'As a Brit, I often want DVDs that I just can't find in the U.S. It's usually U.K. comedy shows, most of which don't take off over here for some reason. And DVD regions used to be a problem for me.'
Feb 13, 2012 For instance, the Apple installed drive in my Mac Pro insisted on a setting an initial region any time I put a commercial DVD into the drive. The Blu-ray read/write drive I put into the second bay has no restrictions. OS X doesn't pop up any kind of question about setting a region.
There are many occasions that we buy a DVD disc, but its region code doesn't match where we buy our DVD player and where we live. So what's are DVD region codes? Is there any way to make them region-free? Just read on to learn details.
Part 1: What are DVD region codes?Sony Dvd Player Region Unlock
DVD region codes are a digital rights management technique created to enable motion picture studios to control the worldwide release of their movies, including content, release date and price, based upon the region. As always, DVDs that are sold have region codes, which restrict the DVDs to be played on DVD players in other regions. For instance, if you got a DVD sold in France and a DVD player sold in America, you'll probably fail in playing it as your DVD has a region code of '2' while the DVD player comes with a region code of '1', which are of different region codes. Generally, DVDs are embedded with six major region codes, along with two additional regions reserved for other purposes. Below are the detailed geographical regions:
DVD Region Code MapPart 2: How to Remove DVD Region Code Easily and Fast
It has been highlighted that DVD region-coding has been a major inconvenience for travelers who wish to legally purchase DVDs abroad and return with them to their countries of origin, students of foreign languages, immigrants who want to watch films from their homeland and foreign film enthusiasts according to The Washington Post.
But now with a professional DVD ripper software, such incontinence will no longer happen as such DVD copy protection removal helps to disable region code from DVD to make the DVD region free, back up protected DVD to computer and rip DVD movie for iPhone, iPad, PSP, etc.
EaseFab DVD Ripper is just the one standing out from other similar DVD region free software . This program allows you to rip regional DVDs and make all DVDs region codes free instead of resetting DVD drive. It helps to decrypt regional-playback control encryption, remove Region-code enhanced (RCE) or other copy protection measures, like CSS, Sony ARccOS, Disney X-project DRM, and more. The function is not limited to the region code remover, it is an all-region DVD copy/ripper software that helps to backup DVD with region codes to MPEG2, MKV, ISO image and rip DVD freely on Mac from region 1 to region 2, or DVD to MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, MPEG4, H264 etc. Whether you have region 1 DVD or region 2 DVD, you can play them on your iPhone, iPad, Android, even you are abroad.
Steps of Getting Rid of DVD Region code by ripping DVD to Videos
1. Download and run the DVD region code removal program on your , click 'DVD Disc'button to import the DVD files.
2. Click Profile (located below where your DVD files are displayed) and select the format you want from the drop-down list. Just below Profile is Output, here you can browse your computer for a better destination folder for DVD Ripper to save your converted movies. As you see, all regular video and audio formats like MP4, MOV, MKV, WMV, AVI, FLV, MP3, WMA, WAV, M4A, etc. are provided.
If you want to convert your DVD movies for play on portable devices, including iPhone, iPad, iPod, HTC, Samsung, Nokia, Samsung, Sony, PSP, Xbox 360 and more, you can simply browse to find the icon of your device and select it as the output format to get videos with optimized settings. All Idevices output files can be synced to iTunes automatically.
3. Once you've selected the output file format you want, you're ready to rip. Simply click the Convert button to start removing DVD Region Code and ripping DVD on your Mac computer. after a fraction of seconds, you can play your DVD movie on Mac without taking along DVD player.
Part 3: Other Ways to Play DVD in Other RegionsMethod 1: Change DVD Region Code on Windows/MacLg Dvd Region Code Unlock
For window users, 5 times are allowed to change DVD region code as below:
1. Click the Start menu and then Control Panel; 2. Double-click the Device Manger 3. Click on the + near DVD/CD-ROM drives and double-click on the entry below the DVD/CD-ROM drives. 4. Click the DVD Region tab after the window opens. 5. Select the Region in which you'd like to change to and hit OK.
Note: the Region Code cannot be changed, even though the OS is reinstalled or the DVD Drive is moved to another PC.
For Mac users, 4 more chances too to rip DVD from region to region:
1. A dialog box that urges you to choose a region for your DVD drive is opened once you insert the DVD into the optical drive on your Mac. 2. Consult the DVD package to verify the region code. 3. Click Change Drive Region to and click the region code. 4. Click Set Drive Region 5. Click on the Lock icon to save your settings. Method 2: Use Freeware and Open Source DVD Players
There're many open source software DVD players. You must have heard or downloaded VLC. Yes, it's one of the most favorable media players at present. VLC ignores region coding that it doesn't attempt to enforce region coding. However, it requires access to the DVD's raw data to decrypt CSS. And such access may not be available on some drives with RPC-2 firmware when playing a disc from a different region than the region to which the drive is locked.
Method 3: Buy a Region Free DVD Player
You can buy an all region player or multi-region DVD player. It lets you play any DVD without any quality loss. But the price of such a model will be a little high.
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Playing and watching DVD movies on your computer is great. However, if the DVD disc has a region code that doesn't match where you live or where you buy your computer, you will fail to play the DVD on your computer.
So if you want to enjoy DVD movies with different DVD region codes, you need to change the region on your computer first. Changing DVD drive region is very easy. Just remember that you can only change the region for five times. After the fifth time, the DVD drive region will be locked to the region you last chose permanently.
Follow the guide to unlock DVD regions in Windows (Windows 8 compatible) and Mac.
How to change DVD region on a Windows (Windows 8 compatible) PC
1. Open 'My Computer' and right click on the DVD drive icon. Choose 'Properties' from the drop down menu.
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2. Select the 'Hardware' tab and choose the DVD drive from the disk drives list. Then click 'Properties'.
3. Go to 'DVD Region' tab and choose the geographic area you want. Then click 'OK' to finish the DVD region changing.
How to unlock DVD region on Macintosh
1. Insert a disc into your Mac's DVD drive.
2. Set the region code for your Mac following the window the prompts you to choose DVD region code.
Other way to play and watch DVD movies with different DVD region codes![]()
Since the DVD region can be changed for only five times and then the DVD region will be locked permanently, many people are looking for better ways to play and watch DVD movies with different DVD region codes. Here are two easy ways:
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1. Copy and back up your DVD to a region-free DVD with a DVD copy software and a blank DVD disc. Aimersoft DVD Copy will help you copy and backup DVD movies to DVD disc with 1:1 quality. The copied DVD is region-free and you can freely watch it on your computer. For Mac users, there is DVD Backup for Mac provided.
2. Rip DVD to videos for playback on computer or portable devices. Aimersoft DVD Ripper can help you crack DVD protection and convert DVD to any popular video and audio formats for playback on iPhone, iPad, iPod, Zen, Archos, etc. For Mac users, please turn to DVD Ripper for Mac.
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