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Registered: May 22, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 1,033 |
| Posted: | | | | Is there a way to verify the region coding of a disc other than a region symbol on the disc/case itself? Reason I ask is that I noticed a few discs in my collection that were listed as region 0 but when I checked they have a region 1 symbol on the disc but nothing on the case. And one such disc that is region 0 I did not see a region symbol on it at all so was wondering if there is a program that will tell you what the region is?
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Registered: March 24, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,044 |
| Posted: | | | | DVDInfo, get it at download.com. | | | DVD Profiler for iOS as of 3/5/2013 DVD Profiler for Android as of 5/17/2013 |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 4,596 |
| Posted: | | | | Try VSO Inspector. I use it for verification of region coding and layering. | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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Registered: May 22, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 1,033 |
| Posted: | | | | thanks for the quick responses, i'll check those programs out
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 3,436 |
| Posted: | | | | I remember somebody mentioning at InterVocative that IFOEdit should be most accurate. | | | Achim [諾亞信; Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan. Registered: May 29, 2000 (at InterVocative) |
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Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 5,459 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting ya_shin: Quote: I remember somebody mentioning at InterVocative that IFOEdit should be most accurate. It is, but DVDInfo and VSO Inspector are much more user-friendly. |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 555 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting northbloke: Quote: Quoting ya_shin:
Quote: I remember somebody mentioning at InterVocative that IFOEdit should be most accurate.
It is, but DVDInfo and VSO Inspector are much more user-friendly. I've experienced that DVD Info Pro has given inaccurate information as to regions, it has identified more regions than what is actually correct; IfoEdit, however, got it right. In most cases DVD Info Pro can be trusted, but not always. | | | Last edited: by Behemot |
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Registered: August 22, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 1,807 |
| Posted: | | | | Also the free Nero Info Tool. | | | -- Enry |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 1,242 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting ya_shin: Quote: I remember somebody mentioning at InterVocative that IFOEdit should be most accurate. To use IfoEdit to verify Regions Run IfoEdit place DVD you wish to inspect into DVD Drive in IfoEdit open 'VIDEO_TS' in top pane of IfoEdit Select VMGM_MAT Display in the Bottom Pane displays information pertaining to that DVD under the headings:- Address Description Value (dec) Value (hex) [00000023] VMG Category, Regional Code mask 237 [ed] Region: 2 enabled. Region: 5 enabled. This area will display the Regions enabled. The above numbers (regions 2,5: value 237 etc) where obtained from disc 1 of Casino Royale. EAN:5035822350878 Steve |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,394 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Behemot: Quote:
I've experienced that DVD Info Pro has given inaccurate information as to regions, it has identified more regions than what is actually correct; IfoEdit, however, got it right. In most cases DVD Info Pro can be trusted, but not always. Aren't most of the problems DVDInfoPro has related to the RCE coding thing? At least that's what I remember about the criticisms directed toward DVDInfoPro. If you have to do what snarbo says to use IFOEdit, I'd have to agree with northbloke that DVDInfoPro and VSO Inspector are much more user friendly. | | | Another Ken (not Ken Cole) Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges. DVD Profiler user since June 15, 2001 |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 1,279 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting kdh1949: Quote: Q Aren't most of the problems DVDInfoPro has related to the RCE coding thing? At least that's what I remember about the criticisms directed toward DVDInfoPro.
No, it will also falsely identify regions that are not valid. One of the Bond DVD's is reported as R2 & 4 but if you set the player to R4 it will say you need to switch to R2. Ifoedit correctly identified it as R2 only. | | | IVS Registered: January 2, 2002 |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 1,029 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting northbloke: Quote: It is, but DVDInfo and VSO Inspector are much more user-friendly. The sad thing is that people will prefer something "user-friendly" even if it doesn't work. Quoting Behemot: Quote: In most cases DVD Info Pro can be trusted, but not always. If it can't always be trusted, then it can *never* be trusted. How do you know the DVD you are verifying belongs to the "most case" batch? | | | Matthias |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 21,610 |
| Posted: | | | | This is why I use many different tools, I use at least two different tools for every title, Sometimes more to seeveral more depending on the circumstances. If you are looking for RCE, There is only one too which will provide that answer, DVDShrink, NOTHING else can be relied on for RCE verification, though to my knowledge RCE has been abandoned even by its most ardent supporter Columbia.
But I have a very full toolbox and I can always get the answer that is needed.
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!! CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it. Outta here
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 3,321 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote: If you are looking for RCE, There is only one too which will provide that answer, DVDShrink, NOTHING else can be relied on for RCE verification Actually, the best method is to read the code in the IFO and see if it does RCE or not. I've done it once or twice just to see how it works, but it's rather pointless to do it on a regular basis. And it's probably a little too advanced for the average user. But it is far more reliable than DVDShrink. | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here. Create fake parent profiles to organize your collection. |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 1,029 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote: This is why I use many different tools That only helps if you know what these tools are doing. If all those tools use the same method of reading the region code as DVDInfo Pro does (MMC commands), you will have achieved exactly nothing. I have explained the entire issue multiple times over at IVS and I remember someone doing it here in a rather detailed way. The region code is stored in multiple locations on a DVD. Tools like DVDInfo Pro use MMC to query the region code from a hidden area. Tools like IfoEdit read it from the file VIDEO_TS.IFO. The region code in that file is almost always set correctly, but some manufacturers forget to set the corresponding region code in the hidden area. RCE is a completely different issue, and Mark is right, the only reliable method short of an unlimited region-switchable player is a disassembler (which IfoEdit has) and a brain. | | | Matthias |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 21,610 |
| Posted: | | | | And both brains and IFOEdit are a part of my toolbox...heavy on the brains.
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!! CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it. Outta here
Billy Video |
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