AnyDvd 6.1.3.0

[roog]

I answered my own question

I don't know what you mean by "optimized"? Anydvd works fine on Core 2 Duo systems, and it barely uses any system resources.
If you're asking if the code uses more than one core at once . . . I fail to see why this would be an issue. It's not as though
Anydvd is doing anything that would require tons of processing.

I downloaded a Vista sidebar gadget that shows dual core processor usage and I see that AnyDVD HD is only using one core and cpu utilization is below 25%. I was only posing the question, not complaining. Thanks for the reply.

 

[colinhunt]

OK. Actually PowerDVD manages this information differently in XP and Vista.

Thank you so much for this info! Now I can test AnyDVD HD further and not worry about running out of region changes.

 

[James]

Aynone know if AnyDVD HD 6.1.3.0 is optimized for Core 2 Duo processors?

Yes, it is.

 

[James]

OK. Actually PowerDVD manages this information differently in XP and Vista.
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Great, thank you for the info!

 

[colinhunt]

Can you try it again with region coding removal disabled?

Tried it. Didn't have AnyDVD HD running at all, in fact. I get to see the copyright warning, which stays on screen for a couple of seconds. Then the drive makes a seeking sound and PDVD crashes, disappearing from memory. So the result is the same.

I'll try X-men III BD on another PC next, same drive, but this one isn't hooked up to a HDCP-compliant display.

 

[colinhunt]

Same thing happened on the 2nd PC. This time I had AnyDVD HD running, but "Remove region code" was disabled. I'm fairly certain the problem lies with PDVD: I used the instructions posted on this forum to install both HD DVD and Blu-ray versions of PDVD on the same PC, and have a feeling there's something in X-Men III's menus that crashes the "tweaked" PDVD. Unfortunately I don't have a single-format PDVD installation on any PC right now, but I will in a few moments... except that PDVD 7.3 is out now and supports both formats in a single installation. I'll give it a try instead.

 

[colinhunt]

X-Men III (US region A) on PowerDVD Ultra Deluxe 7.3 and AnyDVD HD 6.1.3.0:

PDVD region set to A + AnyDVD Region removal disabled - works OK
PDVD region set to B + AnyDVD Region removal disabled - won't work due to incorrect region code
PDVD region set to B + AnyDVD Region removal enabled - works OK

Excellent work, SlySoft!

 

[rsuchocki]

Delete any files in the recycle bin. I have had the same problem and was fixed by cleaning out the recycle bin.

 

[Hawk]

Nice Job supergoof, now let see how movie studios respond to this action. thanks for sharing the knowledge

 

[trlaing]

Hi

I have XP 64-bit and couldn't find those registry entries. They are there on my laptop with 32-bit windows XP.

Any idea where 64-bit windows might keep the region info? I cannot play "X-men The Last Stand" Blu-ray as it is region B and I get the error saying my player isn't region B. Other Blu-ray's work fine (Casino Royale and 5th Element).

 

[trlaing]

OK. Actually PowerDVD manages this information differently in XP and Vista.

In XP, it is stored in registry here:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{631400EE-60DF-4014-8A01-67106E57BDA8}]
@=dword:00000002

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{9CB23675-4229-4630-AFF6-3668BA6AF33E}]
@=dword:00000004

Under the first location it stores the region (1 - Region A, 2 - Region B, 4 - Region C).
The number of remaining changes is stored under the second location. Every time you change region in PowerDVD, this number is decremented by 1. You can just put there something like FFFF and forget about it.

By default, there are no values in both locations. PowerDVD interprets this as Region A and 5 remaining changes. When you change region for the first time, it puts values there.

In Vista, region information is stored in Alternate Data Stream (ADS) attached to the file "CLDShowX.ini" located in "C:\ProgramData\CyberLink\PowerDVD\". You can view the content of that stream using, for example, "ADSLocator.exe" utility. If you run out of the number of remaining changes, just delete that file. Next time you start PowerDVD, it will be recreated with default settings.

P.S.: BTW, another file in that folder, "001.FCL", also has quite large (23K) ADS attached to it. Maybe some important stuff in it?

Hi

I have XP 64-bit and couldn't find those registry entries. They are there on my laptop with 32-bit windows XP.

Any idea where 64-bit windows might keep the region info? I cannot play "X-men The Last Stand" Blu-ray as it is region B and I get the error saying my player isn't region B. Other Blu-ray's work fine (Casino Royale and 5th Element).