best way to make my dvdrom multiregion without wrecking.....

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 03 Nov 2006, 00:23

my PC?

Any ideas guys and gals?

Thanks in advance.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 03 Nov 2006, 00:47

Step 1:
Find the exact model name of your drive.

Step 2:
Go to http://www.firmware.fr.st/ and find a RPC1 firmware for your drive.

Step 3:
Flash your drive with the necessary program.

Step 4:
Cross your fingers.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 03 Nov 2006, 02:29

I am using "DVD Region-Free" and never ever had a problem with it.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 03 Nov 2006, 02:35

I use DVD Region Killer.

Never had any problems with it.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 03 Nov 2006, 10:36

I use DVD-Genie.
Never had any problems either.

But I think it's better to make the drive itself region-free first.

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 03 Nov 2006, 10:59

why do i need to cross my fingers?

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 03 Nov 2006, 11:06

If you're worried about the small percentage risk that flashing the drive has, then just download DVDregion free Brooce, it does the job without having to flash the firmware.

I always used to flash my drives but couldn't be arsed when I bought two new DVDburners a couple of months back, so I installed DVDregion free and it does the job perfectly.

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 03 Nov 2006, 11:08

cheers shingster. I know this sounds thick, but can you give me the direct link for it? I don't want to get the wrong one.

edit - and thanks for the input from everyone else too.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 03 Nov 2006, 11:12

http://www.dvdidle.com/download.htm

It's shareware though, so you have to pay $25 (i think) after 30days.

degeneration · Post by **degeneration** » 03 Nov 2006, 11:37

You can also try the site www'dot'9down'dot'com. Great site for finding files that you are after!

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 03 Nov 2006, 13:50

cheers.

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 10 Jun 2007, 18:11

Which website to get dvd genie? I wasn't able to 'buy' dvd region free after the trial period, as the online shop is down or something (has been for ages). Thanks.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 10 Jun 2007, 19:30

Try DVD43 first. Then try AnyDVD if that doesn't work.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 11 Jun 2007, 05:18

I use AnyDVD personally but that's because it does more than just plain region stuff.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 11 Jun 2007, 05:53

Lourdes wrote:I use AnyDVD personally but that's because it does more than just plain region stuff.

Yup. It can bypass Sony CD protection and also get around HDCP for non-Vista users.

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 11 Jun 2007, 13:19

Thanks fellas. I assume this is the right place for Anydvd (i.e. the place where you got it):

http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html

Thanks.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 11 Jun 2007, 19:01

Well I got is elsewhere but that's the right site.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 11 Jun 2007, 20:13

brooce-leroy wrote:Thanks fellas. I assume this is the right place for Anydvd (i.e. the place where you got it):

http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html

Thanks.

You also get lifetime upgrades, so a purchase would be worth while. Slysoft offer coupons several times a year, like at Valentines Day and Xmas, you may want to wait.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jun 2007, 20:24

Personally I use http://www.rpc1.org/ which is an English version of the same idea from Tom's site.

I've flashed firmware and would again but you could definitely completely screw your drive. I did once, it flashed fine but afterwards refused to read DVDs again period. CDs worked fine. I've no idea why as I had done it before with the same drive and previous firmware fine.

Think of Firmware as the operating system for your hardware but if it goes wrong it's likely you'll screw it. That said it is a small percentage that do in reality go wrong.

As for software methods THE best on the market is:

http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html

But it's not free hence why some guys above have gone with a free option, BUT remember the free options are based on old code and aren't being updated. Still if all you want is MR (instead of the ability to backup) then they may do just fine.

Sadly my laptop came with a Panasonic drive that CANNOT be made MR either via hardware or software, Panasonic's (under their Mashita brand) are known for it. You can backup just only in the region the drive is set to. I just plug in a normal DVD Writer by an IDE to USB cable I have for the odd time I need to backup non-R2 DVDs. It's a pain but the plus side being Panasonic's can read DVD-Ram.

brooce-leroy wrote:Which website to get dvd genie?

DVD Genie is old. I don't think they're even updating it any more. It's also got a rubbish user interface, go with one of the others. I used it back in the day but not any more.

AnyDVD is the best, then DVD Region Free++ (I think it's called that), but both you need to pay for.

p.s - I'll move this thread unless you want it moved back.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jun 2007, 20:29

Jeez talk about finding an old thread

There are three levels of protection to get around:

1. The drive itself is region locked after 5 changes
2. Windows has it's own protection
3. In the software you're using to playback, obviously something like Media Player Classic doesn't have this.

AnyDVD and the like can fool the last two but not always the first one.

p.s - I think we can allow talk of removing regional coding, every other flipping website allows it. Even DVD Forums.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 11 Jun 2007, 20:38

bradavon wrote:Personally I use http://www.rpc1.org/ which is an English version of the same idea from Tom's site.

I've flashed firmware and would again but you could definitely completely screw your drive. I did once, it flashed fine but afterwards refused to read DVDs again period. CDs worked fine. I've no idea why as I had done it before with the same drive and previous firmware fine.

Flashing your drive into RPC-1 isn't at all necessary TBH, just a thing that us geeks like to do.

Besides RPC-2 emulation software is necessary regardless of whether you flash your drive with hacked RPC-1 firmware or not. Since there's additional software-based region lock-outs in Windows, etc.

There's other advantages to flashing your drive though, eg by using hacked firmware to make it faster, disable the RipLock, additional capabilities like Lightscribe-esque technology, etc.

AnyDVD is the best, then DVD Region Free+CSS (I think it's called that), but both you need to pay for.

DVD Region Free+CSS was discontinued (due to laws passed in the developer's country I think), as was DVD Region Killer (AnyDVD made the latter redundant). DVD Genie is dead, I don't know what happened to it and don't really care.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jun 2007, 20:46

Sadly I cannot flash my drive but exactly about needing software anyway. I didn't know you could "add" light scribe.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 11 Jun 2007, 20:56

bradavon wrote:I didn't know you could "add" light scribe.

Depends on the drive though. You can't do em with ALL burners obviously.