Is there something else I should know before I go ahead?Ĥ.1 I have flashed the firmware, but it doesn't work! What shoulmd I do? There's little chance that you will cause any harmģ.8 OK, I'm ready to flash. You should understand and assume the risks you areġ.2 How does region protection apply to a DVD medium?ġ.3 Are all DVD containing video content region protected?ġ.4 How can I find out if there is a region on a DVD, and what it is set to?ġ.5 How does region protection apply to my DVD drive?ġ.6 How does region protection apply to my Operating System?ġ.7 How does region protection apply to my Software DVD player?ġ.9 How do I know if my drive is region free (RPC-1) or Region locked (RPC-2)?ġ.9 Are there other protections on DVDs? What about CSS? What about RCE?ġ.10 Will a region free DVD drive allow me to rip movies more easily?ġ.10 Why should I be against region protection?ġ.11 Where can I find additionnal resources about these topics?Ģ.2 Do all DVD-ROM drives use a firmware?Ģ.3 What has firmware to do with region protection?Ģ.4 What is a region free, "patched", or RPC-1 firmware?Ģ.5 How do I know if a region free firmware exists for my drive?Ģ.6 What should I do if a region free firmware does not exist for my drive?Ģ.10 What is a firmware revision? Why is it interesting to have the latest revision?Ģ.11 Do I need to flash the manufacturer's x.yz firmware before I flash the region free x.yz firmware?ģ.1 What do I need to flash the firmware?ģ.2 Where can I get the region free firmware?ģ.3 Where can I get the flashing utility?ģ.4 How can I identify my drives parameters?ģ.5 What changes to my hardware should I make before I flash?ģ.5 How can I get a DOS/Windows bootdisk? to help people copying ("ripping") DVDs or give advice on anything else but DVD region protectionįlashing firmware is not a trivial operation. to substitute to DVD drives manufacturer's help on how to flash firmwares to explain how to bypass region protection for out of the box TV DVD players
to help people bypassing region protection when using a DVD-ROM drive with a software player. Kick the ass of this laziness of mine!!! The index is not accurate for sections >= 2 GO TO THE HOWTO SECTION OF THIS DOCUMENT.
The HOWTO section should be complete enough to help most of you out however. This document is far from being finished at this stage. The DVD-ROM Firmware Flashing FAQ / HOWTO The DVD-ROM Firmware Flashing FAQ / HOWTO
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