Regions for DVDs
I'm sure this is an old topic but I've been getting DVDs (perfectly legitimate and full price) from UK and find I can't play them here without changing the region, Apparently I can only do this a few times before the change freezes. Is there any way I can make DVDs region free, or stop the DVD player doing this? G-5 Mac (Intel) - DVD MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J: Thanks, Dick Anderson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Regions for DVDs
On 18/8/08 4:22 PM, Richard Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure this is an old topic but I've been getting DVDs (perfectly legitimate and full price) from UK and find I can't play them here without changing the region, Apparently I can only do this a few times before the change freezes. Is there any way I can make DVDs region free, or stop the DVD player doing this? G-5 Mac (Intel) - DVD MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J: Thanks, Dick Anderson Hi Dick There isn't an easy way to do it, and sometimes you can't. All of them (if it works) require flashing the DVD drive and run the risk of ruining it, so if you do do it, bear in mind it can go wrong and all done at your own risk. There is a lot of information on google:- http://www.google.com/search?client=safarirls=en-usq=dvd+region+free+Maci ntoshie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8 (You may be able to refine your search with using your DVD model number.) http://forums.macnn.com/58/imac-emac-and-mac-mini/347223/my-matshitadvd-r-u j-85j-became/ Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Regions for DVDs
Hi Dick, Get a copy of MactheRipper from http://www.mactheripper.org/ Or Version Tracker http://www.versiontracker.com/ It is easy to use, free and takes off the region code. I also think VLC will play your DVDs for you. Get it free from Version Tracker also. I'm sure this is an old topic but I've been getting DVDs (perfectly legitimate and full price) from UK and find I can't play them here without changing the region, Apparently I can only do this a few times before the change freezes. Is there any way I can make DVDs region free, or stop the DVD player doing this? G-5 Mac (Intel) - DVD MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J: Thanks, Dick Anderson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Lloyd White 22 Challenger Parade City Beach Western Australia 6015 Ph: and Fax: +61893858174 (08) 9385 8174 Skype: lloyd_white Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Write a Winning Job Application 4th Edition 2007. http://lloydwhite.iinet.net.au/ It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about. - Dale Carnegie(1888-1955) American Educator -- -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Regions for DVDs
Hi, just a note - has anyone ever had any success with Mactheripper under Mac OSX? I've never successfully used MTR, whereas Handbrake works quite well - for getting (legitimately purchased) Region 4 DVDs onto an iPod. Cheers, Toby. On 18/8/08 4:38 PM, Lloyd White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Dick, Get a copy of MactheRipper from http://www.mactheripper.org/ Or Version Tracker http://www.versiontracker.com/ It is easy to use, free and takes off the region code. I also think VLC will play your DVDs for you. Get it free from Version Tracker also. I'm sure this is an old topic but I've been getting DVDs (perfectly legitimate and full price) from UK and find I can't play them here without changing the region, Apparently I can only do this a few times before the change freezes. Is there any way I can make DVDs region free, or stop the DVD player doing this? G-5 Mac (Intel) - DVD MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J: Thanks, Dick Anderson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Lloyd White 22 Challenger Parade City Beach Western Australia 6015 Ph: and Fax: +61893858174 (08) 9385 8174 Skype: lloyd_white Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Write a Winning Job Application 4th Edition 2007. http://lloydwhite.iinet.net.au/ It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about. - Dale Carnegie(1888-1955) American Educator -- -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2001 iMac problem
Hello WAMUGgers We are having issues with an iMac upgrade where there may be a corrupted hard drive. 2001 Snow G3 iMac, 20gb drive 500GHz Was running 10.2.5 but not seeing some external drives. Not had permissions repaired for years. No DiskWarrior or any system maintenance for years. Needs to be upgraded for new internet connections Tried to update to 10.3 via archive and install, installation failed at verification stage a few times. Noticed that firmware was at 4.1.7 and recommended is 4.1.9. Ran update but OS9 said OS 10 cannot be updated from there. Firmware still at 4.1.7. Disk utilites failed to repair disk and fully repair permissions. DiskWarrior 3.0.3 failed to create graph and could not repair disk. Problem seems to be some old obsolete Lexmark files. The Lexmark printer had severe problems some years ago and was ditched. After zapping the PRAM a few times the problem persisted. Then deleted some OS 9 classic files (wrong). Now the machine no longer boots up from CD of any kind, though holding the mouse button ejects CD's OK. Holding C, X, or shift key makes no difference. Won't see OS 8.6, 9.1, 10, or DiskWarrior CD. Just comes up with gray apple (OS 10 on the internal drive I suspect). Then freezes. Using programmers button brings up terminal, but I do not know what to do in terminal. Zapping PRAM again no good. Machine too old to boot up using T key. If anyone has any suggestions, we would appreciate your help please. Regards Greg Manzie 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Regions for DVDs
Hi Richard, As far as the production companies are concerned, the purchaser of the DVD has only paid for the privilege of home-viewing in the UK -- not in any other country or context. So, it's probably unlawful to circumvent this (international copyright licensing). Still, this is pretty unfair on you if you take an Aus laptop over to the UK and try to view your own discs! Perhaps someone can help you get around that problem. James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 2001 iMac problem
Robert, thank you so much. The option key worked and after a bit of juggling I have managed to get the 10.3 install CD to work. Now I will try a clean install and let you all know how I get on (will be tomorrow now). I already asked about the battery and my friend is going to purchase a new one. It's so old it's bound to be exhausted. Regards Greg Manzie On 18/08/2008, at 5:07 PM, Manzie Greg wrote: Hello WAMUGgers We are having issues with an iMac upgrade where there may be a corrupted hard drive. 2001 Snow G3 iMac, 20gb drive 500GHz Was running 10.2.5 but not seeing some external drives. Not had permissions repaired for years. No DiskWarrior or any system maintenance for years. Needs to be upgraded for new internet connections Tried to update to 10.3 via archive and install, installation failed at verification stage a few times. Noticed that firmware was at 4.1.7 and recommended is 4.1.9. Ran update but OS9 said OS 10 cannot be updated from there. Firmware still at 4.1.7. Disk utilites failed to repair disk and fully repair permissions. DiskWarrior 3.0.3 failed to create graph and could not repair disk. Problem seems to be some old obsolete Lexmark files. The Lexmark printer had severe problems some years ago and was ditched. After zapping the PRAM a few times the problem persisted. Then deleted some OS 9 classic files (wrong). Now the machine no longer boots up from CD of any kind, though holding the mouse button ejects CD's OK. Holding C, X, or shift key makes no difference. Won't see OS 8.6, 9.1, 10, or DiskWarrior CD. Just comes up with gray apple (OS 10 on the internal drive I suspect). Then freezes. Using programmers button brings up terminal, but I do not know what to do in terminal. Zapping PRAM again no good. Machine too old to boot up using T key. If anyone has any suggestions, we would appreciate your help please. It might help the whole picture if your internal battery was renewed ... you don't say anything about it Is it good or is it old and bad ? There is one other choice you did not mention . hold down option key immediately after power on . If you manage to keep a CD in the works while you power up it may be shown as a choice to boot from . Resetting firmware may be a possibility but I need to research that for your model Bob And here is the research hope you have not got the bad bit ! Open Firmware reset.pdf iMac Firmware Problems.txt Regards Greg Manzie 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
gmail accounts not working in GMUG and WAMUG mailing lists?
Dear WAMUGgers We are having problems with the GMUG mailing list and gmail accounts. gmail users can send but not receive the list mail. Apparently it sends a message that the dns cannot be found. Can anyone help please? We don't know how to fix it. Matt Healey set it up originally. Is he still active with WAMUG? If not who is now responsible for mailing list maintenance? As you might know our mailing list is hosted by the WAMUG server. I believe this is happening with the WAMUG list too. Many thanks Reg (and Kyle who does our website and maintains our list) Reg Whitely Deputy Principal Beachlands Primary School 50 Whitfield St Geraldton, Western Australia, 6530 Ph: 08 99211793 AEE 2002-2003 Apple Educator of Excellence [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mob: 0488997313 Home: 08 99217272 Web: http://web.mac.com/whitelyr/ GMUG Ambassador Geraldton Macintosh User Group http://www.gmug.org.au/ 'The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher regard those who think alike than those who think differently.' Friedrich Nietzsche Microsoft Plug and Play? More like Plug and Pay, then Pray. Peter Bull -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
help re cosmo bots
Hi Everyone quite some time ago I and a friend downloaded a game called Cosmo Bots and he's always been meaning to buy a code to open the higher levels but never got arouund to it. I went to buy it for him the other day only to find that although there are still sites where you can download it I can't find who owns it now. If I click the buy now button it takes me to Cornerstone Games, click the buy now on there and it says Blitwise now looking after their own games. Click the link and go to Blitwise and it isn't listed so email them and get reply stating the company that developed cosmo bots was purchased by popcap and email to popcap comes back saying it is not a popcap product and they have no information available for this game. HELP! Does anyone know where I can buy it or have a code for it? Yvonne -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Regions for DVDs
Ob Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. If you are really worried, you should consult one. The Digital Agenda Copyright Act Amendments, and the AUSFTA amendments to our copyright law only prohibit circumventing effective Technical Protection Measures (TPM) for the purposes of copying the material. Courts have held in Australia (in particular in Stevens v Sony) that mere region control protection measures may be circumvented for permitted uses. Silly Sony choosing to sue the only guy who sold modchips that ONLY ignored region coding, not copy protection, but moving on.. The Australian House of Reps Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs has produced an interesting paper on the topic, linked from http://www.aph.gov.au/House/committee/laca/protection/ ( http://www.aph.gov.au/House/committee/laca/protection/report/chapter2.pdf ), which says, from 2.135: It is also relevant to note here that in a side letter to the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, dated 6 May 2003, the parties agreed to the following: Nothing in this agreement shall require Singapore to restrict the importation or domestic sale of a device that does not render effective a technological measure whose sole purpose is to control market segmentation for legitimate copies of motion pictures, and is not otherwise a violation of law. And as summary, from S2.137 : For this Committee at least, the arguments that region coding TPMs are an essential tool in preventing piracy, [...] are not at all persuasive. So the fact that the Australian House of Reps Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs thinks outlawing multi-region DVD players is a stupid idea helps me sleep better at night with my house full of region-free Macs and DVD players. Regards, Alex. -Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List on behalf of James Devenish Sent: Mon 8/18/2008 5:47 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Regions for DVDs Hi Richard, As far as the production companies are concerned, the purchaser of the DVD has only paid for the privilege of home-viewing in the UK -- not in any other country or context. So, it's probably unlawful to circumvent this (international copyright licensing). Still, this is pretty unfair on you if you take an Aus laptop over to the UK and try to view your own discs! Perhaps someone can help you get around that problem. James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subiaco's web page been Hacked
Hi all A bit off the Mac topic .subiaco oval web page has been Hacked,by a Turkish hacker. http://www.subiacooval.com.au/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Widescreen TV
Sorry folks ... not really Mac related . but still electronic (could involve an Apple TV I guess ???) I have a Sony WEGA Widescreen CRT TV for sale. 66cm only about 4 years old. All you need is a Set Top Box and you have digital TV. Great condition with perfect picture going for $100. I just moved on to an LCD Integrated. Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Widescreen TV
Sold ... I need a second TV Where and when Steve cheers Peter On 18/08/2008, at 10:11 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Sorry folks ... not really Mac related . but still electronic (could involve an Apple TV I guess ???) I have a Sony WEGA Widescreen CRT TV for sale. 66cm only about 4 years old. All you need is a Set Top Box and you have digital TV. Great condition with perfect picture going for $100. I just moved on to an LCD Integrated. Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
