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[Shin Johnpv]

So I have a couple gamest videos from diferent games, and some other none region 1 dvds and I really dont want to have to keep using region X and playing them on my PS2 to watch them. Well I have a dvd burner now so I'd like ot jsut make a copy and convert the copy to a region 1 dvd anyone know of any program that can do this?

i would imagine if I made a copy of the disc straight off with nero it would still end up being a region 2 disc?

 

[Nerevar]

You realize this is not legal, right? And therefore, me suggesting anything to you would be against the law and also against forum rules which would end up with us both getting banned (at least on the old forum).

In other words, you're asking in the wrong forum.

 

[Shin Johnpv]

BAH!

 

[Ecrofirt]

anydvd

 

[Sriram]

Its not illegal, because not all dvds are copyrighted.

 

[border]

Not illegal to back up movies you own either....and the forum TOS doesn't say anything about non-game piracy anyhow.

Videohelp.com should have tutorials on how to do it, but you will probably have to convert it from DVD-9 to DVD-5. It's such a hassle that you are better off with the Region X, IMO.

 

[mrklaw]

if you dvd decrypt it, It'll just be a vob. Then you can burn it in Nero and tell it to be 'no region' if you want.

If you have a dual layer burner, no problem. Single layer and you start getting into shrinking, or at least leaving stuff off the disc.

 

[Nerevar]

Not illegal to back up movies you own either....and the forum TOS doesn't say anything about non-game piracy anyhow.

Well, I've been banned for helping out in a similar situation before, so I was just being careful.

 

[Shouta]

The better solution is to get a cheap Cyberhome DVD player and use the trick built into the machine to make it region free.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...00961&productCategoryId=cat03013&type=product

That's the one I have and I can tell you the trick to change the region settings on it.

 

[Nerevar]

or you could just go to videohelp.com . They pretty much have a collection of all the region-free hacks out there. And it's not a piracy site.

 

[Neo_ZX]

DVDShrink should automate the downsampling and can strip protection. An easy one step solution and it's free!

 

[Ecrofirt]

If you run AnyDVD, it'll get rid of the CSS, so it appears to be a region free DVD. You can then play the DVD normally in your DVD player, or back it up without problems.

 

[Shin Johnpv]

or you could just go to videohelp.com . They pretty much have a collection of all the region-free hacks out there. And it's not a piracy site.

that was actually the first thing I tried but unfortanetly the one listed for my DVD player doesn't work sadly other wise this would be alot easier




and thanks for the suggestions all I have a dual layer burner so I'm going to be checking out anydvd and hopefully that will take care of it


thanks one and all

 

[BioFan]

DVDShrink should automate the downsampling and can strip protection. An easy one step solution and it's free!

agree....love this program...

 

[iapetus]

Not illegal to back up movies you own either....and the forum TOS doesn't say anything about non-game piracy anyhow.

Yes it does. The emulation/piracy warning doesn't specify game piracy (although some of the explicit examples do). Either way, apply common sense: piracy of all sorts is not a suitable topic for the 'how do I do it, where do I get it' sort of questions, and you'll have seen this with music topics as well as gaming and movie.

 

[borghe]

just a warning.. if these DVDs are a different video system the region encoding is the least of your problems. if they are PAL videos and you try to play them on an NTSC DVD player it probably won't let you, even if they are region free.

 

[Nerevar]

just a warning.. if these DVDs are a different video system the region encoding is the least of your problems. if they are PAL videos and you try to play them on an NTSC DVD player it probably won't let you, even if they are region free.

There is no NTSC / PAL encoding on a DVD. Unlike on VHS, the only thing preventing a DVD being played in multiple regions is region encoding. That's why it was invented in the first place - so movie studios could continue their region-specific distribution.

 

[borghe]

this is 110% wrong... Europe, Australia, etc use PAL video standards. Go order a region free PAL DVD from Amazon.co.uk and try playing it on a typical Region 1 DVD player. Heck, I can send you a couple of DVDs I have..

Unless you have a DVD player that does PAL->NTSC conversion, the DVD WILL NOT PLAY.

It has nothing to do with protection. Europe uses PAL, US (and Japan) uses NTSC.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001ZE1OU/qid=1107443483/ref=pd_ka_0/202-2186410-2555813

Edition Details:
• Region 2 encoding (Europe, Japan, South Africa and the Middle East including Egypt). Read more about DVD formats.
• Box set, PAL
• Number of discs: 4
• ASIN: B0001ZE1OU
• Catalogue Number: 27233DVD

so this DVD (Star Wars Trilogy) will play in Europe (Region 2 PAL) but will not play in Australia (Region 4 PAL) and not in Japan (Region 2 NTSC). Just like a Japanese DVD (Region 2 NTSC) will not play in Europe (Region 2 PAL) or North America (Region 1 NTSC).

 

[Nerevar]

this is 110% wrong... Europe, Australia, etc use PAL video standards. Go order a region free PAL DVD from Amazon.co.uk and try playing it on a typical Region 1 DVD player. Heck, I can send you a couple of DVDs I have..

Unless you have a DVD player that does PAL->NTSC conversion, the DVD WILL NOT PLAY.

It has nothing to do with protection. Europe uses PAL, US (and Japan) uses NTSC.

Interesting, I had no trouble playing my region-free DVDs from Australia when I came back to the US. I guess it was just an assumption on my part. Sorry.

 

[borghe]

Interesting, I had no trouble playing my regoin-free DVDs from Australia when I came back to the US. I guess it was just an assumption on my part. Sorry.

some players out there (a few actually) will do NTSC<->PAL conversion. A few from Philips, APEX, etc. Many Chinese made players will actually do it (the cheaper discount brands). You can have a number of issues from doing this (distorted sound, sped up video, wrong colors, etc). So it is kind of tricky...

 

[border]

Yes it does. The emulation/piracy warning doesn't specify game piracy (although some of the explicit examples do).

Sub-heading E refers only to "pirated software". I suppose this would include applications as well as games, but not video DVDs, CDs, etc.