Posted by Abe on 06/10/06 22:59

>>This is a built-in limitation to make ripping commercially pressed DVD
>>less attractive. You need patched firmware for your drive to disable
>>the "rip-lock" limitation. The Firmware Page has lots of firmware that
>>does this, in additon to removing the Region Protection Coding (RPC)
>>of your drive.
>>Look at http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php
>Cool! Except they don't have my DVD burner listed. It's an Emprex
>H16X, at that's the number given in the device manager.
Then your only choice is to ask Emprex at
http://www.emprex.com/04_contact_02.php
and ask which OEM brand and model number the drive really is. In the
past, Emprex drives have been rebadged BTC drives.

Once you get the info, you then can look for patched firmware for the
BTC drive and apply that.

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