Setting Region of DVD Drive - Revision history

Ray N at 03:34, 25 August 2009

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	In some situations, the DVD drive may refuse to play DVDs because the region set in drive does not match the region set on the DVD. This also can affect the ripping of DVD disks on this drive.		In some situations, the DVD drive may refuse to play DVDs because the region set in drive does not match the region set on the DVD. This also can affect the ripping of DVD disks on this drive.

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	There is an article in Wikipedia on DVD region code: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code		There is an article in Wikipedia on DVD region code: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code
			Also see the [http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=28812 rpc1.org FAQ].

	See also		See also

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	'''Please do ~~not~~ do this unless you understand that you are using up region code changes, which can result in a drive permanently set to the wrong region code!'''		'''Please do NOT do this unless you understand that you are using up the 5 region code changes in your DVD drive, which can result in a drive permanently set to the wrong region code!'''

	If you see the message about not set region ID, you can set it using combination of options "-s" and "-r", for example, to set region to 1 (which corresponds to the US and Canada), you should run:		If you see the message about not set region ID, you can set it using combination of options "-s" and "-r", for example, to set region to 1 (which corresponds to the US and Canada), you should run:

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	====Setting DVD region====		====Setting DVD region====

			'''Please do not do this unless you understand that you are using up region code changes, which can result in a drive permanently set to the wrong region code!'''

	If you see the message about not set region ID, you can set it using combination of options "-s" and "-r", for example, to set region to 1 (which corresponds to the US and Canada), you should run:		If you see the message about not set region ID, you can set it using combination of options "-s" and "-r", for example, to set region to 1 (which corresponds to the US and Canada), you should run:

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-In some situations, the DVD drive may refuse to play DVDs because of the region ID not set in drive. This also can affect the ripping of DVD disks on this drive.
+In some situations, the DVD drive may refuse to play DVDs because the region set in drive does not match the region set on the DVD. This also can affect the ripping of DVD disks on this drive.
 ====Verification of currently set DVD region====

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	====Extra information====		====Extra information====
	1. There is an article in Wikipedia on DVD region code: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code		There is an article in Wikipedia on DVD region code: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code

			See also
			* [http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php RPC1.org] for info about firmware to make your drive RPC1
			* [http://www.inmatrix.com DVD Infomatrix] (a wealth of information about DVD PCs)
			* [http://www.mpegx.bcom MPEGX] (PC utilities for video and audio, more)
			* [http://www.dvdsoft.net DVDSoft.net] (PC utilities, more)
			* [http://www.doom9.net Doom9] (PC utilities for DVD backup)
			* [http://www.visualdomain.net Visual Domain] <PC utilities, including Drive Info)
			* [http://www.dvdcity.com/codefree/codefree-dvd-info.html DVDCity] (code-free DVD player FAQ)
			* [http://www.codefreedvd.com Code Free DVD] (region-free DVD players)
			* [http://www.codefreedvdmart.com Code Free DVD Mart] (region-free DVD players and information)
			* [http://www.regionfreedvd.net Region Free DVD] (region workarounds for players and PCs)
			* [http://regionfreedvdplayers.com RegionFreeDVDPlayers] (region-free DVD players)
			* [http://zonefreedvd.com ZoneFreeDVD] (region-free DVD players)
			* [http://www.dvdkits.com dvdkits.com] (modification chips for DVD players)
			* [http://www.dvdupgrades.ch DVD Upgrades] (region-free DVD players and modification chips)
			* [http://www.dvdoverseas.com DVDoverseas] (region-free DVD players)
			* [http://www.linkonline.co.uk Link Electronics] (region-free DVD players and upgrades)
			* [http://www.techtronics.com Techtronics] (region-free DVD players and upgrades)
			* [http://www.homecinemaheaven.com Upgrade Heaven] (region-free DVD players)
			* [http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/video/dvd Eric's DVD Information] (tech info on early players)
			* [http://www.deja.com Google Deja Usenet Archive] (search the rec.video.dvd and alt.video.dvd newsgroups)
			The above info is borrowed from [http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#6.4.2 DVD demystified]

Kir at 13:14, 30 January 2008

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====Introduction====
In some situations, the DVD drive may refuse to play DVDs because of the region ID not set in drive. This also can affect the ripping of DVD disks on this drive.

====Verification of currently set DVD region====
To verify the settings of your DVD drive, you should use the '''dvd_region''' tool: by default it tries to open the drive /dev/dvd but in recent LinuxMCE installations, the different numbering schema is used, e.g. /dev/dvd1 , /dev/dvd2 , etc. Use the "-d" option to change the drive to query:

root@dcerouter:~# /usr/pluto/bin/dvd_region -d /dev/dvd1

If the region ID is set, you should see the similar output:

Drive region info:
Type: Drive region is set
4 vendor resets available
4 user controlled changes available
Region: 1 playable
RPC Scheme: The Logical Unit _shall_ adhere to the specification and all requirements of the CSS license agreement concerning RPC

====Setting DVD region====
If you see the message about not set region ID, you can set it using combination of options "-s" and "-r", for example, to set region to 1 (which corresponds to the US and Canada), you should run:

root@dcerouter:~# /usr/pluto/bin/dvd_region -s -r 1 -d /dev/dvd1

And press enter when you will be asked if you really want to set DVD region.

====Extra information====
1. There is an article in Wikipedia on DVD region code: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code