[vlc] Re: [vlc][osx]Region Locks

[Robert Nicholson]

Has anybody gotten any where but

ioctl_ReadTitleKey failed

here on a Tibook with COMBO drive?

It can read the chapter list of the DVD fine but I never seen any video.

On Saturday, October 5, 2002, at 01:49 PM, Ian Robert Douglas wrote:

> So far as I'm aware it's more complex than Numbski describes it; it 
> all has to do with whether the specific drive you have is RPC-1 
> (region free in principle) or RPC-2 (locked in the firmware).  Full 
> information is available via http://www.firmware.fr.st/
>
> I have a TiBook, and as yet I haven't assigned a region.  But I can't 
> seem to get vlc to work.
>
> Can anyone walk me through it?  I've looked everywhere around the vlc 
> site, and though I'm not the sharpest geek in the box, I've had a mac 
> for a long time and I still can't work out a darn thing about how to 
> work with this software.  I think I have everything installed that I 
> need -- but perhaps not.
>
> I'm running OS X 10.2 (Jaguar).
>
>
> My problem is that I start vlc and nothing happens; it seems there's 
> no way to get it to read a DVD.
>
> ian
>
>
> On Saturday, October 5, 2002, at 05:58  AM, Tony Shadwick wrote:
>
>> I just got a brand new 17" iMac.
>>
>> I remember reading about how the Apple DVD drives appear to have a
>> hardware region lock.
>>
>> Not out of the box.
>>
>> It appears that the OSX DVD Player application is what causes it.  At
>> least under 10.2, you can set CD/DVD behavior upon mount.  Set it to
>> ignore, or to launch vlc.  It appears that until you set a region out 
>> of
>> the box, the drive is not region locked.
>>
>> I would recommend NEVER running Apple's DVD player, and always use 
>> vlc or
>> some other player.  If the prompt appears prompting you to choose a
>> region, click cancel, eject the drive, and then re mount the dvd 
>> AFTER you
>> have chosen in System Preferences for the OS to take no action upon
>> mounting the disc.  You should be set from there.
>>
>> I don't think anything can be done for those who have chosen a 
>> region. :\
>>
>> Numbski
>
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