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August 30th, 2007, 02:02 PM
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| DVD Unlocker (region free) Hi everybody, I posted something similar a couple of years ago... Laptop computers are suposed to run around the glove, why is that there's a f@cking DVD region limitation? Can enyboy express on this, cus I consider myself a 'world citizend'... and you? BTW, I found "DVD Unlocker" http://www.dvdunlocker.com/movies/?pu=false&srec=true, any experiences? cheers, Fernando
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#2
August 30th, 2007, 02:48 PM
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| Because the movie industry wanted those region codes to exist? I've seen one hack on a PowerBook cause hte DVD drive to refuse to burn anything after applying it. After that, it's been a solid changing system preferences > dvd > to be ignored when inserted. And then using VLC to view it. No more annoying copyright ads in the beginning, and the codes will stay there for later, when the Mac will be sold.
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#3
August 30th, 2007, 04:59 PM
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| I've got the VLC player, but it doesn't wanna play a DVD from region 1, I'm in region 2... how did you get to play things with VLC..? (and the sad thing is that de movie in question is "South Park"... 
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#4
August 30th, 2007, 05:19 PM
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| My understanding is that there's no way around it on Intel Macs (yet). On PPC Macs, I've never had problems with VLC. You could also try playing the DVDs with MPlayer or ripping them with MacTheRipper.
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#5
August 31st, 2007, 01:17 AM
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| Strange enough the VLV doesn't wanna play the movie for me... I'm using a PowerBook G4 12" (a bit old though great machine)
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#6
August 31st, 2007, 11:07 AM
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| Did you make movie DVDs be ignored by OS X first? Unless that is set up in System Preferences, OS X tries to deal with it, and then VLC may not work. As long as all movie DVDs are set to be ignored, VLC has worked for me on any system.
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#7
September 1st, 2007, 05:32 AM
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| DVD's are ignored by SystPref, but still I can't play the disc... did you change the VLC default settings..? thanks, F
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September 1st, 2007, 07:45 AM
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Good luck, Kees |
