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Hello.pal to region 1 - I am having a serious problem trying to figure out how to convert a pal downloaded movie to my region which is region 1. I have tried dvd shrink to encode proper region but still will not play on my dvd player. Tried Anydvd, same thing no luck. Dvd shows "Playback prohibited by area restrictions". Please help. Really need to figure this out so I can move on. What will actually convert downloaded movie to region 1. Nothing seems to work.