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When it comes to issues like this, videohelp.com has a lot of good information on how you can "deconfigure" some of these features on your DVD player.

Mindless link propagation: various composite and s-video cables.

* DVD Decrypter Recently bought out by Macrovision to shut down it's decryptey goodness, DVD Decrypter is really a no-nonsense, no-fuss DVD ripper and burner. Want to rip a movie from a DVD so you can watch it later? One button. Want to rip it back to a DVD? Another button.

If DVD Decrypter can no longer rip/decrypt DVDs (since it's not being updated anymore), the next highest-rated (by videohelp.com users) freeware ripper (that's still being updated) is DVDFab Decrypter.

Two nice sites for information about video tools with guides:

• VideoHelp.com
• afterdawn.com

Try the codes here

I have a HD-747 and I found the unlock code worked on mine, they should have the same circuitry inside them. I also got this for the upscaled output, I was originally annoyed about having to find and get a 10m DVI-HDMI cable for my projector but the HDCP fix has removed that problem, 1080i over component video now!

Also means I can use the amp to switch component inputs for dvd and set top box rather than waiting for the projector to start up and changing the input on it (which cannot really be automated into one button press).

I have one of these players and think it is kind of flaky. But if I'm not suppose to have it I guess I'll have to keep it now.

I was wondering what hacks you could do to the player and what the benafit would be. The link below shows how to bypass the region code, which is useful for international users, and can be done to pretty much and player. I don't think it add much benafit to the US user. You can also disable HDCP when sending video out the DVI port. I don't know what benafit this would be. The player support standard DVDs and up converts to 1080i. While this is nice while watching on a big screen TV, disabling HDCP means you could copy it from the DVI port to a PC. I don't know of any DVI or HDMI capture cards. If there are some I bet they are expensive. Besides if I wanted to up convert a DVD to 1080i, I would rip it to the hard drive and use the PC to create an up converted version. Even then all I could do is play it from my PC.

Am I missing something? What is the point of the studios doing this other than to create a false problem for publicity.

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php?select=Samsu ng+DVD-HD841

You know, I had (honestly) forgotten all about "region free" DVD players, etc. But all the MPAA's fuss, and this associated Slashdot article about it, has reminded me that I do want a more capable DVD player. A while back, I had wanted a player that did DivX, so I could fit two or three of my movies onto a DVD for the little ones to destroy (instead of damaging the original $$ DVDs). At that time, the DivX playback on the units pretty much sucked, so I let it go and forgot about it.

Anyway, this article reminded me that there are really good DVD players out there that support region-free, HDCP-free, high-resolution playback at a reasonable price.... and they play back DivX as well. I think I will order one right now, in fact.

How's that for blowing up in your face, MPAA? I'm sure I'm not the only one that is now thinking, "yes, actually, thats exactly what I want. Thanks for the reminder."

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php?dvdplayer=Sa msung+HD841&hits=50&Search=Search

Here ya go,
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php?dvdplayer=Sa msung+HD841&hits=50&Search=Search

Seriously why is the fact that a dvd player can be unlocked such a suprise to some people? Walmart in England has been selling one for a number of months that plays off the shelf not only all regions, copies, divx and xvid but also plays them off of data cards as well. All this for £35.

Or, depending on the DVD player you have many have hacked firmware or tricks that you can make them region free.

Or make dvd copies using something like dvd decypter or dvd shrink which will strip out the region code in the process.

I can't tell you if it was BS or not but TDK seems to take their work seriously. No rebranding, new R&D (that scratchproof coating) and pride in their work.

No kidding. iTunes video is using the same resolution as that wildly successful format called VCD (video compact disc). Do you remember VCDs from the early '90s, when CD-ROM drives started appearing on high-end PCs? Do you know anyone that bought non-porn VCDs?

iTunes video is fine for watching on an iPod, but users who want to watch TV shows on their computer monitor should be better off buying a TV tuner card or USB TV tuner (which should come bundled with DVR software).

http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=Real_Alternati ve [videohelp.com] it works with media player classic for playing real streams. I haven't fired it up on my new hard drive yet, but it worked (hid the buffering message, but i suspect it may have been at 33%)

Step 1: Super cheap ($36.99) DVD player from Target (Cyberhome DVD-320): Check.
link
Step 2: Region-Free hack (takes 1 minute, you do it with your remote): Check.
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php?select=Cyber home+CH-DVD+300

Step 3: enjoy your region-free dvd player.

http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=278 136 http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=254 660

http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=278 136 http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=254 660

unskippable trailers/clips/FBI warnings/whatever

Video Help is your friend - look up your dvd player and crack it. Chances are good your player is easily hackable to disable the unskippable crap. If yours isn't on the list, at least you now have a list of what DVD players to consider buying when you want to upgrade.

It has a bitrate of 25Mbps, compare that with MPEG4: less then 1Mbps. For the same quality video I might add. Even a DVD is 5Mbps, and that is MPEG2 - which also was designed for low CPU (and memory) usage. (MPEG4 if it's not obvious was designed for the best compression possible.)

There is no problem with editing, the only reason they don't use MPEG4 is CPU usage.

Useful little chart.

Thats the downside of DVD Recorder Decks. However, if your PC is up to it, and you have a video capture card, _most_ PC video capture applications don't give a hoots about Macrovision and will record the protected VHS fine. In some cases they even re-stabilise the picture (an artifact of Macrovision).

http://www.videohelp.com/ is your friend.

-Jar.

Well, I'm afraid that it _is_ limited to the quality of the video. If it's some bootleg fansub of highly dubious quality.. Ya, good luck. You could always re-encode it to something more standard. I backup all of my DVD's to 1 disc XVID using AutoGK, they come out beautifully. I suspect that your problem comes from either: 1) not using square pixel aspect ratio 2) subs too far towards the bottom of the screen. Television sets cut off all the way around, that's the nature of the tech. Check out http://www.doom9.org/ and http://www.videohelp.com/ for help on re-encoding. One might wonder... What kind of TV set are you using? Have you tried a television color calibration tool?

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Its had one very good review (http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24 1206) and for awhile he was offering free profiling of an image- definately worth the cost...

BUT... if you want stuff to last, buy AgX prints. There's 100+ years of technology in that...

Actually, it has been done. Somewhat better than a JuiceBox, but not by much:

http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=260 460&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=90

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Who's got a list of format's not hacked?
- PSP UMB
- N Gage
- DVD
- Audio CD
- DVD Audio

all have been visited by hackers

The PAL format uses a resolution of 720x576 at a rate of 25 frames per second.

NTSC films are actually encoded as 23.97 frames per second, which then goes through a 3:2 pulldown process (done by the player) to produce a 29.976 frames per second picture.

This is why you will find that PAL copies of American films usually run for several minutes less, as they play around 4% faster.

http://www.videohelp.com/dvd/

I don't have this problem because I refused to buy a DVD player until I could find one that either lacked or could easily be modified to lack the "you can only do what I tell you" (AKA UOP (user operation prohibited)) "feature". So I bought a Daewoo 5700, burned a CD, and haven't had to worry about Macrovision or UOP or regions or any of that stuff.

See, the market can handle this. You just have to decide which is more important to you, your freedom, or instantaneous gratification. (It is a sad statement about our society that I have to make such a decision wrt a stupid DVD player though...)

My impression is that analog CCTV doesn't have a "channel" [e.g. WCBS New York Channel 2, WNBC New York Channel 4, WABC New York Channel 7, etc]. It seems as though the default Hauppauge software package can't see analog signals unless they have a "channel".

at some point it has to stop being analog, so DSP is needed.
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with my living room DVD-player, I do:

1) insert DVD
2) press "Navigation Off" (I think it's call PBC on my remote)
3) watch movie

it works with ANY movie I've tried.
My DVD player is a Technosonic DVD-204.

More info

I found this a while back while researching for my MythTV box: http://www.videohelp.com/comparison.htm

As others have mentioned XviD is a good choice. It's compression and quality is the same as, or slightly better than, WM9 according to Doom9 (codec comparison). It's open-source, but on the downside, it requries you to install a codec and PCs don't come installed with it "out of the box".

Another good option is VCD-compliant MPEG-1. Nearly every modern PC/OS with a GUI comes equipped to support/play it "out of the box", and you can burn it to a VCD and watch it with most DVD-players. On the downside, the compression and quality is not nearly as good as the more modern codecs such as RM10, WM9, XviD, MPEG-4, etc.

The two that come to mind the quickest are xvid and divx. Beyond that, check out http://www.videohelp.com/ for a lot more info on video codecs.

First, be sure to use quality discs. Cheap discs are usually CMC, which sucks, while some of the best discs are Ritek (I only use Ritek G04, since the G03 is discontinued and I've heard mixed reviews of G05). Taiyo Yuden is also supposed to be great, but I can't verify success rates.

For more details, check Here. Notice the very high success rates on Ritek and RiData branded discs. The dye is what matters, and it means an awful lot in compatability.

+R is significantly less compatible.

If I buy the Star Wars Trilogy DVD for my fiance for Christmas and it is three DVDs with a 30 minute unskippable intro you can bet your ass that I'm storing the originals and ripping out the crap and reburning to a DVDr.

For that particular kind of misfeature, it is a lot easier to just get a hackable DVD player that ignores the no-skip bit on the discs. See videohelp.com for a list of players with that ability.

Of course there are other reasons, like post-processing and re-encoding for better image quality that no simple player hack will enable, but relatively few people care about that versus skipping forced commercials.

Actually it's a technosonics and the hack is there

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php?select=Techn osonic+DVD-202/

btw.. use Riteks

Ritek? Ritek is alright, but no where near as good as TY.

Buy Taiyo Yuden. Or any brand made in japan. Might pay a tiny bit more, but its worth the amazing quality of the media.

Use The DVD media database to search for media and see what problems with any others had with the media and read their comments. Has pretty much all media in it, so no worries there.

Cool. According to the DVD Player Compatibility List, there are just 5 players currently available with DIVX and ethernet. There are now, however, about 223 standalone DIVX players, around 13% of the total, which is much more than this time last year. Even the most modern ones, however, still sometimes have trouble with advanced or unsupported DIVX/XVid profiles.

Cool. According to the DVD Player Compatibility List, there are just 5 players currently available with DIVX and ethernet. There are now, however, about 223 standalone DIVX players, around 13% of the total, which is much more than this time last year. Even the most modern ones, however, still sometimes have trouble with advanced or unsupported DIVX/XVid profiles.

Cool. According to the DVD Player Compatibility List, there are just 5 players currently available with DIVX and ethernet. There are now, however, about 223 standalone DIVX players, around 13% of the total, which is much more than this time last year. Even the most modern ones, however, still sometimes have trouble with advanced or unsupported DIVX/XVid profiles.

From Divx.com, "official" players.

DVD Player Compatibility List at VideoHelp.com

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers

There's tons of other burners that can do dual layer with unofficial firmware upgrades.

Even my el cheapo drive (Pioneer DVR-A06) might be able to do the trick, although I doubt Pioneer will release their hacked firmware for it just for the heck of it. ;-)

I once knew the link to pages summarizing the recorders where dual layer firmware was available but have lost it since then. :-( Maybe someone else can provide one?

Anyway, if your recorder supports recording 8x discs, chances are that it has a modified firmware for dual layer recording floating around somewhere, as one of the requirements -- a 140 mW laser -- is a common requirement for 8x DVD+/-R burning and DL burning. Philips has confirmed this, but says that in some cases the Optical Pickup Unit is still not of high enough quality. Obviously not always, since DL burning with modified firmware has been done by people upgrading their drives like this.

Finally, it's still a risky business and you might bust your DVD-ROM drive by upgrading to a hacked firmware. And I doubt warranty applies. ;-)

It does if you extract with TyTool and play back with TyShow (or simply burn to DVD). Yes, it's not "out-of-box", but it's not exactly hard either.

It plays DivX 3 4 and 5 and you can make it regionfree just using the remote. Here is a link

Much of the media out there as DVD+R that says it is 4x media will also burn at 8x. I have the Plextor 708A drive, 8x DVD+R burner, and I buy 4x Memorex media and burn at 8x with no problems. You may want to look at DVDRhelp.com and see what media burns at what. The list covers 25 different media brands and tells exactly how fast they will burn at with what burners, etc.

http://www.videohelp.com/dvd

let's start here.....

DVD formats

dvd-R has the HIGHEST compatability in stand alone DVD players. hands down. this is an industry fact that all DVD replication houses stand by if they are going to do a short run on writeable media. long runds are always pressed media.

some people try to say otherwise, but I would trust a company making money replicating DVD's and publishing short run DVD's than some guy screwing around in his basement. also media companiesthat make commercials use DVD-R only as well as the professional Pioneer PRV-LX1 DVD burners that still cost $4000.00 are only DVD-R for video format.

for more information about formats look here