Can DVD Shrink read any region coded DVD?

[SaqibSaab]

My cousin from the UK is gonna bring some home videos he editted and authored to DVD. However, he said that they are region 2 DVDs because of the way he burned them; he said he needed to make them that way for his DVD player at his home.

The plan is to re-author it using DVD Shrink and make it a region-free DVD.

If I open the disc with DVD Shrink, will it be able to read my cousin's disc without messing with the region code settings for my DVD-read drive? Cuz I don't want to change it to Region 2 and be unable to change it back.

[RowMan]

Rip to your hard drive first with DVD Decrypter in ISO Read mode, then open that ISO file in DVD Shrink.

DVD Decrypter doesn't care what region a DVD is, but if your operating system (not Decrypter) asks you to change the region before being able to read the DVD, just close that window.

[bnbhoha]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think dvdshrink lets you open ISO images. If so, please tell.

I'm using daemon tools to open ISO images on the hard drive (it creates a virtual drive, you click mount image and use your dvd player to play it).

[guns1inger]

Yes it does, but there isn't a button for it - look under File->Open Disc Image (or similar)

[dvd3500]

What ever your cousin is doing is also a bit questionable.
No DVD player "requires" a region code but most will block playing a DVD from the "wrong" region code.
I have seen DVD players in the US absolutely refuse to play PAL DVDs but that was because because of the DVD header was set to PAL.
A region free NTSC disc played fine.
I ALWAYS make my discs region free, regardless of PAL or NTSC and they always work and they have been played in Germany, France, UK, Russia, US and Canada (keeping to NSTC and PAL, of course).
He is probably confusing NTSC and PAL with region 1 and region 2, and considering Japan is region 2 and NTSC he could have made an NTSC DVD that would have worked on both.
I bet you my grandmother's spit that if he takes your region free DVD back to ol blitey it will work on his DVD player as long as its PAL.

[jimmalenko]

I think your cousin is getting regions and formats (PAL & NTSC) mixed up - I can't think of any logical reason of why you would region-limit your homemade DVDs. More than likely his TV and/or his DVD Player could only handle one format and he had to make them this format to play on his system.