Using AnyDVD to rip NTSC (R1) DVD using an (R4) DVD drive.

[Speeny]

Hi there.
So lately, I have imported some DVD's from the states seeing as most Anime DVD's are over priced here in Australia.
I am compiling a digital back-up of my DVD collection, and I have heard AnyDVD is the way to go if you want to encrypt and get rid of DVD region coding, evidentially making the media region free.

My disc drive is a:
HP BD MLT UJ260

So, basically I pop my NTSC DVD into my (R4) encoded disc drive on my laptop, and I get an error message from AnyDVD along the lines of:


Any advice on how to bypass this issue, would be greatly appreciated..thanks!

[hech54]

So, basically I pop my NTSC DVD into my (R4)

NTSC/PAL and Region Codes(R4) have ZERO to do with each other.
As AnyDVD says.....make sure your DVD drive has a region assigned to it first.

[Speeny]

The region assigned is Region 4.
I'm guessing the only way to work around this is by changing the drives region code?

[hech54]

AnyDVD is supposed to take care of that for you. That is one of it's main selling points, that and the copy protection removal of course.

[Speeny]

If that's the case, why isn't it working for me?

[hech54]

After doing some Googling, your HP drive matches a Matshita drive....and it is very possible you may be sh!t out of luck after all.
http://club.myce.com/f88/matshita-uj-812-a-101267/#post637240

[Kerry56]

Get an external optical drive, preferably USB3 if you have any USB3 ports on that laptop. Matshita drives are consistently the worst, and cannot be used for your purpose here without changing the region code. And you can only change the region five times.

[jagabo]

Interesting. I wasn't aware that some drives check the drive and disc region codes in firmware -- then refuse to return the decryption keys when they don't match. Fortunately, none of my drives does this.

[jman98]

Yeah, this is news to me too, but fortunately I would never buy a Matshita drive. I'd advise Speeny to get a Pioneer external drive as I know that they don't do this ridiculous crap or he could look at the suggested website in the screen capture for a hacked firmware, but I'd guess there probably won't be any. It's free to look though.

[hech54]

I would never buy a Matshita drive.

Knowingly.....no....me either. It's labeled/rebadged as an HP.
Judging by the description on Google, most likely it's an OEM drive that came with the computer. I don't think anyone could have imagined in this day and age a drive would arrive to a consumer with these limitations.

[jagabo]

I don't think anyone could have imagined in this day and age a drive would arrive to a consumer with these limitations.

It wouldn't be surprising if it Sony.