On Jan 6, 2009, at 2:30 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > My best guess is that under whatever version of OS X you're using(?) > you need to install Patchburn to get the DVD player recognized by the > Apple applications. The fact that VLC and mPlayer aren't working is > more problematic because they shouldn't require Patchburn, so perhaps > there are other issues? Does the DVD/RW model(?) have the latest > firmware for it? Look in System Profiler for "Revision:" to get the > firmware version.
Patchburn for your particular OS X, takes care of the external drive recognition. This might be more than you're willing to ingest, but I thought I'd share it just the same. In my PCI Graphics G4 Yikes!, I only had an internal CD RW, and wanted to playback DVD files from my harddrive, and as you discovered, you cannot open DVD Player unless it finds an internal DVD R or R/W ... so I went through the process of hacking the DVDPlayback file as follows (I'm looking for the original www link, but can't find it off hand). I later found it more efficient, to simply install a DVD RW, and didn't need this hack: I hacked the DVDPlayback file using CoryM's suggestions for 10.4.10, but it seems to work under 10.4.11. The first numbers needing replacement, may be offset by 1 ... (I'm not real adept at counting in Hex) ... Suggested for 10.4.10: /System/Library/Frameworks/DVDPlayback.framework/Versions/A/DVDPlayback and the changes are: Offset 674A8: 4082 0020 80A1 0040 3860 0000 7CA4 F430 to 4082 0020 38A0 0000 3860 0000 7CA4 F430 Offset 9E2C8: 4E80 0020 7C48 02A6 429F 0005 BE01 FFC0 7FE8 02A6 to 4E80 0020 3860 0000 4E80 0020 BE01 FFC0 7FE8 02A6 I used Hex Fiend: http://ridiculousfish.com/hexfiend/ as my Hex Editor (Fiendishly fast). Did have to realize the Hex address in the left column was always the 0th location, then I had to count 1, 2, 3, ..., A, B, C ... etc to the right to find numbers like 674A8 (that's about 8 over from 674A0). Changing the Permissions for the .../A folder and DVDPlayback files using Get Info was essential, as was having a backup copy of DVDPlayback (all work done on the Desktop). When it was time to replace the DVDPlayback file, I found it convenient to move the one in the A folder to the Trash, then copy the modified one into the A folder, and then returning Permissions back to the "system" for both the A folder and DVDPlayback file. A Restart made the new DVDPlayback file active, and I could then also empty the Trash. Now if I could just turn off Deinterlacing, DVD Player might be smoother ... (I'm also on a PowerPC 8500 - Sonnet G4/450 CPU, internal SCSI CDRW (only) with Xpostfacto Tiger 10.4.11, CCCed from a hacked eMac CD Tiger Installation to an external Firewire HD, compliments of a Quicksilver 2002 Dual 1GHz). Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
