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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 4,679 |
| Posted: | | | | I've been trying out Passkey as a replacement for AnyDVDHD, and it seems to perform most tasks well, with one irritating exception. It seems to always misidentify region free BDs as region A. While that works well enough for just playing the title, it sucks for documentation purposes. | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users. Gunnar |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 5,734 |
| Posted: | | | | Four days have passed, what did they say in the Fab forum? For documentation purposes, I test the disc against the player. For example the Ali Blu-ray with only flag B won't play with the region A player: | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 5,734 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting GSyren: Quote: with one irritating exception. It seems to always misidentify region free BDs as region A. Since no one else wants to play with the topic: This statement is nonsense, of course. Passkey correctly identifies and reports the Blu-ray region flags, if set. | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 4,679 |
| Posted: | | | | This is what Passkey reports for the UK release of Hired to Kill. According to the back cover it is region free. Are you saying that this UK release is actually region A only, as Passkey reports? | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users. Gunnar |
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Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 5,715 |
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Registered: March 18, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 1,639 |
| Posted: | | | | The region mask is an interesting message. As far as I can tell, the region mask means it works for Region A and Regions B and C are untested.
e.g. '_B ' means that it’s locked for region A, works with region B and it’s not tested for region C). | | | Last edited: by rdodolak |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 5,734 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting rdodolak: Quote: As far as I can tell, the region mask means it works for Region A and Regions B and C are untested. I disagree. Quote: e.g. '_B ' Can you post an example of an underline in the mask? | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
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Registered: March 18, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 1,639 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting bbbbb: Quote: I disagree. Your objection is overruled. |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 1,272 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting rdodolak: Quote: Quoting bbbbb:
Quote: I disagree. Your objection is overruled. | | | HDTV: 52" Toshiba Regza 52XV545U AVR: Onkyo TR-707 Speakers: Paradigm Monitor 7 v6, CC-190 & Atom Monitors Subwoofer: Definitive Technology ProSub 800 BD/DVD: Oppo BDP-93 (Region Free) HD PVR: Motorola DXC3400 500GB w/ 1TB Expander BD/DVD/Game: 250GB PS3 Slim DVD/Game: 250GB XBox 360 Elite Special Edition (Black) Game: Wii Remote: Logitech Harmony One w/ PS3 Adapter WHS: Acer H341 Windows Home Server |
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Registered: May 8, 2007 | Posts: 824 |
| Posted: | | | | Why replace AnyDVD? Just curious. | | | 99.9% of all cat plans consist only of "Step 1." |
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Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 5,715 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Grendell: Quote: Why replace AnyDVD? Just curious. Because of the impertinent pricing for the owners of previous LTLs? | | | Complete list of Common Names • A good point for starting with Headshots (and v11.1) |
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Registered: March 18, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 6,463 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Grendell: Quote: Why replace AnyDVD? Just curious. I think this was a technical question, not a political one. I would also be interested in understanding a bit more about it. The part I understand least is why it needs constant updates and stay connected to a server. Is somebody collecting my activities? | | | Thanks for your support. Free Plugins available here. Advanced plugins available here. Hey, new product!!! BDPFrog. |
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Registered: May 8, 2013 | Posts: 24 |
| Posted: | | | | if I recall, it "phones home" to pull in the latest decryption parameters. with dvd the decryption wasn't near as elaborate as it is with bluray and the java behind them. I could be wrong tho. |
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Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 5,715 |
| Posted: | | | | Though there are better resource (which I can't find right now), this post provides valid information... | | | Complete list of Common Names • A good point for starting with Headshots (and v11.1) |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 5,734 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting rdodolak: Quote:
Quote: I disagree. Your objection is overruled. Can you post an example of an underline in the mask? | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 5,734 |
| Posted: | | | | Passkey is always correct: Region A, not B or C: Regions AB, not C: Regions BC, not A: Region B, not A or C: I do not have a Region C only Blu-ray, or an AC. And region free discs usually have no flags set (instead of all), so there is nothing to show. | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
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