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| Thread ID: 90629 | 2008-06-10 11:14:00 | De-regionalising a laptop DVD drive | johcar (6283) | Press F1 |
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| 677281 | 2008-06-10 11:14:00 | I have a Toshiba Satellite M30 running XP Pro (SP2). Can anyone advise how I can make the DVD drive region-free? Software (free, preferably) or registry hack... I could reformat, but that's only a temporary fix and a PITA... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 677282 | 2008-06-10 11:20:00 | I dont think it'll matter if you format anyway If you've changed the region so many times, it'll still be there after you format. You could either flash the DVD with a DVD region free update (which may kill it) I cant remember the programs you can use. I use DVD X player, but its not free. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 677283 | 2008-06-10 11:58:00 | I think that VLC doesn't give a stuff about DVD regions... It (I think) plays DVD's of any region, no matter what the region of the drive is set to :) | Sherman (9181) | ||
| 677284 | 2008-06-10 12:42:00 | VLC will let you play DVD's without worry of the DVD region. There is also this site (http://forum.rpc1.org/) with firmware. Whether yours exist is another q. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 677285 | 2008-06-10 20:44:00 | http://www.dvd43.com/ Use it all the time :thumbs: |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 677286 | 2008-06-10 22:46:00 | Cheers for all the replies guys - found a forum that had a 4 year old thread with people getting hotter and hotter under the collar that Matsu****a wasn't playing ball in releasing a firmware upgrade for the UJ-820S DVD-RAM (the model I have in my laptop). The thread ended with one of the experienced firmware 'hackers' throwing up his hands in disgust and giving up!! :D However the suggestion by Sherman (VLC) seems to have done the trick. Thank god for Open Source software!!!! Thanks everyone. |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 677287 | 2008-06-11 01:09:00 | Ya man, we'd all be up **** creek wit no paddles and a leaky boat witout it! | wratterus (105) | ||
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