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Region-crackable DVD

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  • #2
    babypink
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭babypink


    that would be me.

    make it clear in the original posting..........and it wasn't obvious, not at all.


  • #3
    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    Surely fairly obvious when I'm a regular poster in the Mac section and I post it there! Not rocket science.


  • #4
    babypink
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭babypink


    NEC drives are excellent for this purpose


  • #5
    Chardee MacDennis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,225 ✭✭✭Chardee MacDennis


    i just tested the xbox hd-dvd drive thats selling for a tenner if you can find it, it plays my region 1 dvds now that my dvd is stuck to region 2.


  • #6
    Gerard_Smith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Gerard_Smith


    This is probably pathetically obvious and I apologise if it is but VLC lets you play DVDs from any region. No messing about with new disc drives or complex hacks.


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  • #7
    Chardee MacDennis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,225 ✭✭✭Chardee MacDennis


    yeh but it dvd player ejects the dvd when the region is wrong, is there a way to stop that?


  • #8
    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    Exactly - the VLC thing doesn't work; I have DVDs set to 'ignore' if a DVD is loaded, but the Macbook still changes the region reflexively.

    Thanks, Babypink; I'll take a look for an NEC external DVD-R.


  • #9
    Chardee MacDennis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,225 ✭✭✭Chardee MacDennis


    Call_me_al wrote: »
    i just tested the xbox hd-dvd drive thats selling for a tenner if you can find it, it plays my region 1 dvds now that my dvd is stuck to region 2.

    i should say it was plugged into my macbook via usb lol!!! i'm not just randomly saying my xbox plays em!!:pac::pac:


  • #10
    Gerard_Smith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Gerard_Smith


    luckat wrote: »
    Exactly - the VLC thing doesn't work; I have DVDs set to 'ignore' if a DVD is loaded, but the Macbook still changes the region reflexively.

    Thanks, Babypink; I'll take a look for an NEC external DVD-R.

    Thats really odd it works perfectly on both my iMacs.


  • #11
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,816 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    Christ, forgot about the 360 HD-DVD.

    Anyone still see them for sale? Might pick one up for the laugh!


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  • #12
    sedohre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 669 ✭✭✭sedohre


    Hi, slightly OT, but can you use the 360 hd-dvd drive without plugging it into an xbox console? Can it be plugged direct to a mac/pc, and does it stick to a region after 5 plays of dvd's?


  • #13
    kevteljeur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,287 ✭✭✭kevteljeur


    Gerard_Smith wrote: »
    This is probably pathetically obvious and I apologise if it is but VLC lets you play DVDs from any region. No messing about with new disc drives or complex hacks.

    There is a documented method of playing DVDs which bypasses the region tester, but I just couldn't get it to work, myself. Not that I have much use for physical DVDs anymore, but I wouldn't mind avoiding a commitment to a specific region...


  • #14
    sedohre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 669 ✭✭✭sedohre


    Hey kevteljeur, could you put a link to the documented method your talking about or tell us more about this?


  • #15
    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    Gerard, maybe your Macs are already region-freed? Or maybe they have an older drive?


  • #16
    Chardee MacDennis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,225 ✭✭✭Chardee MacDennis


    luckat wrote: »
    Gerard, maybe your Macs are already region-freed? Or maybe they have an older drive?

    well it used to happen with my powerbook too so i dont think it is a case of an older drive.


  • #17
    Gadgie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭Gadgie


    Gerard_Smith wrote: »
    Thats really odd it works perfectly on both my iMacs.

    Also works fine on my Mac Mini (bought new in late 2007).


  • #18
    kevteljeur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,287 ✭✭✭kevteljeur


    sedohre wrote: »
    Hey kevteljeur, could you put a link to the documented method your talking about or tell us more about this?

    Have a look at this:
    http://creativebits.org/toolbox/how_to_play_different_region_dvds_on_your_mac

    Which could do with some refinement apparently:
    http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2007091707155374


    Thankfully VLC is a lot more stable than it used to be...


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