Will it change back to region A?

winngames

winngames

winngames

Associate
Joined
17 Sep 2007
Posts
493
Location
Liverpool
I've just received my pioneer blu ray drive :) when it arrived it wouldnt play any dvds and i realised that the region code was set to 1/A, so i changed it to b/2. i was just wondering when/if i reinstall my pc will the region code change back to a/1?
 
normally you can change that only a few times any way with a dvd player it's like that. there should be some way of putting them on region free, what type of blue ray player doe you have?
 
or check out this link.

http://sandbox.slysoft.com/beta/SetupAnyDVD6195.exe

no appartently from what i could read you leave the player on the original region, play this driver in the background and at that moment he should play all dvd, bd's etc.. no matter what region, so you set the standard region A, play this thingie and you can play the other regions too
 
thanks ill try that out,


Gunther said:
so you set the standard region A, play this thingie and you can play the other regions too
Click to expand...

so even when it says region changes left "0" in theory this should work

I've just downloaded the new version of powerdvd 7.3 everything works except the dvd menu :( (think i need an update) when i installed the software it reset to region "A" so i changed it back to b (4 tries remaining) I've changed the region code 3 times so far and each time it keeps on resetting itself, is there something wrong with the drive or is the software givin me false information and does that mean i have 3 tries left?

"hate drives with region codes dvd players can be change as much as they want why cant they"

:O just found this on another website-dont know if its true though

"Unlike DVDs, BD region codes are only stored in the software, not the drive!

There is a way to reset the BD region counbter for PowerDVD Ultra, but I don't know with WinDVD."
 
Last edited:
just picked up this from the internet:

i know abt DVDGenie and can reset WinDVD's region counter but i would
like to know what registry key is removed to achieve this

check it out
 
It's worth noting the DVD genie only works with drives that are region free..

DVD playback requires both the hardware (drive) and software to have the right region, or be region free.
Most DVD drives will not be region free out of the box, but many can be made region free relatively easily (lite-on drives are so simple it's silly), which just leaves the software side of things, which DVDGenie does.

There are some programmes that manage it purely in software by fooling windows in regards to the hardware.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom