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| Thread ID: 73560 | 2006-10-24 22:26:00 | DVD movie questions | Greg (193) | Press F1 |
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| 493752 | 2006-10-24 22:26:00 | We just obtained a fancy set of all the LOTR collectible movies. 1) They're region 1, so I had to set my PC's DVD player to suit, and now have only three changes left. Grrr. I've never done a firmware upgrade before, and I'd like to make my player region-free. Please can someone advise. 2) The movies won't play using my PowerDVD software - it insisted I install the pathetic Interactual player. Is there any way around this? Thanks. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 493753 | 2006-10-24 22:37:00 | We just obtained a fancy set of all the LOTR collectible movies. 1) They're region 1, so I had to set my PC's DVD player to suit, and now have only three changes left. Grrr. I've never done a firmware upgrade before, and I'd like to make my player region-free. Please can someone advise. 2) The movies won't play using my PowerDVD software - it insisted I install the pathetic Interactual player. Is there any way around this? Thanks. VLC should work and it is also region free(on the mac that is) so should be on windows |
plod (107) | ||
| 493754 | 2006-10-25 00:03:00 | You could try DVD43 (http://www.dvd43.com/). It should remove all region protection on the DVD allowing you to watch it with PowerDVD. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 493755 | 2006-10-25 00:12:00 | Wots VLC? DVD43 isn't going to help me play the original DVD disks is it? I have AnyDVD which is supposed to do something like that, but me non compus mentos. My DVD drive is a PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D [edit] And keep in mind I've got two seperate problems - one being how to play the DVDs with PowerDVD, and the other to get my DVD player to become region-free. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 493756 | 2006-10-25 00:37:00 | Wots VLC? VideoLAN Client, a media player. 'Tis good. :) Do a search for bob_doe_nz's posts on VLC for more info. Or Google. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 493757 | 2006-10-25 00:54:00 | www.videolan.org (http://www.videolan.org) should solve both problems | plod (107) | ||
| 493758 | 2006-10-25 01:48:00 | Just google for firmware upgrades for your drive, the site where you download the firmware will have a guide for doing the flash. Its normally very easy and quick and just runs in a DOS prompt. Just remember that like any other firmware upgrade if the power cuts out halfway through the drive will be toast. | Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 493759 | 2006-10-25 01:57:00 | You could buy DVD X Player region free player. http://www.dvd-x-player.com/ Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 493760 | 2006-10-25 02:02:00 | Thanks folks :) | Greg (193) | ||
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