[vlc] Re: VLC Problem

[Matthew Neilson]

Hey Deon,

This isn't a problem with VLC, it's a hardware problem (or, rather, a 
firmware problem). If you flash your superdrive with region-free 
firmware, you will be able to watch DVDs of any region using VLC (but 
not Apple DVD Player). The firmware you are looking for is available 
(along with an extensive FAQ) from:

http://superdrive.cynikal.net/

You'll want to download the updater which "Flashes UJ-815 -> UJ-815 
X0CB" - at least, that's what I used on my 1GHz Titanium Powerbook. You 
*could* use the D0CB firmware instead (which allows for 2x DVD-R 
burning speeds and support for DVD-RW media as well as being 
region-free), I suppose, but I can't vouch for it since I haven't used 
it myself.

Like I said, I flashed my 1GHz TiBook with the X0CB firmware almost a 
year ago, and it's been working flawlessly - any DVD, any region. :)


-Matt



On 10 Sep 2004, at 08:49, Deon Potgieter wrote:

>  Hi,
>
>  I have a 2003 PowerBook G4 1Ghz,  1Gb with a SuperDrive.  My DVD 
> locked into a particular zone about a month ago - not sure which.  I 
> donwloaded VLC,  but unfortunately it only plays DVDs that DVDPlayer 
> can play,  ie it only plays DVDs supported by the DVD player.  Here 
> are the details:
>
>  CD-RW/DVD-R
>  Disc Burning                   Fully supported
>  Unit number                    0
>  ATA Device Type           atapi
>  Device Serial                    -
>  Device Revision               DOC4
>  Product Identification        DVD-R UJ-815
>  Vendor Identification         MATSHITA
>
> Here is the output from VLC after inserting a non region code matching 
> DVD:
>
>
> main debug: CPU has capabilities AltiVec FPU
>
>  main debug: looking for memcpy module
>
> main debug: probing 2 candidates
>
> main debug: using memcpy module "memcpyaltivec"
>
> main debug: creating group Normal with id 1 at position 0
>
> main debug: waiting for thread completion
>
> main debug: thread 7827360 (playlist) created at priority -47 
> (src/playlist/playlist.c:109)
>
> main debug: looking for interface module
>
> main debug: probing 1 candidate
>
> main debug: using interface module "hotkeys"
>
> main debug: interface initialized
>
> main debug: thread 7307632 (interface) created at priority -47 
> (src/interface/interface.c:152)
>
> main debug: looking for interface module
>
> main debug: probing 2 candidates
>
> main debug: using interface module "macosx"
>
> main debug: interface initialized
>
> main debug: thread 46086736 (manager) created at priority -47 
> (src/interface/interface.c:136)
>
> main debug: adding playlist item `rdisk1' ( dvdplay:///dev/rdisk1 )
>
> main debug: creating new input thread
>
> main: playlist item `dvdplay:///dev/rdisk1'
>
> main debug: waiting for thread completion
>
> main debug: thread 47278000 (input) created at priority 37 
> (src/input/input.c:326)
>
> main debug: cmd=state old=10 new=1
>
> main debug: playing at normal rate
>
> main debug: access `dvdplay', demux `', name `/dev/rdisk1'
>
> main debug: looking for access module
>
> main debug: probing 1 candidate
>
> dvdplay debug: dvdroot=/dev/rdisk1 title=0 chapter=1 angle=1
>
> dvdplay warning: cannot open /dev/rdisk1
>
> main warning: no access module matching "dvdplay" could be loaded
>
> main debug: looking for access module
>
> main debug: probing 7 candidates
>
> dvdplay warning: cannot stat() source `dvdplay:///dev/rdisk1' (No such 
> file or directory)
>
> dvdread warning: cannot stat() source `dvdplay:///dev/rdisk1' (No such 
> file or directory)
>
> dvd warning: cannot stat() device `dvdplay:///dev/rdisk1' (No such 
> file or directory)
>
> vcd warning: could not open dvdplay:///dev/rdisk1
>
> cdda warning: could not open dvdplay:///dev/rdisk1
>
> access_file warning: cannot stat() file `dvdplay:///dev/rdisk1' (No 
> such file or directory)
>
> main error: no suitable access module for `/://dvdplay:///dev/rdisk1'
>
> main debug: pes: 0 packets
>
> main debug: data: 0 packets
>
> main debug: buffers: 0 packets
> main debug: thread 47278000 joined (src/input/input.c:373)
>
>  Thank you very much,
>
>  Regards
>  Deon Potgieter
>  
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