DVD Ripper Can't Copy Region 2 Discs

[suziecheesecake]

Hi,

I have searched on these forums for an answer to this, but can't find it. I have been using DVDFab Version 6 to rip DVDs onto my notebook hard drive with very good results and very little hassle. (Using the DVD-Mobile-Generic option). However, whenever I want to rip a Region 2 disc, I have no luck. Sometimes the disc will simply just sit there, while sometimes DVDFab will read it and give me the selction boxes to check, afterwhich it will start the process but then nothing happens. These discs all play fine in my notebook, and yes, the region setting is set to Region 2/PAL.

I should also add I do set the disc setting to Region 2 when DVDFab first starts.

Only info I can find here is about making DVDs region free.

Can anyone help?

Thank You

Suz

[maineman]

Your laptop shouldn't have any trouble playing PAL or NTSC whereas a standalone player likely will.
If you're just playing back on your laptop you may have exhausted your burner's capability to switch regions.
You can only switch regions 5 times and then the burner will lock.

Let's say you rip a R1 dvd, then R2 dvd...you can only switch like this 5 times.

You may be able to flash your burner with region-free firmware. This will prevent the region lock and allow for unlimited switches.

I'm not certain this is your problem, but based on your post, this is my best guess.

Post back with your burner's make & model and we'll can see if this is possible.

//Edit
I should have added...you can't change the disc's region, but you can make it region-free

[signals]

I am also having a problem with an R2 disc in a R1 drive, but I think it is a euro protection problem, not so much just the regions. Team Beijing is working on it.

[suziecheesecake]

Thanks you both for your answers.

My DVD-Ram has been set to Region 2 and plays them, fine - I havent been going back and forth, so it definitely is not locked. Most maddening, when I click on Preview Title - in the little box in the lower left of the software - it plays fine.

Yet, it sticks at 0% and will not copy. I have also clciked in the settings, etc, and nothing. I even upgraded tis morning to the newest DVDFab version, and still nothing.

I am glad someone else is having this problem though and hope it is dealt with soon ... it isn't incredibly important but these are very expensive to replace British DVDs so would love to have a backup!

[suziecheesecake]

I found this for the disc under Info. Is anything here that helps?


Info for drive [D:\] (DVDFab 7.0.8.0)
Drive region: 1

Disc type: Video DVD
Disc region: 2
Volume name: DVDVOLUME
Video standard: PAL
Layer 0 size: 1972656 sectors (3852 MBytes)
Layer 1 size: 1972656 sectors (3852 MBytes)

CSS (Content Scramble System) protection is removed!
RC (Region Code) protection is removed!
RCE (Region Code Enhancement) protection is not found.
APS (Analog Protection System) protection is not found.
UOPs (User Operation Prohibitions) protection is removed!

Invalid PTTs protection is not found.
Invalid PGCIs protection is not found.
Invalid PGCs protection is not found.
Invalid TMAPs protection is not found.
Invalid CELLs protection is removed!
Invalid VOBUs protection is not found.
Fake vts protection is not found!
Potential bad sector (vts:2 title begin:0 end:10201) is removed!
Potential bad sector (vts:3 title begin:0 end:9778) is removed!
Potential bad sector (vts:4 title begin:0 end:7078) is removed!
Potential bad sector (vts:5 title begin:0 end:10777) is removed!
Potential bad sector (vts:6 title begin:0 end:5290) is removed!
Potential bad sector (vts:7 title begin:0 end:7686) is removed!
Potential bad sector (vts:8 title begin:0 end:11279) is removed!
7 potential bad sector protections are removed!
Structure protection (ARccOS, RipGuard, etc.) is removed!

PathPlayer is enabled!
Unplayable cell (vts:2 title pgc:1 cell:1) is removed!
Unplayable cell (vts:3 title pgc:1 cell:1) is removed!
Unplayable cell (vts:4 title pgc:1 cell:1) is removed!
Unplayable cell (vts:5 title pgc:1 cell:1) is removed!
Unplayable cell (vts:6 title pgc:1 cell:1) is removed!
Unplayable cell (vts:7 title pgc:1 cell:1) is removed!
Unplayable cell (vts:8 title pgc:1 cell:1) is removed!
7 unplayable cells are removed!