PC Bluray Drive region code changing program

[SCCAAMMM]

A while ago I saw a thread on here that mentioned a small free program that changed the region code for bluray drives within power dvd.

I downloaded said program and was very happy with it. however a virus has since forced me to reformat my PC. And for the life of me I cannot remember the name of said program!

I have a US copy of Versus that i'm keen to watch. Please help if you can. It would be much appreciated.


Thanks.

[sj33]

This is the one!

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=149191

[SCCAAMMM]

Thank you, so very much! You're a star!

[speedlolita]

I think a Blu-Ray drive would be a nice upgrade for my PC..

Nice to know about this.

[SCCAAMMM]

So much quieter than using a PS3. For me anyway. You can actually hear the film. helps having the PC connected to the HDTV, also.

[Lyris]

Wonderful! I only use my BD-RE drive for writing discs (for authoring!) but it's good to know this PITA is so easily sidestepped now.

[mekanor]

Too bad there isn't a free alternative to PowerDVD yet. Until using that program I didn't know it was possible to hate a piece of software. EVERY time I'd sit down all excited to watch a movie and SOMETHING would be wrong with PowerDVD... "This disc is the wrong region, and I'm not going to let you change to your countries region" "put in a serial number" "my software needs updating and you can't watch the movie till it's done" "what's that, you're updating? Cool, I'll send you the files at sub dial-up speeds"

[sj33]

If you fancy jumping through hoops, there are free alternatives. The newest SVN builds of Media Player Classic - Home Cinema support Blu-Ray and HD-DVD playback when used in tandem with the newest SVN builds of ffshow-tryouts, and even supports HD audio (with the exception of DTS-HD, only the core track is supported) and even 10-bit RGB. There's no support for fancy stuff like menus (although I actually prefer this - jump straight into the feature), though subtitles and the like work fine. This is how I watch stuff.

The main issue with this (and the main reason free players are not more widespread) is that they have to be able to decrypt AACS, BD+ etc. in order to play them back, and no free/open source player would be granted a licence for this. You can use AnyDVD for this, but it is not freeware. So as I say, you need to jump through hoops.

With that in mind, the above method is simpler for most people.