Blu-ray players usually cost far, far more than they should, so it's good to see one being offered for free, especially with the VLC workaround not having been updated for a while. Offer ends 5PM AEST Monday. Works for Windows XP (SP2 or later), Vista, 7, 8, Mac OS X 10.5 or above.
When you have finished downloading and installed the program, apply the code sent to your email through Help > Register to unlock the full version.0
Back up to $23.40 now, have marked as expired.
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A blu-ray hardware player installed in a PC or Mac normally allows up to 5 region code changes. Thus, this leads me to think the region locking is controlled by the blu-ray hardware player firmware rather than the blu-ray software installed in a PC or Mac. I am doubtful this software is "region free". Can anyone confirm this?
Blu-ray region coding is controlled by software, not hardware as it was with DVDs http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc#Region_codes :)
Controlled by the software in the drive (firmware), not the actual software player.
Yes, found it in the Wikipedia URL you posted above. "Unlike DVD region codes, Blu-ray region codes are verified only by the player software, not by the optical drive's firmware."
Thanks OP. Much appreciated.
For anyone that missed out and is looking for free blu-ray software, this VLC plug-in works:
http://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name/
It's lacking a lot of features, but it works :)
I thought it was a hardware player…