RE: [OT] DVDR question

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What software are you using Keith? Most decent DVD authoring s/w
allows you to set which regions you want to allow playback in (or none at
all).

Paul.

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> > 1. Does a self recorded DVD get a region code assigned to it, in
which
> case
> > it would be Region 2 as that is what the playback region is, or
will it
> be
> > region free ?
> It is on the cheap DVD recorders, but I've no experience of the more
> expensive models. It may just be easier to rip your own DVD with
> DVD-Shrink and remove the RE on the way.
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> > 2. Assuming that it is region free, I know it will be PAL encoded
so has
> > almost zero chance of being playable in the States but will it be
> possible
> > for someone to put it in a PC and play it back ?
> Absolutely. Though if it is region encoded they will need a little
> something to get around the region encoding on their PC. There are
> several bits of software which sit in the background to do this.
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> > I have just tried a Region 1 DVD in my laptop and it told me that
it
> couldnt
> > play it becaise the region code was different but it gave me the
option
> to
> > change it which I didnt in case I couldnt change it back again!!!
> Generally this is the region protection onboard the DVD drive itself.
It
> will normally let you change the region five time and then 'stick' at
> the last one, at which point it will be too late to do anything about
> it. Your best course of action is to go to RPC1.ORG and see if there
is
> a region free version of the firmware for your drive.
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> Lee
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