DVD region-free prog

[hong]

I'm looking around for an easy way (read: no need to fiddle with firmware) to unlock my DVD drive. I found the following program:

DVD Region+CSS Free

Does anyone have experience with this prog? Is it worthwhile getting? What other alternatives are out there?

ThaADVANCEnks!


[PS Mods: I don't believe it's illegal anywhere to play DVDs encoded for one region in another region. It may be illegal to copy them, and unlocking your DVD player may void your warranty, but that's something else....]

 

[Cergorach]

That you even have time to watch any DVDs with that post count is beyond me. ;-)

What DVD drive do you want to use it with?

 

[hong]

Post count is high, but information content is low, that's the secret.

Did I say out loud?

Anyway, it's a Pioneer DVR-106D writer. WITH A BLACK FRONT!

 

[Cergorach]

*grins*

I got myself the DVR-107D with also a BLACK front, the only way to go is black (and i ain't no goth punk).

You said the easy way. I find with the right tools it's very-very easy, just did it sunday in ten minutes.

Go here:
http://pioneerdvd.rpc1.org/

Download:
Flash Utility => http://pioneerdvd.rpc1.org/DVRFlash_v2.0.zip
New Firmware for your drive (region free) => http://pioneerdvd.rpc1.org/DVR-106D v1.07 - RPC-1 + 2xDVD-R + 12xRip.zip
Region free utility => http://inmatrix.osnn.net/dvdgn410.exe

Follow the instructions with the DVRFlash utility (i would type them up here for you here but i can't access the files from my current location), don't forget to reboot after flashing and installing DVDgenie.

Upgrading your firmware generally improves the quality of your burns and often improves media support, it might be scarry at first, but it's really easy to do. ;-)

 

[hong]

Mang, you are just hanging out to build my character, aren't you?

Anyway, I downloaded all that, and the firmware d/l includes its own exe file. I guess I should run that, instead of the dvrflash prog?

 

[Cergorach]

*grins evily*

You can probably run the exe that's included with the firmware, the problem is that i don't know what it is and how it works, but reading the inctructions should help. (skip to the inctructing part and not all the drifle)

 

[hong]

Okay, I just ran dvrflash with the firmware file, and it seems to have updated okay. The only glitches are

1) DVD genie doesn't handle my player software correctly (unregistered WinDVD 4.0). That is, I don't get any radio buttons to choose the region, but I am able to reset the region (ie, back to 5 changes). However...

2) ... I have to be logged in as admin to do so, in WinXP. And then the resetting only seems to apply for admins, not for anyone else.

Still, it looks like I now effectively have an unlocked player, albeit in a slightly clunky way.

Thanks!

 

[Cergorach]

1.) do you get a message from WinDVD that your watching a DVD from another region?
2.) No experience there, i'm always logged on as an admin.

I use PowerDVD (5isch i believe), works great, i can watch all my anime imports from the us without a problem.

 

[ValamirCleaver]

Doom 9 & Video Help

I'm looking around for an easy way (read: no need to fiddle with firmware) to unlock my DVD drive.

http://www.doom9.org/ & http://www.videohelp.com/ have the information, forums, guides and links you need in addition to much more. If you are at all interested in computer/digital video give those 2 sites a look. Be for warned, read and heed the FAQ's and AUP's thoroughly and use forum or guide searches berfore posting. They don't suffer those who link/advocate warez or obviously don't search forums/guides lightly.

Tom

 

[hong]

1.) do you get a message from WinDVD that your watching a DVD from another region?
2.) No experience there, i'm always logged on as an admin.

I use PowerDVD (5isch i believe), works great, i can watch all my anime imports from the us without a problem.

Attached is a screenshot from DVD Genie.

When viewing a different region DVD, I get a message saying to change the region. If I'm admin, I can do this, otherwise I can't.

Is there any internal data that WinXP keeps about what regions your drives are, and how many times you can change them?