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Gatsby
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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 Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:22 am Post subject: DVD region solution |
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I stumbled across a program that seems to solve the dilemma of playing region encoded DVDs on a computer. It is DVD43. It loads into the computer automatically on startup and sits there real quiet until needed, and then works in the background. Just insert a DVD, and you can play it on any player such as Windows Media Player, and region. Oh, and it's free.
I know VLC is a way around this, but this is another option. It has the advantage of not putting you in a position of accidentally switching the region setting on your DVD drive. You only get six switches, and then you are stuck with whichever is the last. If your default DVD player is not VLC, a person could accidentally switch your region.
Some people are not bringing their favorite DVDs with them to Korea because of the region encoding issue. And some people are not bringing DVDs bought in Korea back home because of the same issue. Just wanted folks to know there are ways around this. |
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bondjimbond
Joined: 29 Dec 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:32 am Post subject: |
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| I use DVD Region-Free, which is pretty much the same deal, and is free... for a given value of "free". |
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samd
Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Seriously, why would you not just use VLC? |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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| samd wrote: |
| Seriously, why would you not just use VLC? |
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Gatsby
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Seriously, why would you not just use VLC? |
Seriously, did you bother to look at the information about what DVD43 does?
Do I need to spell it out for you? |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:24 am Post subject: |
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| SuperHero wrote: |
| samd wrote: |
| Seriously, why would you not just use VLC? |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Another suggestion is just buy an external dvd. Have your internal one set for region 1 and the external for region 3. A solution to think about for home when you haul back your region 3 dvds. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| Another suggestion is just buy an external dvd. |
why external? Just put the second drive in another bay. |
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kprrok
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| SuperHero wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
| Another suggestion is just buy an external dvd. |
why external? Just put the second drive in another bay. |
This is exactly what I'm doing. I don't like to install any extra software that I don't need and a 2nd drive is so cheap that it's just easier.
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:04 am Post subject: |
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| SuperHero wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
| Another suggestion is just buy an external dvd. |
why external? Just put the second drive in another bay. |
I'm thinking like a laptop owner or someone with very fat fingers who isn't good a putting thing in things. I have a hard time getting CDs back into their cases.
Also like, your desktop might not be near your TV. I'm assuming you want to eventually watch them on your TV. Of course, I guess one could then simply investigate how to make stand alone DVD players multi regional. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:18 am Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| investigate how to make stand alone DVD players multi regional. |
Most made in china no-name brands are region-free out of the box.
I just bought a new one with usb port region free out of the box and plays everything... |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:25 am Post subject: |
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| SuperHero wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
| investigate how to make stand alone DVD players multi regional. |
Most made in china no-name brands are region-free out of the box.
I just bought a new one with usb port region free out of the box and plays everything... |
Many (perhaps most) DVD players can be made region-free by typing in a code on the remote control. Ironically enough, the Chinese made ones seem to be the easiest to hack. |
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nfldbrian
Joined: 12 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject: DVD players new type |
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I just bought a new DVD player, a Divx, CD, DVD player. This new kind [well, new to me] will play absolutely anything. Put photos on a DVD or CD and watch them.
And I used to watch movies on my computer but now I simply put downloaded video files directly on a DVD and stick it in the DVD player.
You can even increase the size of the picture.
And interestingly, I took it to Canada and it also plays DVDs from that region. [I have a transformer and plug adaptor for use in canada.]
It's at Hi-mart and is only 80,000 won
The thing about DVD regions will disappear in the future for computers as well as DVD players. On the computer, I have always found that I can play any DVD, rented or downloaded on the GOM player |
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