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Old 6th October 2009, 17:10   #3  |  Link
A Pal
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Suggestions for Blu-ray Region Tray

Hello,

Here are some suggestions for the tool:

1. It could be possible that it doesn't find Maxiuca's BRF.dat file, because the language of his/her Windows is Polish and not English, so the path has another name and the tool doesn't find it. One could add the possibility to select the path where the file(s) to modify is (are) saved.

2. The tool should not work with the "priority method," it should be able to set Regions for each individual player, so, if you have 2 players installed on your system, one could set one to Region A and the other to Region B (and what if you want to set the Region not of the "higher-priority," but of the "lower-priority" player?)

3. It could also support Nero Showtime and WinDVD.

According to Rathbone, NeroShowtime hides its BD Region setting in a file, just like TMT.

C:\Windows\Cursors\arrow_n.cur:NEDTA.DAT

Rathbone writes:

The BD region code is really linked with a file called arrow_n.cur in the Windows/Cursors folder. ADSLocator shows that there is an ADS stream in this file, but when I delete it with the MS Tool Streams.exe Showtime says that the BD settngs are screwed and you need to reinstall Showtime. So simply make a backup of arrow_n.cur when you have some changes left and replace the original with it when you need more changes.

Perhaps Blu-ray Region Tray could do something like it does for TMT.

There is also a hack for WinDVD provided by SuperGoof, but it sounds complex and I don't know whether it can be done by a software:

Guide: How to reset Blu-ray region counter in InterVideo WinDVD BD for VAIO Ver.8.0.08.100

1) Download a program called "Autoruns" from www.sysinternals.com.
2) Run autoruns.exe, go to "Drivers" tab and disable driver called "regi" (regi.sys). Just untick the checkbox next to it. Note: Do not delete it.
3) Restart Windows.
4) Delete file "ivireg.ivr" in "C:\Windows\System32\" folder.
5) Re-enable "regi" driver using Autoruns (tick the checkbox).
6) Restart Windows.File "ivireg.ivr" will be recreated with default settings and you can change BD region from WinDVD interface 5 more times before you have to repeat this procedure. Enjoy!
P.S.: If you have a dual boot system (say, XP and Vista), you can just boot to another OS and delete "ivireg.ivr" from there.

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Using this information, Blu-ray Region Tray could become a Blu-ray equivalent of "DVD Region Killer" or "DVD Genie."
I hope you will find it interesting, ad there will be a new version soon.

Many greetings,

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