Posted by LK on 04/30/07 01:45

On Apr 29, 3:39 pm, Colin Wilson
<REMOVEEVERYTHINGBUTnewsgr...@phoenixbbsZEROSPAM.co.uk> wrote:

>
> 'Shrink and 'decrypter work around the region lock issue by reading
> the raw data off the disc, but it might be worth checking if you have
> an RPC2 drive (i'm a bit vague on this, but I think all drives made in
> the last 3-4 years have RPC2 "locks" embedded, and each time you try
> to change the region to watch a disc from elsewhere in the world, a
> counter inside the drive clicks down one - I think you only have 4
> region changes available from new, then it "sticks" and can't be
> changed)
>
> In the meantime, get hold of "DVD43" - it will bypass the RPC2
> protection and prevent the drive from locking out (if it has it) - it
> can be found here:
>
> http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/Rippers/DVD43_3-9-0_Setup.exe

Holy moly ... that gives me a bit of hope ... although I went to the
link above for the DVD43 and got some error message - have to change
something in my download manager ... anyway, I'm off to the shore for
a few days vacation tomorrow, but I'm definitely going to give this a
try when I get back ... got nothing to lose at this point anyway.
Thanks ... I'll let you know how it goes.

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