[vlc] Re: Playing DVD rgion 1 disk on RPC 2 drive - Region 2

[Nicholas Harvey]

I was aware of this however, the guy who created the flashes (xvi) has 
gone into semi-retirement.

Interestingly - the drive on the G5 - a pioneer dvr-106D, was set to 
region free . It was not until I used the apple dvd player software 
that it changed to rpc-2 - well at least that's what the little dvdinfo 
utility reported. Even then when I played the dvd's I got no sound so I 
believe the problem is in the sound decoding which is reported 
elsewhere in the forums.

Nick

On 01/12/2003, at 6:40 AM, Eric wrote:

> Alas, vlc is unable to override the DVD region settings of newer Macs. 
>  On my oldish G4 400 MHz with OSX 10.2.6 installed, vlc plays region 1 
> DVDs just fine.  For now, as far as I know, the only way to assure 
> playback of DVDs whatever their region is to install a region-less DVD 
> drive and use a region-less DVD player software, such as vlc, to 
> assure your drive stays region-less.
>
> There is a (legal) website dealing with these issues: 
> http://www.opuscc.com/download/
> Download their utilities if only for the Read Me files which explain 
> quite clearly how the whole region business is regulated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Eric
>
> At 22:46 +0800 30/11/03, Nicholas Harvey wrote:
>> I have noted that VLC is indifferent to the RPC setting of the drive. 
>> I have a G5 and a G4 iMAC which I have tried it on. I have the 
>> following problems:
>>
>> 1) When I play region 1 disks on the G4 iMac (1.25 Ghz) the movie 
>> will start and play for approx 15 secs then stops dead.
>> 2) When I play a disk regardless of region on the G5 1.8 Mhz it plays 
>> however I have no sound.
>>
>> On the G5 I have had to play disks of the same region by selecting 
>> the TS_VIDEO folder to make them play. OUt of region disks play with 
>> open disk no problem - however without sound.
>>
>> I would really appreciate hearing from anybody who has overcome the 
>> problems or experienced them for themselves. I am happy to test new 
>> versions or software as it becomes available. I use the iMAC G4 to 
>> play videos for my kids and working on expatriate circuit for so long 
>> I have a variety of disks that are region 1,2,4 and all regions.
>
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