Posted by Abe on 06/10/06 23:44

>Abe wrote:
>>>> 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.
>Research indicates it's the same as the BTC 2016IM, a 16X burner with RW
>and DVD-RAM capabilities. And of course, the firmware isn't there.
><sigh> Oh well, I'll just have to live with it.
Well, we tried.

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