{"id":22168,"date":"2013-08-20T00:04:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T08:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/?p=22168"},"modified":"2024-10-30T01:30:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T09:30:31","slug":"how-to-change-region-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/how-to-change-region-code.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Region Code of Blu-ray Player Software While Playing back Blu-ray Discs?","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

Blu-ray may not be as popular as it used to be, but there are still a lot of Blu-ray enthusiasts out there who are keeping this field alive. Are you one of them? If you are, you’re probably facing the problem that when you play a Blu-ray disc, the Blu-ray player won’t play it because the region code of the Blu-ray disc doesn’t match the Blu-ray player. So here we are to fix this problem for you, read on to know the steps in detail to change region code of Blu-ray player software while playing Blu-ray discs.<\/p>\n

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  1. What Is Blu-ray Region Code & How Does It Work?<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. How to Change Region Code of Blu-ray Player Software While Playing Back Blu-ray Discs? <\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Bonus: Best Blu-ray Ripper to Rip all the Blu-ray\/DVD Dics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

    Part 1: What Is Blu-ray Region Code & How Does It Work?<\/h2>\n

    It\u2019s quite common that many movie fans might meet such problems during Blu-ray disc playback: the Blu-ray player software couldn\u2019t recognize Blu-ray discs due to the region code restriction. For example, if you bought a Blu-ray disc in Region A (United States) but wanted to play this Blu-ray disc in your Blu-ray player software which is set in Region C (China), you would find yourself get stuck due to the region restriction. <\/p>\n

    \n Intended to permit content providers (motion picture studios, etc.) to do effective price differentiation between regions, Blu-ray Disc players sold in a specific geographical region are designed to play only discs authorized by the content provider for that region. This means that only the region code of your Blu-ray player software is the same as that of Blu-ray discs, can you play Blu-ray discs smoothly. <\/p>\n

    \n Let\u2019s firstly take a look at the region code distribution in the world. The whole world is divided into 3 different regions: Region A, Region B and Region C. Check the below picture to see the region code distribution map:<\/p>\n

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    A<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    Includes most North, Central, and South American and Southeast Asian countries plus Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Korea.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Includes most European, African, and Southwest Asian countries plus Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    C<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    Includes the remaining central and south Asian countries, as well as China and Russia.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

    Part 2: How to Change Region Code of Blu-ray Player Software While Playing Back Blu-ray Discs?<\/h2>\n

    To play back Blu-ray disc smoothly on Blu-ray player software, you need to set the region code of Blu-ray player software the same as that of Blu-ray disc. Commonly, Blu-ray player software only allows up to 5 changes of Blu-ray disc region code. After the 5th change, the Blu-ray player region code is settled down forever. \u00a0But with Leawo Blu-ray Player<\/a>, you could get unlimited changes of Blu-ray region for it\u2019s a region-free Blu-ray player app. In this tutorial, you would learn how to change Blu-ray player region code so as to play back Blu-ray discs successfully. <\/p>\n