Hi... It still seems stupid to me that the $80 DVD player from JB Hi Fi comes with a firmware patch to remove the region coding in line with the ACCC ruling, but that $X000 Macs restrict you from playing the DVD's you bought legally from overseas. Sigh.
Thanks, Shay On 24/02/2010 6:40 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > > On 24/2/10 6:26 PM, "Andrew Schox" <and...@perthfootankle.com.au> wrote: > >> >> Hi all, >> >> Is there any way to play DVDs from different regions without invoking that >> horrible little dialog that only gives you a few chances to change the DVD >> player's region code? >> >> This is on a new MacBook. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Andrew >> >> >> > > > Hi Andrew > > Unfortunately not through Apple DVD Player. You can try and "hack" the > hardware with certain software, but I've never recommended this or tried it > myself, as if it goes wrong during the process, you can fry your drive. (Not > worth the risk I tend to think). > Once work around is to not have DVD player launch on load (System > Preferences - CDs & DVDs then under "When you insert a video DVD" you change > this to ignore). > Then once the DVD is mounted (which doesn't affect the region code issue), > you find the VIDEO_TS folder, and look for the largest file. You can then > play this in VLC. <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/> > > Sure, you don't get all the bells and whistles. But you get to watch the > movie part without worrying about region codes and locking your DVD Player > to another region. :o) > > Welcome to the "free world" :o) > > Kind Regards > Daniel > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Macintosh** > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
