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

[Eric]

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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