Region freeing WinDVD 6?

[KuroNeko]

I have a locked WinDVD 6 on a laptop, the drive is region free but it seems the user has used up all region changes from WinDVD.

DVD Genie 4.10 only works up to WinDVD 3, I tried it but it fails.

DVD Region Killer doesn't help either, but I suspect this is because WinDVD is already locked to R2, and the inserted disc is R1.

Media Player Classic plays the DVD so I think it is not an RCE disc, the problem is with WinDVD. It's not playing well on Zoomplayer (anamorphic disc).

Can anyone help? Thanks!

Neko

[foxyshadis]

Did you try installing the free AnyDVD driver?

[KuroNeko]

Thanks for your reply. My apologies for not responding, I had to go on an emergency trip out of town for a few days.

I'll give the AnyDVD driver a try, but are you sure this is free? I thought it was shareware/payware?

PS: does this work with RPC2 drives as well? A friend has a laptop with a Matsushita drive, for which there is no RPC1 hacked firmware available.

Neko

[foxyshadis]

Sorry, AnyDVD isn't free, I was thinking of DVD43 (http://www.dvd43.com/). It should work with all drives, it was designed for RPC2, but I'm not sure.

[KuroNeko]

Thanks! Worked for me, but unfortunately not for my friend's laptop - DVD43 says "DVD region does not match. Trying CSS cracking to g" and then just keeps trying.

From what I could find on the RPC1 website, Panasonic has really bad reputation for making RPC2 nearly impossible to crack.

Neko