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cksa - Jun 18, 2005 - 3:47 pm
I ve got a ibook G4 14''sd 1,33 ghz 768 ddr ram
and would like to know how I can unlock the region setter. As you know once you have changed the region code 5 times you can't change it anymore. I happen to travel quite a lot and have different dvds from different regions. What can I do ?
regards
cksa
and would like to know how I can unlock the region setter. As you know once you have changed the region code 5 times you can't change it anymore. I happen to travel quite a lot and have different dvds from different regions. What can I do ?
regards
cksa
macbri - Jun 19, 2005 - 3:08 am
Hey Christophe -
There are 2 things you need. First, a patched firmware for your specific model of DVD drive, and second, an application called RegionX to allow you to switch regions as often as you wish. See the links below. I must stress the same warnings you'll see on those sites: Changing firmware CAN BE DANGEROUS AND COULD DAMAGE YOUR HARDWARE, and second, changing firmware PROBABLY WILL VOID ANY APPLE WARRANTY. If you do proceed to the links below and something goes wrong, only YOU will be responsible. Not the patchers of the firmware, not the author of RegionX, not maxosX.com, not me, just YOU. Sounds harsh, I know, but we should be very clear about it. On the other hand, I know of several powerbooks where the methods below worked fine. So, the choice is yours
RegionX: http://xvi.rpc1.org/region.html
Firmware: http://superdrive.cynikal.net/
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Brian S. -- MacOSX.com Technical Support
There are 2 things you need. First, a patched firmware for your specific model of DVD drive, and second, an application called RegionX to allow you to switch regions as often as you wish. See the links below. I must stress the same warnings you'll see on those sites: Changing firmware CAN BE DANGEROUS AND COULD DAMAGE YOUR HARDWARE, and second, changing firmware PROBABLY WILL VOID ANY APPLE WARRANTY. If you do proceed to the links below and something goes wrong, only YOU will be responsible. Not the patchers of the firmware, not the author of RegionX, not maxosX.com, not me, just YOU. Sounds harsh, I know, but we should be very clear about it. On the other hand, I know of several powerbooks where the methods below worked fine. So, the choice is yours
RegionX: http://xvi.rpc1.org/region.html
Firmware: http://superdrive.cynikal.net/
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Brian S. -- MacOSX.com Technical Support
macbri - Jul 20, 2005 - 3:53 pm
Re-opening this to give you some more information. Phillippe gives a good answer to another user with the same question. I just thought I should bring it to your attention since it provdes other options than those I explained to you.
Hope this helps!
http://www.macosx.com/volunteer/qview.php?questionid=6629
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Brian S.
MacOSX.com Technical Support
brian@macosx.com
Hope this helps!
http://www.macosx.com/volunteer/qview.php?questionid=6629
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Brian S.
MacOSX.com Technical Support
brian@macosx.com
cksa - Jul 21, 2005 - 2:52 am
Dear Brian
thks for your mail
i ve tried to go to the page indicated even by copying and pasting it but it directs me only to the "Become a Mac Support Volunteer" page.
how can i access Philippe's answer ?
thks
christophe
thks for your mail
i ve tried to go to the page indicated even by copying and pasting it but it directs me only to the "Become a Mac Support Volunteer" page.
how can i access Philippe's answer ?
thks
christophe
macbri - Jul 21, 2005 - 1:25 pm
Hi Christophe -
My apologies - perhaps only techs can view other questions like that. So here's a copy of what he wrote:
==== QUOTE ====
On Jul 20, 12:32pm Philippe D. wrote:
Welcome on Macosx.com
(1) you can flash the firmware of you DVD drive to allow all regions to be played indefinitively.
But many of the Apple DVDs cannot. And it is a risky operation: if this failed, the drive is definitively out of use.
(2) You can use a ripper (for instance mac the ripper) to copy the DVD on your hard drive - and by the way freeing all the regions, removing encryptions, ...
The ripping process create a so-called VIDEO_TS folder containing the tracks of the DVD. You open this folder within Apple DVD Player or other soft like VLC to view it
(3) Moreover this video_ts folder can be put back on a DVD-R to be played in the drive or in a home dvd player
How ?
(3.1) One of the free solution.
a. Mac The Ripper will allow you to rip parts (or the enire) of DVD Movie onto your hard disk. It also help you to get rid of some protection.
b. DVDImager will create a burnable image of what macTheRipper had extracted
c. The Apple's DiskUtility (or Finder) burn utility will physically burn the DVD
However, if the rip DVDs is greater than 4.3GB, you'll be not be able to burnt it.
Note that MacTheRipper seems to fail -in certain circumstances- to get rid of of the so-called Sony ARCos protection
(3.2) the commecial solution:
PopCorn from Roxio (the creator of Toast) will extract some parts of the DVD and burn it.
If the rip parts size is gretaer than 4.3GB, Popcorn will compress the video (with a small quality downgrade) to fit the 4.3G limit size
Popcorn does not work on encrypted DVDS so that MacTheRipper will usefull too in this solution
Popcorn is around 80 $
You can see for instance www.ripdifferent.com for more details on ripping DVD
Hopes this help
Regards
Philippe
==== END QUOTE ====
Finally, both the ongoing discussions in the thread above, and another tech here at MacOSX.com, have mentioned software called VLC which apparently can play DVD from different regions. I have no experience with it mysef, but here's a link to it if you would like to pursue this option: http://www.videolan.org/.
Good luck, and I hope that we have provided you with a more complete answer to your question!
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Brian S.
MacOSX.com Technical Support
brian@macosx.com
My apologies - perhaps only techs can view other questions like that. So here's a copy of what he wrote:
==== QUOTE ====
On Jul 20, 12:32pm Philippe D. wrote:
Welcome on Macosx.com
(1) you can flash the firmware of you DVD drive to allow all regions to be played indefinitively.
But many of the Apple DVDs cannot. And it is a risky operation: if this failed, the drive is definitively out of use.
(2) You can use a ripper (for instance mac the ripper) to copy the DVD on your hard drive - and by the way freeing all the regions, removing encryptions, ...
The ripping process create a so-called VIDEO_TS folder containing the tracks of the DVD. You open this folder within Apple DVD Player or other soft like VLC to view it
(3) Moreover this video_ts folder can be put back on a DVD-R to be played in the drive or in a home dvd player
How ?
(3.1) One of the free solution.
a. Mac The Ripper will allow you to rip parts (or the enire) of DVD Movie onto your hard disk. It also help you to get rid of some protection.
b. DVDImager will create a burnable image of what macTheRipper had extracted
c. The Apple's DiskUtility (or Finder) burn utility will physically burn the DVD
However, if the rip DVDs is greater than 4.3GB, you'll be not be able to burnt it.
Note that MacTheRipper seems to fail -in certain circumstances- to get rid of of the so-called Sony ARCos protection
(3.2) the commecial solution:
PopCorn from Roxio (the creator of Toast) will extract some parts of the DVD and burn it.
If the rip parts size is gretaer than 4.3GB, Popcorn will compress the video (with a small quality downgrade) to fit the 4.3G limit size
Popcorn does not work on encrypted DVDS so that MacTheRipper will usefull too in this solution
Popcorn is around 80 $
You can see for instance www.ripdifferent.com for more details on ripping DVD
Hopes this help
Regards
Philippe
==== END QUOTE ====
Finally, both the ongoing discussions in the thread above, and another tech here at MacOSX.com, have mentioned software called VLC which apparently can play DVD from different regions. I have no experience with it mysef, but here's a link to it if you would like to pursue this option: http://www.videolan.org/.
Good luck, and I hope that we have provided you with a more complete answer to your question!
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Brian S.
MacOSX.com Technical Support
brian@macosx.com
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