DVD Help!!!

[Mythor]

VirtualDub works quite well and has plenty of options for you to tool around with. :)

[quiescence]

will try it out .. thanks buddy   :)

[sharleen]

[quote:post_uid0][b:post_uid0]from Mythor posted at 4:48 pm on Dec. 15, 2001[/b:post_uid0]

You can still get your hands on a legal 'multi region' DVD player from some places, but apparently they won't play all DVD's, as some DVD's have special encoding to not let them be played on a multi region DVD player.[/quote:post_uid0]

That's absolutely right.  My Dad bought an official multi-region Pioneer DVD player (one that actually came like that, not fiddled with just to play other regions), and we are finding now that we can't play a few movies.  Shrek and Bridget Jones' Diary for instance.  The woman at the store said we'd have to buy another player to watch those movies, but instead we went the cheaper option - we bought those movies on DVD from the US. hehe

[monkeyboy]

I really counldnt be bothered ready all your messages on this stopic, a bit too technical, all i have to say is i have a dvd player and it rocks!!!!! :)

[fascist dictator]

[quote:post_uid0][b:post_uid0]from Mythor posted at 5:03 pm on Dec. 15, 2001[/b:post_uid0]

There's a few programs out there that let you change the region code for your DVD player, but many computer based players now only let you change a certain number of times before locking you into one region coding. :frown:
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Unless you have a *cough* quite illegal */cough* DVD player on your computer which plays all regions and is not supposed to, according to the manufacturer. *But I'm not taking it back. *Ah, the joys of dodgy computer vendors who have recently gone under...

[Dr Miracle]

VCDs are really good if you like kung-fu movies as they're predominantly from Asian countries. However, in Bali, VCDs are a bit cheaper than DVDs.

With the new technology by the DVD companies to stop piracy, you can actually get one of the new Pioneer players to combat this. (Allegedly. I was told this by a gentleman at Harvey Norman, and we all know what they get up to at Christmas ;) ) You can buy an all region chip and install it yourself, but it does nullify the warranty.

I think a dual laser DVD player would be good too; as they can play both CD-R and CD-RW with no problems.

After you burn, you can flog the videos for megabucks on ebay ;)

[Shivagoddess]

yeah a free DVD player (for somputer) i was wondering if you could get those that would be great
i might go and check out tucows ya never know