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Region change i've come to australia from UK, bought a bluray player, can't play DVDs, need to change region/ make region free

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You can get a region free player program on your computer and then you will be free from the region code issues. You could try Leawo Blu-ray Player which is a free Blu-ray player and you could use it to play any DVD and Blu-ray discs. Or rip your DVD to MP4 to remove region code.

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Try this, it may not work on some machines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBwBBLSUBbo

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