Jacob, Mac the Ripper can strip the region codes from a DVD
though. So would you not be able to rip / reburn the material to a
blank DVD and then play it?…
Now, mind you, I'm not suggesting this, but I am wondering if this
is correct?…
Smiles,
Cara :)
On Dec 15, 2008, at 1:34 AM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
DVDs are region protected, as well as having a pal video signal
instead of an NTSC signal (this was the issue with VHS regions).
Unless you have a region-free player, DVDs you purchased from the UK
will not play in a US DVD player or drive. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_codes
for more detail.
There is currently no way to make any of the DVD drives in Intel
Macs be region-free, as they have a hardware region protection, and
it is not possible to flash their firmware to remove it. You can
change this region up to five times, but then it will be locked
forever. You will either need an external, region-free DVD drive or
to replace the internal drive with one that can be made region-free.
As the RPC is completely in the firmware of the drive, rather than
in the PC software, even programs such as VLC or MacTheRipper cannot
get around it as they usually can.
On Dec 15, 2008, at 04:27, Simon Cavendish wrote:
Dear Max,
No, I'm afraid I did not search the American site. Give it a go
though. As forp urchasing, you should be able to buy from the
British site but I'm not sure about extra costs. I'm not familiar
with various dvd systems either. I know there was a difference
between American and British system in VCR but I have no idea about
dvd's. Sorry can't be more helpful.
Best wishes
Simon
On 15 Dec 2008, at 07:33, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote:
Hi Simon; Did you happen to do a similar search for the u s
version of amazon? Any idea if they would let us yanks buy from
there, and would we be able to play them here if we did? Thanks
for the work, Max
On Dec 15, 2008, at 12:33 AM, Simon Cavendish wrote:
In case people do not know, on amazon.co.uk website, under the
dvd section, there is a separate section listing all the avilable
dvd's with audio description - over 300 of them.
I found it difficult to locate that section so I executed a
search where in the search box I put "audio description dvd", and
I was taken to those pages. I hate buying on amazon - the site
being so big and cluttered - but I congratulate them on creating
a special section of audio described dvd's.
With best wishes to all, Simon
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