MP region free? (1 Viewer)

[Paul]

MediaPortal Version: 0.2.2.0
Windows Version: XP Pro
CPU Type: Core 2 Duo E6600
HDD: Seagate 320MB
Memory: 1GB
Motherboard: Intel DG965OT
Motherboard Chipset:
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card: Nvidia 7600
1. TV Card: Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150 MCE
1. TV Card Type:
1. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: default in MP
MPEG2 Audio Codec: default in MP
HTPC Case: Antec Fusion
Power Supply: 430W
Remote: MCE remote
TV: Vizio 32" HDTV 720p
TV - HTPC Connection: RGB @ 1366x768


We live in the US, but are originally from Europe. With two small children, they get DVD's from their grandparents for birthdays, Christmas, easter and about every weekend in between ....
It would be nice to get MP to directly play these purchased and fully paid for DVD's. Has anybody been successful in doing that? I have downloaded region free firmware for my Plextor drive, but still get a black screen when trying to play region 2 DVD's. Other than MP, Sonic Cineplayer is installed, and that also does not play region 2 DVD's (that gives me a warning instead of the black screen).

Any help is highly appreciated! Loving MP so far, after using it for 5 days or so!

Thanks,
Pete.

 

[and-81]

You need something like AnyDVD:
http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html

There are others too, like DVD Region Free:
http://www.dvdidle.com/dvd-region-free.htm

These programs load up with windows and sit in the background to strip out the region locking on any DVD you put in the drive. I've used AnyDVD in the past and found it to be very good.

Hope that helps,

 

[trosty]

www.dvd43.com does the same and is free .

 

[Marcusb]

Yep, my vote is also with DVD43. It works on all our DVD's and seems to be the only app that's free.

 

[Paul]

I have tried DVD43, but could not get it to work. When I put in a region two DVD and try to play it in MP, I get a black screen. (the same black screen I get when not running DVD43)
How did you guys get that to work? Does it have anything to do with the Codecs?
Please help!

Thanks,
Paul.

 

[htpcMe]

I have tried DVD43, but could not get it to work. When I put in a region two DVD and try to play it in MP, I get a black screen. (the same black screen I get when not running DVD43)
How did you guys get that to work? Does it have anything to do with the Codecs?
Please help!

Thanks,
Paul.

I've tried DVD43 and it used to just crash my computer. I paid the money for AnyDVD and it works like a charm.

 

[mclog]

AnyDVD has been the one I'm using for this, it also has the nice feature of controlling your DVD speed so it runs quiet