[Question]

[nozomichan.livejournal.com]

My friend got an Arashi CD with a music video with it.
Now the question is 'If she plays it on her computer can she watch it?' Is there like some codec or something that allows you to watch japanese movies on computers from the U.S.?
If you have any information that would help a lot. Thank you!
[sorry I don't have some picture or something to amuse you xP]

Comments

[tasume521.livejournal.com]

some computers only allow you to change the regional setting on your computer a limited number of times. Besides that, you're able to see a region 2 (which includs Japan) DVD on your computer. If you don't like windows media player, I use gom media player-- it's free and plays just about everything

[nozomichan.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info xD
Windows Media Player is fine xP

[shini-no-shisha.livejournal.com]

don't know but on mine it works perfectly fine and I don't ahve anything special to play them with

[nozomichan.livejournal.com]

hmmm... maybe your Windows Media Update automatically put it in xP
I'm not sure, I don't have a DVD player in my computer I need my friend to try it xD

[shini-no-shisha.livejournal.com]

no idea ^^;;;;
hope it'll work ^^

[nozomichan.livejournal.com]

me neither! xP
Thanks!

[emoji.livejournal.com]

Just giving a few more ideas, I believe VLC Player (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/) is also free, it'll let you play DVDs in any region without changing the regional settings on your computer. :]

[nozomichan.livejournal.com]

Thanks!
Because I'm not sure if I'll get that setting thing to change to region free so I'll tell her about this too! xD thanks again xD

[chickeeduck1.livejournal.com]

the problem here is not codecs or which media to use, what you need is a program which can over-ride the region codes.
Cause with most DVD-roms on computers they limit you to changing the region for only a few times then your DVD-rom will be locked after the limit.

so i TOTALLY recommend this program to anyone who has a DVD-rom i have been using for YEARS & can't image watching DVDs on my computer with out it!!

DVD Region+CSS Free" (http://www.dvdidle.com/)
this wonderful little program allows you to over-ride the regions on any DVDs from overseas, plus it can over-ride DVD regions for DVD-roms which have already been locked which means that there is no change on the region limits on the DVD-rom.

hope this helps your friend out and any other people who have had DVD-rom region problems

[chickeeduck1.livejournal.com]

forgot to mention, once you have "DVD Region+CSS Free" installed on the computer you can use any media program which can play DVDs to watch the DVD.

i myself use "cyberlink DVD" or "VLC player" but there are loads of other media programs which can play DVDs.

note: you shouldnt need to install any extra codecs to be able to watch the DVD , just a media program which can play DVDs should be fine

[nozomichan.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'll tell her about this too!