DVD decoder

FoxyMopHandleDaddy
FoxyMopHandleDaddy Posts: 24
edited June 2005 in Technical Stuff and Help
OK - I live in South Korea and recently bought a laptop computer. When I first bought it it had all korean windows and supporting software. Before I changed the windows, I had no problem playing DVD's. I've since installed an english version of windows, and for some reasond DVD's won't play because apparently I don't have a "dvd decoder"... help? Where can I get one for free? no luck googleing it... just a bunch of dead links and pay sites. This pisses me off considerring I've paid $1500 for a laptop and I can't even play DVD's.... anybody know anything about this stuff?
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  • brain of c
    brain of c Posts: 5,213
    dvd's are coded into five regions.....american dvd's don't play in korea and vice versa....that could be your problem.
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  • FoxyMopHandleDaddy
    FoxyMopHandleDaddy Posts: 24
    ya but isn't it possible to change your region a certain amount of times before it's locked? (i've heard 3 times?)
  • Duff_Man
    Duff_Man Posts: 150
    FoxyMopHandleDaddy wrote:
    ya but isn't it possible to change your region a certain amount of times before it's locked? (i've heard 3 times?)

    yeah ive heard that, im not too sure on how many times it is

    i goto http://www.doom9.org if its anything DVD related (eocoding/decoding DVD -wise)

    i just done a quick search and i found this:

    DVD Genie 4.10 - can set the region for almost any DVD software player

    http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/Regionfree/dvdgn410.exe

    just right click save Link as (or Save Target as if you use internet explorer)
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  • paddy22
    paddy22 Posts: 21
    My sister bought dvd burning software and she was able to use it to make the computer dvd player multi region, I cant remember what software it was but if you want it pm me and I will find out
  • paddy22
    paddy22 Posts: 21
    I asked her and she said it wasn't the dvd burning software, it was region free software she downloaded from http://www.dvd43.com.
    Hope that helps you man
  • FoxyMopHandleDaddy
    FoxyMopHandleDaddy Posts: 24
    Thanks - I'll give it a whirl and let you know how it turns out... my other problem is I'm about as computer literate as your typical 75 year old grandmother. :)
  • Thecrownofthorns
    Thecrownofthorns Posts: 319
    if it's a dvd decoder you need, it's something different than what everyone else is talking about. A DVD Decoder is a program that actually physically reads the DVD and decodes the DVD to the computer.

    If you need one, you might have to find one on a torrent site because it comes installed with windows.
  • FoxyMopHandleDaddy
    FoxyMopHandleDaddy Posts: 24
    Thanks,
    I've since purchased one online from Microsoft.. I guess it didn't come installed with windows on my computer for some reason

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