The fact that you are using 10.4.11 indicates that you have used the apple updater to completely update your computer. Am I correct? If not Update.
On Jan 6, 11:01 am, insightinmind <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
