Leia 05/03/2025

Blu-ray Ripper

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Using DVDs to play movies or videos from Blu-ray or DVD discs is still one of the main pastimes for many people in their daily lives. However, when playing DVDs, we are restricted by region codes. For example, if we buy a DVD disc in Japan or other countries, and then we plan to play it using a DVD player from the United States. At this time, we may find that the DVD player will display an error like this: “wrong region on DVD”. Therefore, we cannot play this DVD disc smoothly. Why is this? Simply put, it is because the region code of the DVD disc does not match the region code of the DVD player. Why are region codes designed? How to bypass DVD region codes? Or how to change region code on DVD player? Don’t worry, this tutorial will tell you all the answers.

Part 1: Why do DVDs Have Region Codes?

Since most DVD sales are commercial, for example, movie publishers record the latest movies into DVD discs for sale. Therefore, in order to control the spread of DVD discs and to protect the content and related copyrights in DVD discs, people have designed region codes. The region code represents the country or region from which the DVD disc comes. For example, region code 1 represents the United States and Canada. At present, most DVD discs sold on the market carry region codes. In addition, DVD player manufacturers will also set region codes for DVD players when they produce DVD players. Therefore, when the region code of a DVD disc does not match that of a DVD player, the DVD player will not be able to play the content in the DVD disc and will display “wrong region on DVD”. For example, a DVD player from region code 2 cannot play a DVD disc from region code 1. Therefore, if you want to continue to play this DVD disc, you can buy a DVD player set to the region code of this DVD disc to play it. In addition, you can also use other more flexible methods to bypass DVD region codes. Then, you can enjoy these DVD discs to your heart’s content. How to bypass DVD region codes? Don’t worry, you can continue to read this tutorial to get the answer.

Part 2: How to Bypass DVD Region Codes

Yes. In addition to buying a new DVD player, we can also use other more flexible methods to help us get rid of the restrictions of DVD region codes. For example, we can use software that can convert Blu-ray to MP4 to convert movies in DVD discs with region code restrictions to digital format, and then use other devices to play these movies. For how to implement these methods, you can read the following specific steps.

1. Change DVD drive region code on Mac and Windows

If you are used to playing DVDs on your computer, I am sorry to tell you that the DVD drive in your computer also carries the region code. Therefore, the DVD drive is also restricted by the DVD region code. However, we can manually change the region code in the DVD drive according to our needs. Because the operation method of changing the region code in the DVD drive varies according to the operating system. Therefore, I will introduce how to change the region code in the DVD drive on Windows and Mac respectively.

First, you can change the region code in the DVD drive in Windows by following the steps below.

Step 1: Go to “My Computer”. Then select the “Properties” option by right-clicking the DVD drive. In the pop-up window, click “Hardware” and then click the “Properties” button.

Step 2: Click the “DVD Region” option in the window. Then, select the region code that matches the DVD disc from the many region codes. Finally, click the “OK” button to confirm the change.

In addition, you can use the following operations on how to change the region code of the DVD drive on Mac.

Step 1: First, put the DVD disc into the DVD drive. Then, the system will automatically pop up a window called “Drive Region”. Then, you need to determine which region code can match this DVD disc.

Step 2: Set the region code of the DVD drive in the “Change drive region to” button. Finally, click the “Set Drive Region” button to modify it.

2. Convert DVD to Digital

Although bypassing DVD region codes allows us to successfully play DVD discs from various regions, we have to use a DVD player to play them. This is not convenient. Therefore, I thought of converting DVD discs to digital format videos. In this way, we not only get rid of the restrictions of DVD region codes, but also can use computers, mobile phones and other devices to play DVD movies. This makes it more convenient for us to enjoy DVD movies.

How to convert DVD to digital? I introduce you to one of the best Blu-ray Rippers for Windows and Mac. That is Leawo Blu-ray Ripper. Leawo Blu-ray Ripper is a full-region Blu-ray/DVD ripping software. No matter which region the DVD disc comes from, the Leawo Blu-ray Ripper is able to identify the video content in the DVD disc and then rip it to various formats of video and audio. Therefore, we can easily get rid of the restrictions of DVD region codes with the help of Leawo Blu-ray Ripper. In addition, in addition to ripping Blu-ray and DVD, Leawo Blu-ray Ripper also supports backing up ISO files to MKV. When ripping DVD, the Leawo Blu-ray Ripper also provides many interesting features, such as merging videos, adding watermarks to videos, etc. In a word, converting DVD to digital is a very effective way to get rid of DVD region code restrictions.

You can follow the steps below to convert DVD discs to digital.

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Step 1: Run Leawo Blu-ray Ripper

Install the Leawo Blu-ray Ripper on your computer and run it. Click the “Convert” icon above or the “Blu-ray Ripper” icon in the middle, we can enter the main interface of Leawo Blu-ray Ripper.

Step 2: Import Source Blu-ray/DVD Files into the Program

In the main interface of Leawo Blu-ray Ripper, click the “Add UHD/Blu-ray/DVD” button. Then, we can import the files in the DVD disc into the Leawo Blu-ray Ripper. Leawo Blu-ray Ripper provides three modes for us to import movie titles in DVD discs: “Full Movie” allows us to import all movie titles, “Main Movie” allows us to import the longest movie title, and “Custom Mode” allows us to import any number of movie titles.

Step 3: Choose Output Profile

After importing the movie titles into Leawo Blu-ray Ripper, Leawo Blu-ray Ripper will display the information of these movie titles. Then, we can set subtitles, audio and angle for the output file. Then, click the “Output Profile” button to enter the “Profile” panel. Here, we can set the output video format and related parameters.

Step 4: Start the Conversion Process

Click the green “Convert” button. In the pop-up window, we can set the save directory for the output file. Finally, click the “Convert” button below to start converting DVD to digital.

3. Change region code on DVD player

In fact, different brands of DVD players have their own unlock codes. These unlock codes are mainly used to remove the restrictions of regional codes. We can search online to find the brand of our DVD player, and then obtain the unlock codes of these DVD players. After successfully obtaining the unlock code of the DD player, we can change the region code on DVD player. How to change region code on DVD player? Next, I will introduce the specific operation method with the LG DVD player.

Step 1: Remove the DVD disc from the DVD player. Then, use the TV to turn on the DVD player.

Step 2: Use the TV remote control to press the “Pause” button. Then enter the unlock code “3141590”. Next, you can enter the region code that matches the DVD disc and press the “Confirm button”. Finally, press the “Pause” button to exit.

After completing the above steps, you can replay the DVD disc to confirm whether the region code of the DVD player has been successfully changed.

Conclusion

Through this tutorial, we know that DVD discs from different countries or regions may carry different region codes to protect the copyright of DVD disc content. However, we can adopt various methods to bypass DVD region codes, including using the Leawo Blu-ray Ripper to convert movies or videos in the disc to digital format, modifying the region code of the DVD disc drive in the computer, and so on. In short, we can flexibly use these methods to help us enjoy a wider range of DVDs without being restricted by region codes. Happy viewing!