Official *Fast Loading* JVC XV-BP1 owner's thread - Page 77

It all depends how you set the output in the menu of the Blu-ray player, but yes, that is correct. The studios would have liked to make it so that you could only get 480P over component with a Blu-ray (or HD-DVD) movie, but they realized that there are a lot of older HDTV's still out there with only component inputs--no HDMI or DVI inputs. There may come a day when the studios will enable the flag on Blu-ray movies so that the player will only output 480P over component, but I don't think that day will ever come. The fact that anyone with a newer computer can copy Blu-ray movies to their hard drive means that the horse has already left the barn. Limiting Blu-ray movies to 480P over component will only anger consumers, while anyone with the right software can copy Blu-rays at will (doing so, of course, for the sole purpose of backing up Blu-ray movies that they have purchased).

thanks for the quick reply... I understand there are a few settings that can change that (24hz mode, etc) ... for my setup I plan to use as written above...

thanks!!
..dane

A region free DVD hack has been posted on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLwUhAXas2E). I found the link here. The YouTube video links to a file on Rapidshare. I downloaded the file and inside the .ISO are two folders and a file:

-RMTM0000
-SCARLET
-kpjc19_1.dvd

Not sure if this works, I don't think I'm going to try it until I can find some more confirmation that it actually works. UPDATE: I took the plunge and tried it, it works terrific. The instructions on the YouTube video are:

Download the file and burn onto a CD
Insert then press 0 (zero) then press pause (on the remote)
Turn off the unit by pressing the power button on the front of the player (not the remote)

After Googling 'kpjc19_1.dvd' it seems this hack has been around a few years. It's a simple hex edit of a file that was also used on Sony, Sanyo, LG, and many other players.

Very interesting. I also tried to google this and stumbled across the fact that the LG BH200 is one of the players that can be hacked this way. For that reason I quickly glanced at the corresponding thread here at AVS and checked if any of the other hacks also work on this player (as we all know it's a LG clone after all).

The following trick works on the JVC as well:
Go into the setup menu, select "TV Aspect", highlight "16:9 Wide" (the last option). Then press the following sequence on the remote: 1397139 Enter.

This will show a blue info screen which also includes DVD and BD region. It apparently also performs some self-tests (among other things AACS, BD+). Afterwards it performs a factory reset which (funny enough) initialized my player with different settings than when I use the corresponding menu entry.

Question is: Is there a way to enter the EEPROM menu like on the BH200 to make it region free for BDs?

"Download the file and burn onto a CD
Insert then press 0 (zero)
then press pause and turn off
on the unit (not the remote)"

I just tried this on my BP1, threw in Doc Martin Region 2 PAL and gave it a whirl. It works like a charm and the playback is as good as my OPPO 983. Amazing! Thanks!!!!

I bit the bullet and ran the hack. It worked great and my XV-BP1 is now DVD Region Free!!

Just tried it on mine and it worked, but doing this resets the DVD region code back to 1. Also of note, applying a new firmware does NOT reset the DVD region code.

Makes sense, when I looked up the MAC address of the JVC. You can see it's listed as an LG component. http://standards.ieee.org/cgi-bin/ouisearch?00-E0-91

Is there any way to change the splash screen (screensaver). I have my customized splash screen that i'd love to use. I know it's possible if i can somehow open the firmware file..Has anyone tried and what program did you use to open the firmware file? If i try ultraedit or something like that, it's just going to give me bunch of numbers that won't make sense.

I tried the all region hack with no success. I burned the data onto a cdr, followed the instructions, when i put it in the player, it said "data" then went to the menu, i hit 0 and pause, powered it off off manually, put in a region 2 dvd and it rejected it. what am i doing wrong?

When you press 0 (zero), do you see the region change?
When you press Pause, what does the screen do? It should return you to the home screen. This is how you know the new region was saved. Also, make sure you press Pause on the remote not the unit.
When you say turn it off manually, did you press the power button on the front of the unit or the remote?

You dont just "burn" the ISO to a disc. ISO is a comrpessed image file. You have to use a program that will "expand" the ISO file to the individual files inside the image. ImageBurn is a free program that will do that if you select the option "burn image to disc."

fafner

Who carries JVC players?

Amazon carries the XV-BP1 through marketplace sellers. You could probably pick one on eBay as well.

keep an eye on the avsclassifieds too. I might be selling mine pretty soon (have watched less than a dozen movies on it).

It worked!!!! Now region free!!! Thanks guys!

Glad you got it working.

I have tried to make the process a little easier to understand. I have attached a .zip file with the two directories and file you need.

1. Download the attached file below and extract it's contents
2. You should have two folders and a file with a directory structure like this:
RMTM0000
-SCARLET
-kpjc19_1.dvd
3. Burn this directory structure to a CD-R.
4. Put the disc into the JVC-XVBP1 and you should see this screen:

5. Press 0 (zero) on the remote, your screen should now look like this:

6. Press PAUSE on the remote to save your settings, you should now be taken back to the standard JVC home screen
7. Turn the player off on the unit not the remote.
8. Congratulations, you should now be region free.
9. If you don't have a different region disc, you can test this by inserting the disc you made earlier into the player again. You should now see this screen:

10. Press either RETURN or OPEN/CLOSE on the remote and nothing will be changed and the player will still be region free.

NOTE: This is only for DVD region free not Blu-Ray region free.

 

XV-BP1.zip 0.35546875k . file

There is also a distributor in Michigan who used to sell them. I can dig out my receipt if you still need a source.

fafner

Just set my region code to 0 and it even works with RCE discs.

ABC Warehouse. I bought two units from their stores.
http://www.abcwarehouse.com

I don't see the BP-1 on their web site. The company I bought from was in Grand Rapids, MI....not sure if they are the same or affiliated or something entirely different. I got mine for $179 some months ago

fafner

Probably the same because I didn't see JVC in any other store in my area.
http://www.abcwarehouse.com/store_lo...es_locator.asp

ABC Warehouse
Grand Rapids
3830 28th St. S.E
Kentwood, MI 49512
(616)957-1110

When I bought my second unit they didn't have it on the web site either, only in store.

Thanks for the info, I'll call some stores tomorrow

Has anyone burned any of the LTH disk and been able to playback on the JVC? (Data and/or Movie)

The LTH disk are the "cheapest" at the time. My new Pioneer is able to burn them.

THX, JNT.

I have 3 mkv files where bime=1 and wpredb=1, and wpredp is not listed. One of them plays fine, while the other 2 pixelate heavily. The only other difference in the encoding settings that I can find is this line:

"ref=5 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x1:0"-----------good one
"ref=10 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x133"------bad one
"ref=16 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x133"------bad one

Can I use handbrake to change these settings?

I just finished watching the Nightmare on Elm Street Blu-Ray on my XV-BP1, and certain scenes show the video lagging behind the audio. It's most noticeable for scene selections 7-9 and 16. I haven't read complaints elsewhere on this, so I'm assuming for now it's this player's fault, although it lags every time, so I'm not ruling out a bad master.

In my experience, anything above 6 or 7 reference frames (also depending on the bit rate) could cause pixelation. This usually also means the the player warns you that it may not be able to play it back (because the profile is > 4.1) or the profile is incorrect (4.1 even though it should be > 4.1).

In other words, ref=N is the discriminator, I think. Reencoding definitely helps.

Is it easy to set up my older computer to reencode these files? What other programs do I need besides handbrake? And does the quality stay the same? Thanks.

You only need Handbrake. Re-encoding of a whole film will take more than a few hours, depending on the processing power of your computer. Quality degrades when re-encoding, at least theoretically.