Hi James, We are talking about the DVD Region Code blocking on Mac Computers aren't we ... not commercial DVD Players?
You should know basis about your MacIntosh and region locking. The limitation is double : firstly is hardware. This is the first to run when you’re inserting a DVD in your optical drive. But there’s a second limitation which is purely software, through your Operating System. As Daniel has explained how to overcome the issue & be able to use VLC to play DVDs without affecting the Region Codie issue. We DON'T recommend flashing the DVD hardware on a Mac for numerous reasons. One, it voids your Warranty, Two if it goes wrong during the process ... that's the end of your drive. What needs to happen is Apple Changes this "Silly" Region Code blocking it has. If you read my previous reply to Shay, re the ACCC case in which the High Court Of Australia ruled that region lockouts breached fair trade and market competition practices. So what Apple is doing is possibly illegal in Australia. Cheers, Ronni, On 25/02/2010, at 3:16 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: > interesting > just some weeks ago i had a callout to fix the problem "can't play french > dvds" on a nec dvd-player > on > http://www.videohelp.com/ > i found a hack & followed the instuctions....it worked & because its region 0 > now it plays any dvd from any place > no further questions asked..... > James > > On 25/02/2010, at 9:39, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Hi James, >> >> How I understand the setting of the DVD Region Code, if when you first >> purchase a new Mac, you insert a Region 0 DVD, which presumably will set the >> drive as Region 0. You would be able to play Region 0 DVDs, but when you go >> to play a different region DVD, say Region 4 (which is Australia), you would >> be asked to change the region of the drive to Region 4. >> >> That's how I understand it anyway. >> >> A solution would be to copy the DVDs in iDVD (our Apple programme to create >> DVDs) as it makes disks with no Region Code, so Region Code 0. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> >> >> >> On 25/02/2010, at 8:14 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: >> >>> just my 2c >>> as far i know if you put in a dvd mac book ask you for region change & the >>> drive stores that new region based on the dvd put in >>> can't you put in a dvd which is set to region 0 & the drive may accept this >>> as new region, result: it should play all dvd's w/o further change needed >>> James >>> On 24/02/2010, at 18:40, 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>
