I’m on a kick of trying to preserve almost lost media. I need a player that can rip disks so I can keep them alive online. I’m really struggling to find a region free USB player.
If I have to get a player designed with only HDMI out that would suck because then copying would be in real time which takes forever. If it’s region locked I can’t do obscure international stuff.

If you have experience with this I could use some help.

  • the_Athereon@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Disc drives are software region locked. Not hardware.

    You can use any drive to read any disc so long as you use the right software.

    MakeMKV and others bypass all restrictions.

  • WindowlessBasement@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Blurays are only region-locked in software. Ripping software isn’t going to even check the region code.

    Even in VLC, the region code is just a setting option.

  • AshleyUncia@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    By ‘DVD Player’ I’m gonna assume you mean ‘DVD DRive’ on a computer, and not a box you plug into your TV.

    The drive region only matters for legit playback on licensed DVD playback software. For ripping software, they’re effectively agnostic, they’ll rip any disc no matter the region code of the drive or disc.