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Region free DVD player
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Is there firmware for the superdrive to allow dvds from diferent regions. I am using os 10.2.8.
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Very risky to attempt. I recommend using instead the VLC program. VLC will play DVDs from any region and also play PAL/SECAM DVDs. Picture quality with VLC is every bit as good as the Apple software. Anamorphic PAL DVDs play perfectly on my iMac 1Ghz 17". And given that the program is still free, you can't go wrong. The interface is inferior to Apple's, but IMO it's a great program.
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Originally posted by skirbomatic:
Very risky to attempt. I recommend using instead the VLC program. VLC will play DVDs from any region and also play PAL/SECAM DVDs. Picture quality with VLC is every bit as good as the Apple software. Anamorphic PAL DVDs play perfectly on my iMac 1Ghz 17". And given that the program is still free, you can't go wrong. The interface is inferior to Apple's, but IMO it's a great program.
Does it use up your five firmware region changes? Or leave them alone completely?
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Thanks. I really should have remembered that page from when I made my iBook region-free, but I did not. According to DVD Info X, my drive is thus:
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Vendor: HL-DT-ST
Model: RW/DVD GCC-4481B
Firmware: 2.03
RPC-2 (region locked)
State is SET
4 vendor resets left
4 region changes left
Region 2
Which is pretty much what I expected. Yay. Until there is a firmware hack for my combo drive, I shall use VLC and not fear the locking of the drive.
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Thanks for the info. Where do I get VLC.
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I found it. So if I use VLC instead of Apples DVD player I can watch DVDs from other regions without affecting the region setting?
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Yes. The Apple player's DVD region setting is unaffected by use of the VLC program. You have unlimited region and/or format switches.
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Thanks alot guys fr your help.
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Originally posted by DomDom:
I found it. So if I use VLC instead of Apples DVD player I can watch DVDs from other regions without affecting the region setting?
How is that possible ?
I thought that the firmware of the drive won't allow that...
Hm, I didn't think the drive firmware could be circumvented that easily...
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