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Hi,
Up until July VLC could play dvds from any region on my compter. Now it will only play dvds from my region (region 4). I have looked through all of the programs that were installed after June (the last time I successfully played a region 1 disc) and none of them would have affected the DVD player. I have copyed everything from the messages box (verbosity was set to 2) below and am running a Matshita BD-MLT UJ-120S ATA drive on Vista. If anyone could shed some light on how I can get this working again, it would be appreciated.

Cheers

main debug: processing request item dvd://E node Playlist skip 0
main debug: resyncing on dvd://E
main debug: dvd://E is at 0
main debug: starting new item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'dvd://E'
main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../.././src/input/input.c:214)
main debug: thread started
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB
main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\Users\DAVIDB~1\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `dvd://E:\' gives access `dvd' demux `' path `E:\'
main debug: creating demux: access='dvd' demux='' path='E:\'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 2 candidates
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
dvdnav debug: trying to go to dvd menu
main debug: using access_demux module "dvdnav"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 18456.001 ms - Total 18456.001 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 18456.000 ms)
main debug: looking for meta reader module: 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\David Brent\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\reader
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader\filename.lua
qt4 debug: Title 18
qt4 debug: Chapter: 7
main debug: no meta reader module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 4.000 ms - Total 4.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 4.000 ms)
main debug: `dvd://E:\' successfully opened
dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_HOP_CHANNEL
main debug: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_VTS_CHANGE
dvdnav debug: - vtsN=4
dvdnav debug: - domain=2
main debug: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_CELL_CHANGE
dvdnav debug: - cellN=1
dvdnav debug: - pgN=1
dvdnav debug: - cell_length=2617200
dvdnav debug: - pg_length=2617200
dvdnav debug: - pgc_length=16084800
dvdnav debug: - cell_start=0
dvdnav debug: - pg_start=0
dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_SPU_CLUT_CHANGE
main debug: selecting program id=0
main debug: looking for decoder module: 34 candidates
avcodec debug: libavcodec already initialized
avcodec warning: refusing to decode non validated subtitle codec
main debug: using decoder module "spudec"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 2.000 ms - Total 2.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 2.000 ms)
main debug: looking for packetizer module: 21 candidates
main debug: using packetizer module "spudec"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms)
main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 0 (../.././src/input/decoder.c:301)
main debug: thread started
spudec debug: invalid starting packet (size < 4 or pts <=0)
spudec debug: spu size: 0, i_pts: 0 i_buffer: 128
dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_SPU_STREAM_CHANGE
dvdnav debug: - physical_wide=0
dvdnav debug: - physical_letterbox=0
dvdnav debug: - physical_pan_scan=0
dvdnav debug: buttonUpdate not done b=1 t=4
dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_AUDIO_STREAM_CHANGE
dvdnav debug: - physical=0
main debug: Buffering 0%
dvdnav debug: buttonUpdate not done b=1 t=4
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: looking for decoder module: 34 candidates
avcodec debug: libavcodec already initialized
avcodec debug: trying to use direct rendering
avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (MPEG-1/2 Video) started
main debug: using decoder module "avcodec"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.000 ms - Total 1.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.000 ms)
main debug: looking for packetizer module: 21 candidates
main debug: using packetizer module "packetizer_mpegvideo"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms)
main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 0 (../.././src/input/decoder.c:301)
main debug: thread started
dvdnav debug: buttonUpdate not done b=1 t=4
packetizer_mpegvideo debug: size 720x576 fps=25.000
main debug: Buffering 1%
main debug: Buffering 1%
main debug: Buffering 2%
main debug: Buffering 2%
dvdnav warning: cannot get next block (Error reading from DVD.)
main debug: finished input
main debug: control type=0
main debug: control: stopping input
main debug: dying input
main debug: thread times: real 0m0.013000s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s
main debug: removing module "spudec"
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `spu ', 0 PES in FIFO
main debug: removing module "spudec"
main debug: thread times: real 0m0.009000s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s
avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (MPEG-1/2 Video) stopped
main debug: removing module "avcodec"
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `mpgv', 0 PES in FIFO
main debug: removing module "packetizer_mpegvideo"
main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES
main debug: removing module "dvdnav"
main debug: dead input
main debug: thread ended
main debug: thread times: real 0m18.477000s, kernel 0m0.093600s, user 0m0.000000s
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: nothing to play
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
main debug: TIMER input launching for 'dvd://E' : 18463.001 ms - Total 18463.001 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 18463.000 ms)

Delete %appdata%/vlc and %appdataµ/dvdcss

Delete %appdata%/vlc and %appdataµ/dvdcss

Where and how do I do this? Are these libraries in the vlc directory?

I'm suffering from the *exact* same problem as moviemanic863, and I can't seem to find %appdata%/vlc and %appdataµ/dvdcss either.

If someone can tell me exactly where they are, I would be very grateful.