DVD X Ghost is a very usefull utility to make your software DVD players and DVD copy/backup softwares restriction-free.

It is a small, effective sofrware working with DVD softwares. It is light on your system resources and resides in system tray. It removes all kinds of restrictions(CSS, RPC Region code, RCE, APS, UOPS etc.) from the DVD discs in the background.

Through this software your player will be able to play all region DVD on all DVD drives with mismatched region code without changing the region code. You needn't hack DVD drive (flash firmware) which is very dangerous.
It supports macrovision-free feature through which you can view DVDs through your TV-out device without obstruction or distortion.
It also supports operation-free through which you can pre-movie messages and announcements easily.

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Key Features
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*RPC-II Region-Free: It bypasses the RPC-II region protection of DVD drives, you can watch all-region DVDs on any DVD drives with a mismatched region code. We needn't change the region code any more.
*RCE Region-Free: Removes RCE region protection from DVDs dynamically.
*CSS-Free: Decrypts DVDs on the background.
*Macrovision-Free: Removes APS protection from DVDs, this feature makes your DVD player VHS-Friendly.
*Operation-Free: Removes UOPS(prohibited user operations) from DVDs.
*No harm to your DVD drives: It just bypass the copyright protection of the DVD drives without changing any parameters or the firmware of the DVD drives.
*Works well with all DVD drives even if they are region-locked.
*Works well with all DVD-Video Discs including no-file discs.
*Works well with all popular software DVD players: PowerDVD, WinDVD, Microsoft Media Player, DirectDVD, UltraDVD, etc.
* Supported DVD Players: WinDVD, PowerDVD, DirectDVD, Microsoft Media Player
* Supported DVD Copy Software: InterVideo DVDCopy