DVD region change

[poisoncabinet]

I have used up all possible region changes on my laptop in the case of watching dvds and it is now fixed permanently in Region 2.



Does anybody know how or if this can be changed to Region 0...vis-a-vis the code inside the machine? I have an Advent 8111 laptop.

[Aaryk Noctivagus]

name='poisoncabinet']I have used up all possible region changes on my laptop in the case of watching dvds and it is now fixed permanently in Region 2.



Does anybody know how or if this can be changed to Region 0...vis-a-vis the code inside the machine? I have an Advent 8111 laptop.

DVD drives within computers often have a limit to how many times the region can be changed (often only something like 7 times). I have heard there is software that can override this, but I understand it carrys some risk... and I don't happen to know the software in question.



If it was a proper PC rather than only a laptop... I would have said get several DVD drives and set them to various regions - I did this once and it worked great.



I don't think a computer DVD drive can be changed to Region Free (0).

[Steve Crook]

name='poisoncabinet']I have used up all possible region changes on my laptop in the case of watching dvds and it is now fixed permanently in Region 2.



Does anybody know how or if this can be changed to Region 0...vis-a-vis the code inside the machine? I have an Advent 8111 laptop.

Use the VLC Media Player instead of Micro$oft's one. The limit to the number of times you can change region is built into the player, not the drive.



Steve

[Aaryk Noctivagus]

name='Steve Crook']Use the VLC Media Player instead of Micro$oft's one. The limit to the number of times you can change region is built into the player, not the drive.



Steve

How do you change Region with the VLC player... I've just opened mine (which I got very recently) and looked... I couldn't find a Region option.

[silverwhistle]

name='Aaryk Noctivagus']How do you change Region with the VLC player... I've just opened mine (which I got very recently) and looked... I couldn't find a Region option.

That's because it doesn't need one. You just play!

[Aaryk Noctivagus]

name='silverwhistle']That's because it doesn't need one. You just play!

Presumably you'd have to set your computer to open VLC as your default player then. I'm just too much in love with PowerDVD to do that.

[Modular]

name='poisoncabinet']

I have used up all possible region changes on my laptop in the case of watching dvds and it is now fixed permanently in Region 2.



Does anybody know how or if this can be changed to Region 0

Try a small piece of software called DVD Region+CSS Free. That'll do the job nicely.

[Wolfgang]

You do not need to set VLC as your default, but you can if you want. Just click on your traffic cone, then File->OpenDisc->choose DVD (menus) or DVD (no menu)->OK

[Steve Crook]

name='Wolfgang']You do not need to set VLC as your default, but you can if you want. Just click on your traffic cone, then File->OpenDisc->choose DVD (menus) or DVD (no menu)->OK

Or when you put the next DVD in it will probably ask what you want to do with it. You can set the default player then.



Steve

[Steve Crook]

name='Modular']Try a small piece of software called DVD Region+CSS Free. That'll do the job nicely.

I tried various things when I first discovered this "limited number of region changes" problem. I found VLC to be the easiest. It's a good player, as good as any other, and it just totally ignores region coding



Steve

[Modular]

name='Steve Crook']

I tried various things when I first discovered this "limited number of region changes" problem. I found VLC to be the easiest. It's a good player, as good as any other, and it just totally ignores region coding

Indeed, but if one doesn't wish to change one's existing player (whatever it may be), a tiny piece of software running unobtrusively in the background is a very fair alternative.

[eric7885]

i have two dvd players on my lap top,one for pal dvd's and the other for ntsc dvd's. so far i have had no problem with the lap top adjustiing to either region one or region two,some say my lap top will run fine on what i did,other say different,that was on the e-machines lap top,but my new lap top,toshiba,it plays any system without problems.

[aphra]

name='Steve Crook']I tried various things when I first discovered this "limited number of region changes" problem. I found VLC to be the easiest. It's a good player, as good as any other, and it just totally ignores region coding



Steve

I have had a look at this, Steve, and it looks to be the cat's whiskers. Unfortunately it will not work for a Mac. Do you have any ideas, please?

[Aaryk Noctivagus]

name='aphra']Do you have any ideas, please?

Trade your Mac in for a proper computer?



Sorry Aphra... I'm being awfully cheeky there Slapped wristies for me.

[Steve Crook]

name='aphra']I have had a look at this, Steve, and it looks to be the cat's whiskers. Unfortunately it will not work for a Mac. Do you have any ideas, please?

They do a version for Mac OS X



Steve

[essaljay]

I bought a multi-region DVD player from amazon 3 years ago for £29.99 and it works perfectly.

[aphra]

name='Aaryk Noctivagus']Trade your Mac in for a proper computer?



Sorry Aphra... I'm being awfully cheeky there Slapped wristies for me.

That's all right. You can't help being jealous!

[Mr Dean]

name='aphra']I have had a look at this, Steve, and it looks to be the cat's whiskers. Unfortunately it will not work for a Mac. Do you have any ideas, please?

You could look at this web posting and see what you think.



Personally, when I discovered that my iMac had changed region setting without telling me I got very worried about trying to view Region 1 discs again and since then I've relied on a standalone DVD player. The advice on the website above suggests that the VLC solution will work on some Macs, but not all models. Perhaps you should try it once (following the instructions on the site) and then check that MacOS hasn't intervened, before doing it again?

[silverwhistle]

name='aphra']I have had a look at this, Steve, and it looks to be the cat's whiskers. Unfortunately it will not work for a Mac. Do you have any ideas, please?

It does. There's an OS X version, which I use. (I too am a Mac-user.)

[lordtednfs]

TO MAKE YOUR DVD PLAYER ACCEPT ANY DVD



1. TURN ON THE POWER AND REMOVE ANY DISCS, CLOSE DRAWER

2. WAIT FOR “ NO DISC “ TO APPEAR ON YOUR DVD PLAYER SCREEN

3. USING YOUR REMOTE CONTROL PRESS: REPEAT 5-6-7-3-2-9 CONSECUTIVELY

4. THEN PRESS THE OPEN/CLOSE BUTTON ON YOUR DVD PLAYER

5. NOW TRY A DVD DISC FROM A DIFFERENT REGION





IF THIS IS NOT PROVING SUCESSFUL RESET THE DVD PLAYER BY PRESSING STOP AND PLAY BUTTONS ON THE REMOTE CONTROL FOR 5 SECONDS SIMULTANEOUSLY, DON’T FORGET TO REMOVE ANY DVD DISCS IN THE DRAWER. THEN TRY STEPS 2 – 4 AGAIN.



GOOD LUCK.



It's worked for me and all my friends and saves them buying a multi regional player.



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