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Offline Parker

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« on: July 23, 2006, 01:14:01 PM »


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« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2006, 10:19:26 PM »
Are you playing a commercial DVD?
or is a Burn DVD?
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If you are using a Burn DVD like with MacTheRipper-Dvd2oneX-Toast may be is something wrong in the process...

check here.
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« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2006, 08:23:05 AM »
I don't know if you are using a Pioneer DVD drive but there is a whole website (probably others) devoted to the arcane science of changing regions or setting it up to be region free:

http://pioneerdvd.rpc1.org/

I have not ever had a need for such things as all I've ever had were bought in this country DVD originals; but there might be something to be gained from a study of this stuff!
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« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2006, 11:22:08 AM »
It's not a Pioneer DVD Drive

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ATA Bus:

MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-857:

  Model:   MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-857
  Revision:   HBE4
  Serial Number:   
  Detachable Drive:   No
  Protocol:   ATAPI
  Unit Number:   0
  Socket Type:   Internal


So that's just great, i can't play burned DVD's on my computer
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« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2006, 01:19:32 PM »
I wouldn't say you couldn't play them; I just don't know why you can't.  Maybe there is a website that tells you how to do the regionless thing on that particular MATSHITA (Panasonic?) DVD-R UJ-857 drive.

Later, found this website:

http://macnewbie.wordpress.com/2006/04/21/...ows-xp-machine/

Not a "very" satisfactory solution! Apparently many drives and players are region free now:

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Not only non-Mac PCs, but even DVD-players and home theater systems for homes are totally region-free, and advertised as such. It seems that Macs are the only media devices left that have this arcane and insane locking mechanism and can’t be circumvented. One dude on the net has advertised a solution to the problem which basically says “Windows to the rescue!”: he actually uses VLC on Windows XP to output to a UDP stream and access the stream from his Mac using VLC. I can’t tell you how much that hurts. -- from a comment in the above link
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« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2006, 01:38:00 PM »
Try VLC media player -

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Probably be able to help you.

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