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Jul 30, 2005, 07:30 PM
 
Hello everyone.

I have DVD's I bought from US, Australia and Japan, all with different region codes, and am looking for a way to view them on my PowerBook now. (By the way, I'm using 10.4.2.) Is there any way to do this? Thanks.
     
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Jul 30, 2005, 07:37 PM
 
Yup.

Don't use Apple's DVD player.

Try VLC. It will work, and you don't have to change any of your region codes (which you can only do a finite number of times).

http://www.videolan.org/

(It's also good for .avi and all sorts of things)
     
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Jul 30, 2005, 07:38 PM
 
Have you tried extracting them using a DVD decryption program like Mac the Ripper then compressing and burning back to DVD-R with a program like Roxio Popcorn?
     
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Jul 30, 2005, 07:38 PM
 
try vlc. if i remember correctly it does not check for regions on dvds. (damn, beaten to it )
     
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Jul 30, 2005, 08:01 PM
 
Yea can break the firmware. Let Google the great overlord of anythingness guide ye o one of..
     
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Jul 30, 2005, 08:52 PM
 
Whoa!! 4 replies already!!
Thanks for your tips. I'll try VLC for now. Cheers!!
     
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Jul 30, 2005, 09:14 PM
 
     
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Jul 30, 2005, 09:21 PM
 
*nevermind the sites gone*
     
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Jul 31, 2005, 03:02 AM
 
Originally Posted by Blue Orbit
Whoa!! 4 replies already!! Cheers!!
     
   
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