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Started by craigathus, Apr 13 2009 04:59 AM

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#1 OFFLINE   craigathus

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Posted 13 April 2009 - 04:59 AM

Ok this is strange :blink:
I put a movie DVD in my new PC's DVD drive and from a list of players I selected "CyberLynk PowerDVD" as the player.
The splash screen appears and then a message saying...

DVD Region Error
Unable to play this DVD because it does not match the region code of your disk player.
Please insert a disk created for your region or change the region code of your disk player.

I closed "CyberLynk PowerDVD" and didn't change the region code.
I ejected the disk and then put the same disk back in.
This time I selected "Windows Media Player" and the movie DVD started playing!
Without changing the region code I tried using "CyberLynk PowerDVD" again and this time it worked!
I still haven't changed the region code!
The region code is set to (1) and the region code for Australia is supposed to be (4) :blink:
Should I change the region code to (4)?
After restarting my PC and trying to use "CyberLynk PowerDVD" I'm getting the "DVD Region Error" again!
Any ideas?

Craig

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Posted 13 April 2009 - 06:03 AM

The region code should be set to your countries usable region code to avoid such issues. Do note you can only change the region code five times for a drive in XP, and formatting and reinstalling Windows doesn't refresh that count meter.
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Posted 13 April 2009 - 08:10 AM

Not sure why its doing it, but if you have other regions dvd's, you may want to consider a firmware upgrade/hack for the drive to make it almost region free.
Usually you can change it 5 times then its stuck to the last region, ive used one the resets the counter to 5 every restart :)

But the usual warning with firmware upgrades: follow them to the letter and even then you risk bricking the player, and almost certainly break the warranty.
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Posted 14 April 2009 - 11:09 AM

View PostAndavari, on Apr 13 2009, 05:03 PM, said:

The region code should be set to your countries usable region code to avoid such issues. Do note you can only change the region code five times for a drive in XP, and formatting and reinstalling Windows doesn't refresh that count meter.
Yes I know about the 5 chances you have to set it right :lol:
I had to set it to region (4) for Australia ;)
Today none of the players would play a DVD without it being reset :lol:

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