Posted by Ian Jackson on 01/12/07 16:28

In message <mn.5a427d715b8f3da5.1980@nobody.invalid>, Gene E. Bloch
<spamfree@nobody.invalid> writes
>On 1/11/2007, Paul Jones posted this:
>> Whilst I've always understood the reasoning behind of DVD regions, I
>> never knew whether it was the hardware or the software that had the
>> "prevention" built in. My DVD player played all, so it as never an
>> issue.
>>
>> However, now I've started to play DVDs on my PC, it seems like it
>> might be an issue! I bought (yes, bought from the web, not cadged for
>> free!) "Power DVD". To cut a loooong story short, it seems this
>> product has a different disc for each country and the key you type in
>> only works for that country. Has anyone found a way to make it work
>> for multi regions, or failing that, can recommend a more flexible
>> equivalent product? I don't mind paying - IF IT WORKS!
>>
>> Thanks for any advice.
>> Paul
>
>Either of these might do the job:
>
>DVD Region+CSS Free
>AnyDVD
>
>Both cost money (around $30, I think). Look for a trial version...
>
>Here's the URL for DVD Region+CSS Free:
>
> http://www.dvdidle.com/
>
>It's what I use (that's how I have the URL), but AnyDVD gets good
>remarks in the NGs too; Google should help.
>

Instead of Power DVD, try VLC Media Player.
It plays almost anything.
It's freeware, from
http://www.videolan.org/
Ian.
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