How to Change the DVD Region on Mac and PC for Free

How to change DVD region in Windows and Mac so that you can watch DVD movies with different DVD region codes without limitation? This article will give you two effective solutions.

I have a large collection of imported DVDs. However, my laptop DVD player only allows me to switch "regions" a fixed number of times. Is there any way around this?
  

Most commercial DVDs use encryption that keeps them locked to one or more "region codes," meaning the discs you pick up in other continents usually won't play on an American DVD player. I think it will be inconvenience for travelers who wish to legally purchase DVDs abroad and return with them to their countries of origin, students of foreign languages, immigrants who want to watch films from their homeland and foreign film enthusiasts. 

What is the DVD Region Code? 

DVDs sold globally are typically encoded to restrict their use to specific locations. That is, a DVD assigned a specific 'Region Code' can only be played within the areas specified in that Region Code. DVD regional locking is used to control which DVD movies play in which countries or groups of countries. Movies are often released on different dates around the world. Region 1 has its own player that will only play Region 1 discs. Likewise, Region 2 players can only play Region 2 discs and not play any of Region 1's discs. 

How to Remove Region Code from DVD, Make DVD Region Free and Play DVD without region code limitation

1. Open "My Computer" and right click on the DVD drive icon. Choose "Properties" from the drop down menu. 

2. Select the "Hardware" tab and choose the DVD drive from the disk drives list. Then click "Properties". 

3. Go to "DVD Region" tab and choose the geographic area you want. Then click "OK" to finish the DVD region changing.How to unlock DVD region on Macintosh 

1. Insert a disc into your Mac's DVD drive. 

2. Set the region code for your Mac following the window the prompts you to choose DVD region code.Other way to play and watch DVD movies with different DVD region codes 

Since the DVD region can be changed for only five times and then the DVD region will be locked permanently, many people are looking for better ways to play and watch DVD movies with different DVD region codes. To solve this problem, get the powerful and professional DVD Ripping software program - Pavtube DVDAid. 

Pavtube DVD Aid is regarded as the best DVD ripping software on the market that provides movie lovers, children and people in any group with the easiest and fastest way to not only remove region code from DVD easily, but also decrypt any copy-protected DVDs, no matter RCE, CSS encryption, Disney New DVD Copy Protection or Sony ARccOS DVD protection and covnert them to MP4/AVI/MKV/WMV and many other video and audio formats with high quality. 

 

It lets you enjoy DVD movies on any portable device like iPhone 5S/5C, iPad Air, iPad Mini 2, 2nd Gen Nexus 7, Transformer Book T100, Surface Pro 2 and Kindle Fire HDX, etc. Moreover, Pavtube DVDAid makes 1:1 copy of original DVD Disc without quality loss with all audio streams, subtitle tracks, extras, etc. For the short time it takes to convert the movie with the help of CUDA/AMD GPU acceleration, and you will get hours of enjoyments. It's simple to use and well worth the investment.

Most important: 

It can support latest DVD, features with adding *.srt and *.ass subtitle, also help you direct copy titles from DVDs. 

The Mac version is Pavtube DVDAid for Mac.

Tips: 

1. Want to rip your Blu-ray/DVD movies to 3D videos for playback? Want to convert or backup your Blu-ray movies and DVDs with keeping original multiple audio tracks and subtitle , trying Pavtube Bytecopy (Windows / Mac), which is the best Blu-ray/DVD Copying & Ripping software for you. 

2. Want to freely convert your DVD videos on Windows or Mac? Like Pavtube at their Facebook Page and get its Free DVDAid for Win/Mac to help you convert any DVDs to MOV, MKV, AVI, MPG, VOB, WMV, FLV, etc. with fast speed. It also helps edit DVD and add SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles to DVD movies. 

If you travel a lot and you are looking for a way to remove region code from protected DVD for playback DVD abroad easily , Pavtube DVDAid is the best choice. 

Trial Download:

• Pavtube DVDAid for Windows (Requires Windows XP/2003/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 8.1) 
• Pavtube DVDAid for Mac (Requires Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard 10.6) 

See also: 

• Blu-ray Disc Encryptions: Regions and BD Region Hack
• What Are DVD-5, DVD-10, DVD-9 and DVD-18?
• How to make free blu-ray ISO image file from commercial blu-ray discs?

Pavtube Release a New Site - multipelife.com with Product Migration and Name Change

Pavtube Studio recently launched its new official website - multipelife.com. The Pavtube website is being separated to be a corporate website while Multipelife.com is the customer facing one where all the consumer products will now be. Pavtube will now pay attention to the user experience and product improvements.

The new website, multipelife.com, is a corresponding yet separate site from pavtube.com. On this site, you would experience fresh enjoyment while surfing and looking for the latest software.


"We have been looking to split Pavtube's business into a corporate side and a consumer side for some time now. We feel the move will make it easier for our customers to get all their software from the new site, while keeping themselves informed of any corporate or software changes taking place on the Pavtube site," said Anna Qian, Marketing Manager of Pavtube.

 

Along with the new website, Pavtube has moved its bestselling software products to multipelife.com with brand new names. DVD Ripper has now become DVDAid, Blu-ray Ripper has been renamed as BDMagic and Free DVD Ripper is now known as Free DVDAid (for Win/Mac), which extends the enjoyment on easily restoring, editing, creating and eventually watching BD/DVD copies on almost all multimedia devices without limits.

At the same time, major upgrades and bug fixes were made to these Pavtube products. The standout modification of major upgrade this time helps those Blu-ray/DVD fans to be able to import, edit or play Blu-ray/DVD movies on any multimedia players. 

With the upgraded BDMagic, DVDAid, ByteCopy and Video Converter Ultimate, Blu-ray and DVD fans are able to freely create BD/DVD backups on computer hard drives or directly save source movies to MP4, MKV, M4V, MOV, AVI and more video types for iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Samsung, HTC, Surface, and other iOS, Android and Windows devices.

To thanks for your continued support all along our previous site and the new www.multipelife.com, we are holding a 'New Site Special' with fantastic discounts up to 40% off, pay less to get more powerful Pavtube Blu-ray/DVD backup tools!

Like us to get 20% off BDMagic(Blu-ray Ripper), 30% off ByteCopy, 40% off DVDAid(DVD Ripper) and 20% off Video Converter Ultimate on Windows/Mac platform: 
https://www.facebook.com/pavtubefans/app_209569249055691

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About Pavtube Studios

Founded in 2007, Pavtube creates expert multimedia software applications that help consumers access, transfer and share their digital content across different devices that range from PC, Mac, tablets, smartphones, to HD media players, game consoles, and home theatre systems.

On the basis of computer OS, Pavtube products are divided into two categories - Windows solutions and Mac solutions, spanning across BD/DVD backing up, BD/DVD video trans-coding, and BD/DVD conversion.

With creativity, expert knowledge as well as cutting-edge technology, Pavtube helps consumers throughout the world enjoy more in a digitally connected audio-visual world. See http://www.multipelife.com/ for more.
  
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How to Put DVD onto Zune/ Zune HD for Playback with best A/V quality

The tutorials describe the way about ripping DVD to Zune/Zune HD for playback with best A/V quality.

Zune is a product line of portable media players manufactured by Microsoft. The Zune HD was a portable media player in the Zune product family which was a direct competitor with the Apple iPod and iPhone series of mobile devices. It was initially released in 16 and 32 GB capacities which provide online music, video, and podcast downloads. You can share files wirelessly with other Zunes and via USB with Xbox 360s and Windows PCs. Any Zune can also be synced wirelessly with a Windows PC. 

If you happen to own a Zune/Zune HD device and want to transfer your purchased DVD movie or extract beautiful DVD background music to it for watching. Let's take a look at video/audio formats Zune HD supports first:

Video Support: 

• WMV 
• MPEG-4 (MP4/M4V) (.mp4) Part 2 video 
• H.264 video 
• DVR-MS 

Audio Support: 

• Windows Media Audio Standard (WMA) (.wma) 
• WMA Lossless 
• Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) (.mp4, .m4a, .m4b, .mov): .m4a and .m4b files without FairPlay DRM
• MP3 (.mp3) 

The Zune converter software is easy to use, works flawlessly. Super fast conversion speed with high quality give you everything you need to put DVD on Zune/Zune HD. 

To get hundreds of DVDs playable with a remote control on Zune/Zune HD, the best choice is to rip and convert DVD to Zune supported video and audio format. To get it done, Pavtube DVDAid is the best tool for you which is easy to use and works flawlessly. Super fast conversion speed with best A/V quality will give you everything you need to put DVD on Zune/Zune HD. The Mac version is DVDAid for Mac . Below is guide for you to learn how to convert DVD to Zune device for watching or streaming.

Great News! To thanks for your continued support all along our previous site and the new www.multipelife.com, we are holding a 'New Site Special' with fantastic discounts up to 40% off, pay less to get more powerful Pavtube Blu-ray/DVD backup tools! 

Like us to get 20% off BDMagic(Blu-ray Ripper), 30% off ByteCopy, 40% off DVDAid(DVD Ripper) and 20% off Video Converter Ultimate on Windows/Mac platform: 
https://www.facebook.com/pavtubefans/app_209569249055691

Read more: http://device-camcorder-tips.blogspot.com/2014/05/pavtube-release-new-site-and-special.html

Step 1: Run Pavtube DVD to Zune Converter, and load DVD files to it. You can click "DVD ROM" to load movie from DVD drive or "ISO/IFO" DVD ISO file.



Step 2: Select output format for Zune/Zune HD. Click on the drop-down list at the opposite side of "Format", and then choose the format from "Zune/Xbox 360 Device" option like "Zune HD MP4 Video(*.mp4)" for streaming DVD rips to Zune device.



Tip: This Zune DVD Ripping Tool let users control/customize output file quality. To improve video quality, simply click "Settings" and set video bitrate up.



Step 3: Start ripping DVD to mp4 video for Zune playback.

Click "Convert" button to rip DVD to Zune/Zune HD, once the ripping task is finished by Pavtube DVDAid, you can click "Open" button at the bottom of the main interface to get the output mp4 file.

You can now begin to transfer them to your Zune/Zune HD with the sync of Zune Software and put them on Zune player for freely enjoying.

Just so easy to convert DVD to Zune! Enjoy!

More related:

• Backup Blu-ray/DVD to AC Ryan Player on Mac for TV playback
• Two Ways to Play VIDEO_TS Files on PC/iMac
• Rip DVDs to iTunes 11 on your Mac

Tips: If you also want to enjoy Blu-ray/DVD movies to 3D videos for playback, trying Pavtube Bytecopy (Win/Mac), which can help you to backup your BD/DVD keeping original subtitle streams and multi-track audios.

What Are DVD-5, DVD-10, DVD-9 and DVD-18?

This article will explains what Are DVD-5, DVD-10, DVD-9 and DVD-18, the difference between them and intrudoct some useful DVD tools to all of you.

Are you a DVD lover? As we know, DVD is an optical disc storage media format. Compared to CD, DVD offers higher storage capacity with the same dimensions and is widely used by people to store data and information nowadays. Generally speaking, there exist 4 types of DVDs including DVD-5, DVD-9, DVD-10, and DVD-18. Now follow this article and have a comprehensive understanding of these different sizes of DVDs. 

DVD-5, DVD-10, DVD-9 and DVD-18

1. DVD-5 is a single-sided single-layer disc, can hold about 4.7 GB (4.38GiB) of data and is supported by DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R and DVD-RW. It is the most common DVD media.
2. DVD-9 is a single-sided dual-layer disc, can store 8.5 GB (7.96GiB) of data. It is supported by DVD+R and DVD-R formats. It is also called DVD+R9/DVD+R DL, DVD-R9/DVD-R DL.
3. DVD-10 is a double-sided single-layer disc, can contain 9.4 GB (8.76GiB) of data with 4.7 GB on each side, equivalent to two DVD-5 discs and is supported by DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R and DVD-RW formats.
4. DVD-18 is a double-sided dual-layer disc, can hold 17.1 GB (15.93GiB) of data with 8.5 GB on each side, equivalent to two DVD-9 discs. It is supported by DVD+R format.

See Also: Blu-ray Disc Encryptions: Regions and BD Region Hack

Tips about DVD burning, DVD copying and DVD ripping

1. If you want to enjoy your favorite DVD movies on Android OS, Apple iOS, Windows RT/Pro devices, game consoles HD media player, editing programs and home theater. Pavtube DVDAid is your ideal tool to rip DVD to all popular video formats for playback. It has helped thousands of customers to backup or rip them DVD disc, folder, IFO and ISO image files which offers various outputting presets exactly according to device model, it couldn’t be easier for users to make their choices. Besides that, it also offers many small video editing options to help user trim, crop source movies, add subtitles, or edit the audio.
  
2. If you want to backup your DVD movies, you can use Pavtube DVDAid. It is an easy-to-use DVD copier to backup DVD movies to hard drive losslessly. For customers who want to make 1:1 copy of original DVD Disc without quality loss with all audio streams, subtitle tracks, extras, etc. “Full disc copy” is the most recommended feature. Plus, "Directly copy" option will help you copy DVD main movie content and leave out extras, commentary, etc. with outputing an intact m2ts file of the main title.

In conclusion, Pavtube DVDAid integrates DVD backup and DVD transcoding features to help users simply choose the best video presets according to their own terminal requirements in one go. (See also: Store/Rip DVD disc on Windows 8.1 with original quality)

3. If you want to burn videos to DVD discs, you can use Pavtube DVD Creator to burn and back up all kinds of videos to playable DVD with ease.

Breaking news: Pavtube New Site (multipelife.com) is offering new money saving bundles for DVDAid and DVD Creator.

DVDAid($35) + DVD Creator($35) = Only $35.9, Save $34.1

With either bundle package, not only can you save more money, you will get the most powerful combination from Pavtube to handle Blu-rays, DVDs, regular videos as well as DRM protected videos files at this Special Offer Page. Never miss!!!

See also:

• How to watch DVD movies on Android tablet or mobile phone
• Store DVD Collection on Cloud Storage and Share with Family
• Backup Existing DVD to NAS server for movie enjoyment

Good News! Pavtube Release a New Site - multipelife.com with Product Migration and Name Change.

To thanks for your continued support all along our previous site and the new www.multipelife.com, we are holding a 'New Site Special' with fantastic discounts up to 40% off. You can get 20% off BDMagic, 30% off ByteCopy, 40% off DVDAid and 20% off Video Converter Ultimate on Windows/Mac platform:https://www.facebook.com/pavtubefans/app_209569249055691

Read more: http://device-camcorder-tips.blogspot.com/2014/05/pavtube-release-new-site-and-special.html
  

How to make free blu-ray ISO image file from commercial blu-ray discs?

Description: This article will give you the best way to create Blu-ray ISO file from commercial Blu-ray discs so that you can get them work in PowerDVD or WinDVD or play them on Blu-ray players. 

As an advanced disc format, Blu ray can store more data of higher quality and capacity. So it is not an easy thing to backup/copy Blu ray files because it will have more protections. Plus, when you got a bunch of Blu-ray backups, you may also wanna make an .iso out of these ripped Blu-rays for widely use or reduce the physical drive’s frequency of utilization.

Then how to create BD ISO File from Blu-ray disc? If you are confusing about making ISO copy of a Blu-ray disc, this article may help you figure out a way.

 

To accomplish the task, we need the aid of a software called Patube BDMagic which can decrypt Blu-ray discs with AACS,BD+, etc and copy Blu-ray content with ‘BDMV’  and ‘CERTIFICATE’ folder for burning.

Overall, Pavtube BDMagic is designed as a professional Blu-ray/DVD converting program which works with 1:1 backup solution and convert Blu-ray/DVD to MKV/MP4/MOV/M4V/MPG/FLV/AVI/WMV, etc. Well I haven’t got the chance to try every profile, but it’s really the best Blu-ray/DVD backup tool I’ve met ever; I mean it’s ease of use, not fuss and simple to follow. This best Blu-ray Ripper can rolls off Blu-ray/DVD disc protection, supports loseless 1:1 Blu-ray backup and keeps all the disc titles and chapter structure perfectly.  They provide free trial (no time limitation) before purchase; and you can reach the Mac version here.  

Below guide will show you how to make BD ISO from Blu-ray. Please note a Blu-ray drive is needed before conversion. Regular DVDdrive cannot handle BDs.

Copying blu-ray directory to PC

Step 1.  Load Blu-ray movie to Pavtube BDMagic.Run Pavtube Blu-Ray Coping tool and you will see the below interface. Click the "BD/DVD" icon to load Blu-ray movie from external/internal Blu-ray Disc Drive. Ensure your computer network unblocked in order to crack Blu-ray Disc copy-protection.



Step 2. Specify an Output location for saving the blu-ray movie.  

Click "Browse" icon and  browse to your desired location. 

Note: make sure there is enough space for a  blu-ray movie. 

Step 3. Decrypt and back up  blu-ray contents to hard drive.

Click the “Copy the entire disc” icon on the top to output 1:1 Blu-ray file exactly the same as original. The prompt window shows you the progress and generated  size. Click ‘Cancel’ if you feel like aborting the task.

Basically, the whole contents of the disc, including the main movie, commentary, sidelights, trailer etc, will be copied to PC within an hour. With the Blu-ray and DVD structure,  you do not have to create new menu when burning  the blu-ray movie to blank blu-ray disc for backup.  

When the copying process completed, click ‘Open’ button  to find generated blu-ray directory. The directory contains two folders, ‘BDMV’  and ‘CERTIFICATE’. To view the movie (m2ts files), please open BDMV STREAM  folder. The m2ts files can be played with VLC player and KMPlayer.

Burn the Blu-ray contents to Blu-ray ISO image file

Step 1. Load BDMV and CERTIFICATE Folder to Imgburn.

Once  that's done then using Imgburn choose 'Create Image from Files & Folders',  drag in the BDMV and CERTIFICATE Folder along with any extra files that in your  root folder outside of those two folders.

 

Step 2. Create blu-ray ISO image  file using the source blu-ray contents. 

In  Imgburn on the 'Options' tab set to UDF and 2.5. On the 'Labels' tab type the  name of the film in the UDF box. Then choose the destination where you want it  to build the ISO and set it going.

 

So far using this method all my Images play back perfectly in PowerDVD using Virtual Clone Drive to mount them with. 

How to Play Blu-ray ISO on computer& HDTV?

Software Download: Virtual BD Drive (this is a free tool), Blu-ray ISO player (this is trial of shareware)

Guide to follow: How to play Blu-ray ISO image file on HTPC?

For playing Blu-ray ISO with HD media player, you can choose WD TV Live Plus/Hub, Popcorn Hour A-210, or Dune HD Media Player.