DVD play

[Michael Raine]

You can find anything you need for PC-DVD or standalone DVD at this site:
http://www.dvdutils.com/

Some standalone players can be altered without soldering, by entering
"secret" codes with the remote. The site has a list. PC region changing is
much easier: just run a piece of software. There are other advantages too:
frame grabs for illustrations and a better image (on a computer monitor or
through a data projector).

Also, you can add subtitles to unsubtitled DVDs using software such as
SubMagic. I've been experimenting with this recently. It's not perfect --
the synchronization tends to drift and you need a computer monitor or data
projector -- but at least I can show something other than the classics to my
classes! I've subtitled _Kurutta kajitsu_ and _Arashi o yobu otoko_ so far
and I'll be doing Buta to gunkan next (the 16mm print is no longer available
for non-theatrical screenings). Anyone else feel like doing some subtitling?

The program also doesn't mess with the DVD itself so it's probably safer
from a copyright perspective than fan subbing. The major problem is that so
few Japanese films have been released on DVD...

Michael
mraine at umich.edu


----- Original Message -----
From: Don Brown <the8thsamurai at hotmail.com>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 9:07 PM
Subject: RE: DVD play


> >Another option? Get a DVD drive for your PC, and use a software player to
> >watch movies. The DVD player there can be set to Region 2 while you can
> >leave your main DVD player for Region 1 (for those of us in the USA).
I've
> >done this for a while now.
> >
> Anyone know how you can get your computer's DVD player to go multi-zone
> (software, dodgy soldering etc.)?
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