How do I region lock a DVD/Blu-Ray drive?

I want to region lock my drives. So e.g. I want to lock a DVD drive on one computer to region 1 and another drive on another computer(or the same computer) to region 2. Is there a safe fool proof way of doing that? Thanks.

Hi
It's not a relevant question - In iDVD forum as
iDVD - can only make one region setting = region 0 (Zero)
This means that DVDs if made for the right TV-Standard (NTSC or PAL) will play in ALL REGIONS.
TV-Standard - is something else and can be set for each new DVD project.
• PAL = 25 frames per second (fps) (EU)
• NTAC = 29.97 fps (USA)
Do not let iDVD convert material from one to the other ! iDVD tries to do it - BUT RESULTING DVD is poor or Worse.
(I use JES_Deinterlacer) to do this - does it so much better and is free)
Yours Bengt W

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