Posted by Stuart on 03/15/07 21:13

"gus" <gus_zernial@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1173983238.009825.154280@l75g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>I have a PC with a Samsung CDRW/DVD SM-352N Combo drive. I'm trying
> to read and copy material from a DVD which I know to have been made in
> a different Region than mine. Unfortunately, I don't know the specific
> Region
> it was made in. This is a home DVD made on another PC - it is not
> copyrighted
> or copy-protected material.
>
> When I open Windows Explorer for the DVD, the contents are blank. My
> questions are:
>
> -How do I tell if I have a Region-encoding problem, vs possibly
> another problem
> with this DVD?
>
> -If it's a Region-encoding problem, how do I figure out for which
> Region this
> DVD was encoded?
>
> -Is there a way I can hack my drive to read DVD's for all Regions?
>
> Answers and/or pointers to explanatory web sites appreciated.
>
> Gus
>

If the DVD you are trying to copy was made on another PC, ie it is NOT a
commercially pressed DVD, then it will not have any region coding on it. It
sounds like the DVD in question has nothing on it. You could download the
trial version of ISOBuster to check out the DVD.

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