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| Registered: August 22, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 1,807 |
| | Posted: | | | | And, by the way, are there still problems using AnyDvd and DVDP together? | | | | -- Enry |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | DVDIdle Pro. Works great even on Vista, and doesn't interfere with Disc ID operations. | | | | Corey | | | | Last edited: by Katatonia |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 4,623 |
| | Posted: | | | | I tried DVDRegion+CssFree but couldn't get it to work properly on my computer. AnyDVD, on the other hand, works like a charm.
The problem with AnyDVD is that it seems to change the Disc ID, so you cannot add Disc ID if you are running AnyDVD. But that's a limitation that I can live with. | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Using DVDDecrypter + Nero Recode
But I'm not allowed to say that because it violates german copyright laws. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: March 23, 2007 |  Posts: 317 |
| | Posted: | | | | I prefer to use hacked firmware, but there are inherent risks in that (invalidates guarantee, could damage hardware if it goes wrong, hacker could include malicious changes, etc.). Excellent results if you're willing to take the risk. This site has good information if it's your option of choice (but it's a pain as often as it is helpful): http://www.videohelp.com/ | | | This is a sig... ... ... yay...
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| Registered: June 21, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,621 |
| | Posted: | | | | I've tried a few programs (dvdxghost, idlepro I think, something else I can't recall) but find that AnyDVD just works best on my computer (still running XP, never tried "upgrading" to Vista after reading horror stories and not many nice ones). Yeah it doesn't work with profiler, so I turn it off. If I need to steal a car, errrrrr, make a backup, I just turn it back on.  Love Nero recode, so much better than dvdshrink. About the only thing I use shrink for anymore is for disc info (audio tracks and subs listed, dual layer or not, and runtime). |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,279 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting DariusKyrak: Quote:
I prefer to use hacked firmware, but there are inherent risks in that (invalidates guarantee, could damage hardware if it goes wrong, hacker could include malicious changes, etc.). Excellent results if you're willing to take the risk.
This site has good information if it's your option of choice (but it's a pain as often as it is helpful):
http://www.videohelp.com/ And you can't always get it. On the basis my laptops dvd drive is apparently cheap to replace people can't be bothered to hack it. It may be cheap but it's not easy to remove and put a new one in, especially when it's still in warranty  | | | | IVS Registered: January 2, 2002 |
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Posts: 823 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting EnryWiki: Quote:
And, by the way, are there still problems using AnyDvd and DVDP together? There's no way AnyDVD can do anything with a protected DVD (which is most of them) without changing the long disc ID that DVD Profiler uses. So AnyDVD will always have "problems" with DVD Profiler. I use it to check region coding and single or dual layer, but make sure you've exited it completely (no more red fox tray icon) before adding your disc ID's. | | | | 99.9% of all cat plans consist only of "Step 1." |
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| Registered: June 21, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,621 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Grendell: Quote:
Quoting EnryWiki:
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And, by the way, are there still problems using AnyDvd and DVDP together?
There's no way AnyDVD can do anything with a protected DVD (which is most of them) without changing the long disc ID that DVD Profiler uses. So AnyDVD will always have "problems" with DVD Profiler. I use it to check region coding and single or dual layer, but make sure you've exited it completely (no more red fox tray icon) before adding your disc ID's. Profiler is a smart program, even if I turn anyDVD on after already having profiler running, it won't let me set disc info or add to ccollection by disc in drive. If anyDVD is on before profiler, I get the message that I won't be able to do anything from the disc and the opition to turn off anyDVD and restart profiler, or continue with disc disabled. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,436 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting DariusKyrak: Quote:
I prefer to use hacked firmware, but there are inherent risks in that (invalidates guarantee, could damage hardware if it goes wrong, hacker could include malicious changes, etc.). Excellent results if you're willing to take the risk.
This site has good information if it's your option of choice (but it's a pain as often as it is helpful):
http://www.videohelp.com/ I have done this in the past as well. (One of the two drives in my current computer is region free.) But don't you often still need a program to bypass the software counter in many players? VLC doesn't use one, but most others do...? | | | Achim [諾亞信； Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan.
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| Registered: March 23, 2007 | | Posts: 317 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ya_shin: Quote:
Quoting DariusKyrak:
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I prefer to use hacked firmware, but there are inherent risks in that (invalidates guarantee, could damage hardware if it goes wrong, hacker could include malicious changes, etc.). Excellent results if you're willing to take the risk.
This site has good information if it's your option of choice (but it's a pain as often as it is helpful):
http://www.videohelp.com/
I have done this in the past as well. (One of the two drives in my current computer is region free.) But don't you often still need a program to bypass the software counter in many players? VLC doesn't use one, but most others do...? I don't think I ever had to fudge the programs as well, but I can't really remember. I certainly didn't with my latest machine. | | | This is a sig... ... ... yay...
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,279 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting DariusKyrak: Quote:
I don't think I ever had to fudge the programs as well, but I can't really remember. I certainly didn't with my latest machine. Both WinDVD and Powerdvd have a limited number of region changes, regardless of the region status of the drive. | | | | IVS Registered: January 2, 2002 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,293 |
| | Posted: | | | | I've just started using AnyDVD and it works beautifully (I just turn it off if I want to scan a Disc ID).
FWIW even though it says there are some compatibility problems with InterVideo I am running InterVideo WinDVD and AnyDVD together and they work fine... obviously I did check this before deciding to buy though! | | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong |
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| Registered: August 22, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,807 |
| | Posted: | | | | I used both AnyDVD and DVDRegion+CssFree as trial versions and both worked fine on my system. I wonder if there is some special reason to buy one or the other. | | | | -- Enry | | | | Last edited: by White Pongo, Jr. |
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| Registered: July 21, 2007 |  Posts: 20 |
| | Posted: | | | | I've been using AnyDVD for a few years now and it's worked fine on my PC, so it get's my vote. I've recently upgraded the firmware on my new DVD player and it's now multi-region, which is my preferred option now because I can watch all my DVDs on my big HD TV now.  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting EnryWiki: Quote:
I used both AnyDVD and DVDRegion+CssFree as trial versions and both worked fine on my system. I wonder if there is some special reason to buy one or the other. Not much probably, but with AnyDVD you have to remember the disc ID problems occuring with the DVD Profiler program. DVDRegion+CssFree and DVDIdlePro don't alter the original disc ID while in use with the program. I'm not sure how much memory AnyDVD uses in the background, but DVDIdlePro only uses about 124k. | | | | Corey |
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