RE: making dvd player in the newest incarnation of the mackbook pro region free

2010-05-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
yeah a product called aany dvd "anydvd". It allows you to change the region when you need to. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of DJ Nezumi Sent: Friday, 7 May 2010 12:16 p.m. To: MacVisionaries Subject: making dvd

RE: making dvd player in the newest incarnation of the mackbook pro region free

2010-05-08 Thread Bryan Smart
Very cool. Didn't know this. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of marie Howarth Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 1:12 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: making dvd player in the newest incarnati

Re: making dvd player in the newest incarnation of the mackbook pro region free

2010-05-07 Thread marie Howarth
This is very possible. I've done it for ages. Download VLC, it's free and open source, pretty usable too. then go to system prefs and where it says CdS/DVDs open that and next to when you insert a video dvd in the pop up hit ignore. Now open VLC to play your DVDs. still legal and you won't use u

Re: making dvd player in the newest incarnation of the mackbook pro region free

2010-05-07 Thread Chris Blouch
You'll have to rip the DVD first and then use something like DVDBackup 1.3 which will remove region encoding, macrovision and encryption. The program is very old but still launches and the UI appeared to be accessible. Give it a try. I had to google around a bit to find a download link. Here wa

Re: making dvd player in the newest incarnation of the mackbook pro region free

2010-05-06 Thread Darcy Burnard
Hi. I have no first hand experience with this, but I've heard that vlc ignores region coding on DVDs. I heard that a long time ago, so it may not still be the case. Worth a try though. Darcy On 2010-05-06, at 8:15 PM, DJ Nezumi wrote: > hi all > i was wondering does anyone have any advice on

RE: making dvd player in the newest incarnation of the mackbook pro region free

2010-05-06 Thread Bryan Smart
Sorry, but that isn't possible, by design. You're supposed to be locked to one region. That's so, for example, that Japanese publishers can overcharge people in the U. S. for imported DVDs, and so that Hollywood can make Europeans wait months after a U. S. release before they can buy a playable