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DVDFab Passkey: region free identification
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorGSyren
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I've been trying out Passkey as a replacement for AnyDVDHD, and it seems to perform most tasks well, with one irritating exception. It seems to always misidentify region free BDs as region A. While that works well enough for just playing the title, it sucks for documentation purposes.
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Four days have passed, what did they say in the Fab forum?

For documentation purposes, I test the disc against the player. For example the Ali Blu-ray with only flag B won't play with the region A player:

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with one irritating exception. It seems to always misidentify region free BDs as region A.

Since no one else wants to play with the topic:

This statement is nonsense, of course. Passkey correctly identifies and reports the Blu-ray region flags, if set.
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This is what Passkey reports for the UK release of Hired to Kill.
According to the back cover it is region free. Are you saying that this UK release is actually region A only, as Passkey reports?
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... don't feed the troll...
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The region mask is an interesting message.  As far as I can tell, the region mask means it works for Region A and Regions B and C are untested.

e.g. '_B ' means that it’s locked for region A, works with region B and it’s not tested for region C).
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As far as I can tell, the region mask means it works for Region A and Regions B and C are untested.

I disagree.

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e.g. '_B '

Can you post an example of an underline in the mask?
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I disagree.

Your objection is overruled.
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I disagree.

Your objection is overruled.


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Why replace AnyDVD? Just curious.
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Why replace AnyDVD? Just curious.

Because of the impertinent pricing for the owners of previous LTLs?
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Why replace AnyDVD? Just curious.

I think this was a technical question, not a political one. I would also be interested in understanding a bit more about it. The part I understand least is why it needs constant updates and stay connected to a server. Is somebody collecting my activities?
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if I recall, it "phones home" to pull in the latest decryption parameters. with dvd the decryption wasn't near as elaborate as it is with bluray and the java behind them. I could be wrong tho.
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Though there are better resource (which I can't find right now), this post provides valid information...
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I disagree.

Your objection is overruled.

Can you post an example of an underline in the mask?
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Passkey is always correct:

Region A, not B or C:


Regions AB, not C:


Regions BC, not A:


Region B, not A or C:


I do not have a Region C only Blu-ray, or an AC. And region free discs usually have no flags set (instead of all), so there is nothing to show.
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