dvd shrink only allows 8 times to change the regional codes. so now i have to rely on decripter to use brute force cracking. allthough this seems fine most of the time,i still have the occassional failure.i tried removing shrink and downloading a new version, but obviously my original version has planted an undeletable file in my pc-does anyone know if it is possible to fix this problem??and for any shrink users out there-watch it doesnt happen to you,i beleive i should have been ticking the region free box.
217931
well, there better software out there!!!\nWhy use the dvd shrink 3.2 all the time? change another better program!!\n\n Try this: DVD Region+CSS Free \n\nFeatures\n\nVery easy to use: it works automatically in the background! \nEnables any region coded DVD to be played in all software DVD players \nEnables any CSS encrypted DVD to be copied in all DVD copy software \nRemoves region code (RC) from DVD's \nRemoves encryption (CSS) from DVD's \nRemoves region code enhancement (RCE) from DVD's \nRemoves analog copy protection from DVD's \nRemoves user operation prohibitions (UOPs) from DVD's. This feature allows you to:\nchange soundtracks on the fly.\nhide forced subtitles as you wish. \nEnables the DVD menu or movie to be played directly without FBI warnings \nPrevents auto run of software from DVD's, such as PCFriendly \nWorks with all DVD drives, including region-protected (RPC2) DVD drives \nWorks "on the fly", without having to save data to the hard disk \nStable and fast, it does not need any driver \nFREE lifetime upgrades \nFREE lifetime English support via e-mail, worldwide \n"Remove Structure Protection": copy DVD's with Sony ARccOS copy-protection!  \n"Audio CD Free": play, copy and rip protected Audio CD's!  \nSupports 64-bit Windows XP and Windows Server 2003  \n\nDownload and Description here:\nhttp://www.dvdidle.com/dvd-region-free.htm
327820
You may have a hack you can carry out on your DVD player.  Type in DVD Region Hack in google or yahoo and when you get on one of their websites look for the make and model number of your DVD player and follow the instructions.  Mostly you type in a 5 or 6 digit code into your remote and it becomes region free.  Good luck.
525194
anthony and moni are on the right track. however, in case you are talking about a DVD player that is not a part of the computer, in other words, hooks up to tele, it will need to be a conversion program that fits the region code for where the friend lives, such as region 2, UK.\nAlso, there is a possibility that the programme download had something wrong with its sound. It has happened to me. \nNothing will help in that case of course.\nI hope this gives more immediate help than the message that said learn computers and told you about those books. A good idea for the long term, but for immediate things, asking here is great.  \nWe can ask questions, give answers, and learn together.\nP.S. Dwight, I like your resources page linked from your 360 page. Good show!
335650
(IGNORE SPELLING MISTAKES)\nEDIT: came back to give a better link for DVD FAB DECRYPTER.\n\nFirst things first. I assume you are an honest person and you only purchased that writer to make backup copies of those expensive movies you purchase, because you like to support the industry. You are a good person you will not use this knowledge to copy a dvd you rented from the video shop. That is illegal and in such a case i could get intotrouble for sharing this information with you :) lol.\n\nWhat you are about to read is the method i use it may not be the best but it affords you some control and you learn about something. this is not an all in one solution. if you want that stop reading.\n\nFirst off the basics:\nMost DVD's contain copy protections. These days they all have CSS (Content Scrambling System). They also have  region protection but that's not important. there are other protections as well but i wont name them since they are easy to beat with decrypter.\n\nThe two protections you should worry about are Sony Archos and Macrovision Ripgaurd.\n\nYou will need to run third party software in the background to bypass these protections, depending on the software you are going to use.\n\nANYDVD (it also has it's own decrypter, but i don't use it), 30 DAY TRIAL (check out clone dvd while you are there)\nhttp://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html...\n\nDVD43 (DVD FOR FREE), FREE (I have not tested the new version)\nhttp://www.dvd43.com/\n\nInstall iether one of them and let them run in the background. i never let these programs start on windows startup. I ussually just open the one just before decryption. Update the one you choose regullarly as Sony and Macrovision also update thier protections. Updates might also be bet programmed to bypass difficult sectors as  the protections vary from disk to disk.\n\nokay we got that sorted. Next you need a decrypter if you want to put the files on the hard drive.\n\nDVD FAB DECRYPTER - FREE, NO SPYWARE \nI wish i could tell you to get DVD decrypter, but i see the link i ussually give no longer works. the shutdown Lightning UK ages ago so it is understanable, it was the best, DV FAB decrypter is also great, it can bypass SOny And Macrovison most of the time, but iuse third party software to help with the protection. DFD will put the DVD on your harddrive so you can use it later. you don't have to decrypt, you can skip this step if you like but it will make the next step take longer. This is also the safer option.\n\nhttp://www.dvdidle.com/free.htm\n\nIf you have decrypted the dvd, i.e. bypassed the security protections on the disk then your next step is to download shrink dvd. It will compress the video down to 4.37 GB so it can fit on a single layer DVD\n\nDVD shrink (It's free, with no bundled spyware)\nhttp://www.dvdshrink.info\nDVD shrink has a built in decrypter but if it finds a problem with the disk while decrpyting, it will waste a lot of your time as you won't know what's going on later on.\n\nIn shrink just open folder and point to whare you decrypted the dvd or open disk if you didn't\n\nIt will run through some processing. then you will see a list on the left hand side. you can use custom ratio to decrease the quality of your extra features so that your main title is better quality. you can also remove any unneeded audio streams like directors comments.\n\nLets break away for a moment. some of the dvd's you purchase come on Dual layer disks A dula layer disk can contain upto 8 GB of video. to get it down to 4.37 GB it has to re-encode the video to use a lower bitrate. Bitrate of the video and sound affects the size of the movie. the higher hte bitrate, the better the quality, and the more space that is required. Audio is never recompressed and rightly so. DTS will take the most space on a disk, but i prefer to leave it in. \n\nIn shrink it will show you what percetage artio you current title is to the original. try to keep it about 70% for the m
123183
If you want a program that "just works" with the click of a button, I would look to DVD95Copy. The more techie bunch of us use a combination of tools such as DVD Shrink, etc. but if you are looking for a non-technical solution, I would try theirs.
675266
Well there is a problem with your DVD decoder. U will hav to download a new DVD decoder. Open windows media player> Tools> Download>Plugins\nU will get a list of DVD decoders. The best way is to download any other DVD player like WinDVD, Power DVD etc\n\nDVD
355375
http://www.dvdcodes.net/\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code\n\nTry these or Google DVD regional unlock codes
253666
Hi! Just wanted to ask Do you have the original game DVD.\nWell if not then you must explore the DVD and open the folder named "CRACK" and copy the icon there(it must b similar to the game icon) and Paste it to the directory where you installed the geame. It will ask whether you want to replace the file(There will be difference in the size) Select yes and \nTA! DA!\nIt will work\nTry it.\nOr might be 3D-Graphics card Problem\nHope it works\nI know i had to survive by just seeing it untill dad brought A new compitable 3d card\ndesaijayk@hotmail.com\nThankz
342161
go to download.com or try it on the search bar and  type in DVD shrink this is a free download it might ask if you meant shrink DVD which is not what you want it will also help if you have Nero 7 as well to the other question yes you can if you have power DVD there is a snap shot on it for that
560086
Ok this is where you went wrong...Dont ever, and when I say ever I mean it dont ever burn CD's that you bought OUT of the US on an American computer, the format for every country is different. Your best bet would be to find a program online (I.E. Sound Studio, Rip and Track) and load the file into that and chop it up, thats all i can tell you.
536341
Are you mixing + & - formats when you are copying & does your player support the formats you are using?\nAnother possibility is..are you using Philips DVD's..if so I bet the problem lies there. I found them totally unpredictable for successful copying.\n\nPS It may be just me but I did not find Nero that reliable. I changed to "1 Click DVD Copy" with the bundled free CopyToDVDse& have had 100% success rate ever since.\nIt's not that cheap but I found it was worth it.\nhttp://dvd-copy-software-review.toptenreviews.com/?ttreng=1&ttrkey=1+click+dvd+copy
569953
Buy a program, DVD shrink.
553857
Hi Tony...DVD Shrink unfortunately doesn't have a Mac version therefore, consider the following two sharewares for Mac: \nDVDRemaster: http://www.metakine.com/products/dvdremaster/\nDVD2one: http://dvd2one.com/\n\nI have yet to find a freeware version for Mac yet.
669286
I have a huge collection of dvds and i sometimes copy 5 times that ammount in a day.However i do not do multiple copies one after another as i was told this can cause overheating to your burner.I copy 1 then i encode the next,this as you know takes a little time so it is allowing the burner to cool down.But i have done 4 in a row once and didnt see any problems-the last one out seemed a bit warmer than usual though.
114708
google DVD Shrink\nand DVD Decryptor\nneither are no longer supported\nbut you can find where they are at\n\nsome of the newest will not rip with the above 2\nfor that BUY AnyDVD, the current DVD Ripping champ on all protection schemes ( including audio cd's )
275614
I assume you are copying DVDs.  I have done this a lot any have had no problems playing them back on a DVD player.  Perhaps your not really decrypting the DVD.  This is the key to getting it to work on your DVD player.  Sorry I can't help you any further.
456275
Well, this mostly depends on your DVD drive. Testing it is usually the quickest way to find out.\n\nThe problem is that a lot of newer drives are RPC2 drives these days. Some of these drives don't allow raw access to the drive until the drive firmware has done a region check.\n\nVLC uses libdvdcss and it needs raw access to the DVD drive to crack the encryption key. So with these drives, it's impossible to circumvent the region protection. (This goes for all software. You will need to flash your drives firmware, but sometimes there is no alternate firmware available for your drive).\n\nOn other RPC2 drives that DO allow raw access, it might take VLC a long time to crack the key. So just pop the disc in your drive and try it out.\n\nRPC1 drives should "always" work regardless of the region code.