVD drive anymore, but play fine in everything else (DVD player, 360, etc.) Some movies that have been giving me problems include Sunshine and Home of the Brave. It just says "This DVD disc is not supported in your region. Last I heard, my computer is still region coded 1 as are the DVD's that I'm trying to play. All of my drivers are up to date so I'm at a loss.

I'm currently running Vista Home Premium SP1 (although I've had this problem before the SP too)

Oh, and these are all legitimate, region 1 DVDs that I'm trying to play.

Hain · 05-20-2008, 12:21 PM

What are you using to play the DVDs? I would recommend using VLC. I don't know how it works, but my laptop DVD drive has no region codes and supposedly my university made them that way because of the exchange students.

Take a look here, if all else fails.

Zweiblumen · 05-21-2008, 11:00 AM

Some DVD's have a check so they will not play in region free players or DVD drives. Some DVD playback application have region codeing of their own, indepentant of the region code of the hardware.

Yours
Zweiblumen

Daemon1313 · 05-28-2008, 09:22 AM

Simple solution is to rip the disk to an image without any copy protection and then burn the image back to a disk.

Hain · 05-28-2008, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daemon1313

Simple solution is to rip the disk to an image without any copy protection and then burn the image back to a disk.

Hard thing is to first rip the DVD when it has CP.

Zweiblumen · 05-28-2008, 03:56 PM

I would think the first step is to figure out why the movies aren't playing in that computer. And Deamon1313 if the cause is region issue in the hardware then ripping might be difficult regardless of CP.

Yours
ZB

mrklixx · 05-28-2008, 08:25 PM

You might try Anydvd (http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html ), or DVD43 (http://www.dvd43.com/ ). DVD43 is free and Anydvd is aretail product that has a downloadable fully functioning trial.

spindles · 05-28-2008, 08:49 PM

You could also try to make your DVD drive region free. There are lots of resources on this on the net, like:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=106479

which I found via:
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=e...e+Search&meta=

I've never done this and it sounds like it can kill your DVD drive altogether (from my small amount of reading), but it would certainly mean not having to rip dvds to get them to work

The top link also mentions this software as a method to circumvent region codes:
http://www.dvdidle.com/dvd-region-free-lite.htm

05-20-2008, 11:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
Church Tilted F*ckhead Location: New Jersey	Stupid DVD Regions... Whats the deal lately? The past year or so there are numerous new movies coming out that simply don't play in my computer DVD drive anymore, but play fine in everything else (DVD player, 360, etc.) Some movies that have been giving me problems include Sunshine and Home of the Brave. It just says "This DVD disc is not supported in your region. Last I heard, my computer is still region coded 1 as are the DVD's that I'm trying to play. All of my drivers are up to date so I'm at a loss. I'm currently running Vista Home Premium SP1 (although I've had this problem before the SP too) Oh, and these are all legitimate, region 1 DVDs that I'm trying to play. __________________ Through counter-intelligence, it should be possible to pinpoint potential trouble makers, and neutralize them.

05-20-2008, 12:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
Hain has a plan Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere	What are you using to play the DVDs? I would recommend using VLC. I don't know how it works, but my laptop DVD drive has no region codes and supposedly my university made them that way because of the exchange students. Take a look here, if all else fails. __________________ ////\\// IRONSKY.NET \\//\\\\ Last edited by Hain; 05-20-2008 at 12:26 PM..

05-21-2008, 11:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
Zweiblumen Insane Location: at home	Some DVD's have a check so they will not play in region free players or DVD drives. Some DVD playback application have region codeing of their own, indepentant of the region code of the hardware. Yours Zweiblumen __________________ Sodomy non sapiens. : I'm buggered if I know

05-28-2008, 09:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
Daemon1313 Crazy Location: Atlanta	Simple solution is to rip the disk to an image without any copy protection and then burn the image back to a disk. __________________ A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

05-28-2008, 03:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
Zweiblumen Insane Location: at home	I would think the first step is to figure out why the movies aren't playing in that computer. And Deamon1313 if the cause is region issue in the hardware then ripping might be difficult regardless of CP. Yours ZB __________________ Sodomy non sapiens. : I'm buggered if I know

05-28-2008, 08:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
mrklixx President Rick Location: location location	You might try Anydvd (http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html ), or DVD43 (http://www.dvd43.com/ ). DVD43 is free and Anydvd is aretail product that has a downloadable fully functioning trial. __________________ This post is content. If you don't like it then you are not content. Or perhaps just incontinent. This is not a link - Do not click here I hate animated avatars. Last edited by mrklixx; 05-28-2008 at 08:27 PM..

05-28-2008, 08:49 PM	#8 (permalink)
spindles Mine is an evil laugh Location: Sydney, Australia	You could also try to make your DVD drive region free. There are lots of resources on this on the net, like: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=106479 which I found via: http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=e...e+Search&meta= I've never done this and it sounds like it can kill your DVD drive altogether (from my small amount of reading), but it would certainly mean not having to rip dvds to get them to work The top link also mentions this software as a method to circumvent region codes: http://www.dvdidle.com/dvd-region-free-lite.htm __________________ who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?