So....DVD region?

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So....DVD region?

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Let's say I bought a region 2 DVD without realizing it was region 2. and let's say I want to WATCH it on my DVD player.

How do I do that or can you point me to a program which will allow me to?
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Nevermind. VLC will play it.

Stupid me.
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Yes, stupid you. You still have an Xmas avatar.
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Admiral Valdemar wrote:Yes, stupid you. You still have an Xmas avatar.
Havokeff can help to get rid of the christmas avatar.
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Post by Soontir C'boath »

Are you saying VLC will play other region DVDs?
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VLC plays everything. Ever.

Though, of course, it might just be changing your computer's drive region, which can only be done a limited number of times.
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Post by Soontir C'boath »

Yes which is I believe about five times...

Maybe I'll shove the old DVD drive back in and set it to region 2.... (duh) :roll: @ myself.
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Vendetta wrote:VLC plays everything. Ever.

Though, of course, it might just be changing your computer's drive region, which can only be done a limited number of times.
It's not. My drive is still at 5 (base) and I watch region 2 DVDs all the time and I'm in region 4.
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The drive's region should control what you watch with the DVD codec on your PC, so when you're watching through WMP or something like that, it wont' work. Media Player Classic, however, has it's own codec built in, so it will work.
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^Media Player classic...causes all DVDs to stutter on my system, so I am not sure that one is a good recommendation.
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