I got an ASUS DRW-1608P2 dvd burner. I have dvd shrink downloaded to break protection laws and stuff, but now that my trial verison is over, when i go to copy a dvd using shrink, it says that i will need to set my dvd drive region or something along those lines. Then it says i can only set it 5 more times. I didn't want to do it until i asked someone who knew about it, afraid i would fool it up...So what do i do? I was also wondering, it says its a double layer drive, what does that mean or do or what??? lol.
A dual-layer disc has two layers of data, one of them semi-transparent so that the laser can focus through it and read the second layer. A dual-layer disc can hold up to 8.5Gb whereas a 'normal' disc holds up to 4.7Gb of info. I wouldn't mess with your region code, there's no need really. If you are in N. America it should be 1, if over here in Europe, 2. When you burn DVDs, it's simple to make them region free. Good Luck
@dmcgrath DVD Shrink is freeware - there is no trial period. Did you have something else installed like anydvd? Set your drive to what region you are in - here are the region codes: REGION 1 -- USA, Canada REGION 2 -- Japan, Europe, South Africa, Middle East, Greenland REGION 3 -- S.Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Parts of South East Asia REGION 4 -- Australia, New Zealand, Latin America (including Mexico) REGION 5 -- Eastern Europe, Russia, India, Africa REGION 6 -- China To make it region free you'll need to find the 'region free' firmware for this drive - if there is one - don't know. Most of the progs used to back up movies though also remove the region code.
yeah i meant ANYDVD. So if i set my burner to that region, will i get the message to set it again when i try to burn another dvd???
@dmcgrath Not unless your put another region disc in. Shrink is a good prog but it can't handle the latest copy protections. You may want to buy anydvd. I think they're still offering $5 off for aD members. It will hanlde anything out there. A free one similar to anydvd is dvd43 - okay but not updated as often. Here's a link if interested: http://dvd43.com/
