Re: Dvd Player

2019-07-04 Thread John Thompson
Thanks to Ronni and Peter for their input. I havelocated the app and it now resides in the Dock and all works perfectly. Regards John > On 5 Jul 2019, at 8:59 am, Ronda Brown wrote: > > Hi John, > Copy the Path link below - then in Finder menu click on GO & scroll down to > ‘Go to Folder’

Re: Dvd Player

2019-07-04 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
> On 5 Jul 2019, at 8:36 am, John Thompson wrote: > > Thanks for that Ronni. I have been using Spotlight as you suggested but > thought I could launmch the app directly. Will attempt to locate per your > instructions and put it in the Dock. > > Regards > > John Don’t bother trying to

Re: Dvd Player

2019-07-04 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi John, Copy the Path link below - then in Finder menu click on GO & scroll down to ‘Go to Folder’ - paste the link & click Go Kind Regards, Ronni > On 5 Jul 2019, at 8:36 am, John Thompson wrote: > > Thanks for that Ronni. I have been using Spotlight as you suggested but > thought I could

Re: Dvd Player

2019-07-04 Thread John Thompson
Thanks for that Ronni. I have been using Spotlight as you suggested but thought I could launmch the app directly. Will attempt to locate per your instructions and put it in the Dock. Regards John > On 4 Jul 2019, at 9:48 am, Ronni Brown wrote: > > Sorry John for my typo error before...

Re: Dvd Player

2019-07-03 Thread Ronni Brown
Sorry John for my typo error before... Mojave 10.14! While I’m here I may as well also include. If you use DVD Player App often: Use Spotlight to easy locate it. It resides now at /System/Library/CoreServices/Applications/DVD Player.app When you find it using the path above, you can drag the

Re: Dvd Player

2019-07-03 Thread Ronni Brown
Hello John, The simplest way to open DVD Player in MacOS Mojave 10.4 is through Spotlight: Hit Command + Spacebar to bring up Spotlight (or click the little Spotlight icon in the upper right corner of the screen) and search for “DVD Player”, then hit Return / Enter to launch it. DVD Player

Re: DVD player

2017-10-30 Thread Daniel Kerr
heheh no competition,…just not often I get to a post before you,…hehe. :) (Was filling in a break while working,…hehe). Yes, I went with cheaper external DVD drives then the Apple one,…so that’s only why I knew…hehe. But I don’t use them very much either. Enjoy! Kind regards Daniel Sent from

Re: DVD player

2017-10-30 Thread Ronda Brown
Hey Daniel, I didn’t know we were having a competition... ;-)) I must admit it was a long time ago when I first purchased my ‘Apple External SuperDrive’ possibly when first released. So duly noted, that Apple DVD Player now works with newer external third party DVD drives! Cheers, Ronni 

Re: DVD player

2017-10-30 Thread Daniel Kerr
nerrr nerrr Ronni, bet you by a minute for a change,….hehe :) Oh and the Apple DVD Player will actually work with other external DVD players,…not just Apple’s one :) (I know as I’ve used it with an external LG and Samsung third party DVD drives, and Apple DVD player works fine with it,….just

Re: DVD player

2017-10-30 Thread Severin Crisp
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Re: DVD player

2017-10-30 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Severin, Apple's DVD Player application only works with an internal optical drive or ‘Apple's external SuperDrive’. You can physically remove the DVD Player but it will only install again in an update. Cheers, Ronni  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > On 28 Oct 2017, at 3:37 pm,

Re: DVD player

2017-10-30 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Severin You can turn off DVD Auto launch as follows - Open DVD Player. Go to the DVD Player menu then Preferences. Under the Player tab, where it says “When a disc is inserted” un-tick “start playing disc”. It used to be a setting you could change in System Preferences, but it’s generally

Re: DVD Player

2015-12-16 Thread Severin Crisp
Thanks Ronnie, VLC it is then Severin Sent from my iPhone > On 17 Dec 2015, at 1:59 PM, Ronni Brown wrote: > > Hi Severin, > > The Code appears to be identical to Yosemite, but I did suspected this would > possibly occur. > As I mentioned previously the 'System Integrity

Re: DVD Player

2015-12-16 Thread Severin Crisp
Almost but not quite! I have successfully modified a copy of the file but on trying to paste the"saved as" copy back over the original I get the circe with the line through symbol. Same with the ready patched file downloaded. I suspect it is an El Capitan security thing and requires

Re: DVD Player

2015-12-16 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Severin, The Code appears to be identical to Yosemite, but I did suspected this would possibly occur. As I mentioned previously the 'System Integrity protection… the added security in El Capitan. Protecting people from making errors when making any changes to system files, which could

Re: DVD Player

2015-12-15 Thread Severin Crisp
Thanks Ronni I would like to try that - I found something similar on CNET but not for El Capitan Currently swimming in Albany SS stuff! Severin Sent from my iPhone > On 15 Dec 2015, at 4:27 PM, Ronni Brown wrote: > > Hi again Severin, > > I’ve managed to locate a ‘lost’ folder

Re: DVD Player

2015-12-15 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi again Severin, I’ve managed to locate a ‘lost’ folder in my backups with the instructions how to change the DVD player option from looking at an Internal optical drive to a External optical drive - Apple Inc had encoded a check into OS X to verify whether the attached USB optical drive is

Re: DVD Player

2015-12-15 Thread Ronni Brown
Ok Severin, I’ve posted the document to your email address. Cheers, Ronni > On 15 Dec 2015, at 5:17 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: > > Thanks Ronni I would like to try that - I found something similar on CNET but > not for El Capitan > Currently swimming in Albany SS

Re: DVD Player

2015-12-15 Thread Severin Crisp
Got its many thanks Ronni > On 15 Dec 2015, at 7:30 PM, Ronni Brown wrote: > > Ok Severin, > > I’ve posted the document to your email address. > > Cheers, > Ronni > >> On 15 Dec 2015, at 5:17 PM, Severin Crisp > >

Re: DVD Player

2015-12-14 Thread Severin Crisp
Plays fine on VLC Severin > On 15 Dec 2015, at 9:08 AM, Ronni Brown wrote: > > Hi Severin, > > I’m not having any trouble playing DVD discs in OS X El Capitan 10.11.2 DVD > Player. > > Have you tired playing the DVD with VLC.app (Media Player)? > > 1. Insert the DVD - then

Re: DVD Player

2015-12-14 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Severin, I’m not having any trouble playing DVD discs in OS X El Capitan 10.11.2 DVD Player. Have you tired playing the DVD with VLC.app (Media Player)? 1. Insert the DVD - then select (click once highlight) the DVD icon when it appears on the Desktop 2. Open VLC.app (if you don’t already

Re: DVD Player

2015-12-14 Thread Ronda Brown
Yes Severin, There used to be a work around by replace the dvdplayback.framework file, (“/System/Library/Frameworks/DVDPlayback.framework/Versions/A/DVDPlayback”) -- but that doesn't work anymore as the files are not there anymore, because of System Integrity protection... The best solution

Re: DVD Player

2015-12-14 Thread Severin Crisp
A penny has just dropped - maybe? In Yosemite days I converted my iMac to a Fusion Drive (a brilliant move!) but this required removal of the DVD drive for installation of the SSD. Afterwards there was still no problem playing DVDs with DVD player on plugged in external drives. This is no

Re: DVD Player

2015-12-14 Thread Severin Crisp
This is documented with that error!! > On 15 Dec 2015, at 1:50 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: > > A penny has just dropped - maybe? > In Yosemite days I converted my iMac to a Fusion Drive (a brilliant move!) > but this required removal of the DVD drive for installation

Re: DVD player - region free?

2009-12-15 Thread Ronda Brown
On 16/12/2009, at 12:07 PM, Marlene Oostryck wrote: Hi All A request from my daughter travelling in Sweden. Is there any way to make a DVD player on her MacBook Pro region free? Thanks in advance Hi Marlene, No way legally to do this. Apple Support page states you can only change the

Re: DVD Player/Burner not recognised

2009-03-25 Thread Robert Miller-Eves
No! On 25/03/2009, at 9:25 AM, Robert Howells wrote: On 25/03/2009, at 9:16 AM, Robert Miller-Eves wrote: Dual processor 1.42 G4 machine .Has two CD/ DVD drives. Both recognised under previous 10.4 system. Since installing Leopard 10.56 -now only recognises Superdrive Any Clues? Does

Re: DVD Player/Burner not recognised

2009-03-25 Thread Robert Howells
On 26/03/2009, at 5:37 AM, Robert Miller-Eves wrote: No! So at a guess this may be a type of CD/DVD for which 10.5.6 does not provide a driver . Mactracker shows only 1 Superdrive on Original Mac , the second would therefor be an add on . You will need to open the case and establish

Re: DVD Player/Burner not recognised

2009-03-24 Thread Robert Howells
On 25/03/2009, at 9:16 AM, Robert Miller-Eves wrote: Dual processor 1.42 G4 machine .Has two CD/ DVD drives. Both recognised under previous 10.4 system. Since installing Leopard 10.56 -now only recognises Superdrive Any Clues? Does the other show up when you look at hardware under

Re: DVD Player Problem

2006-10-02 Thread Ronda Brown
On 02/10/2006, at 6:52 AM, FRANK BIUNDO wrote: Hello All I am having problems all of a sudden with DVD player on my G5 1.8 Ghz Mac. When I insert a disk of a movie (purchased from a shop) the message comes up The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer and if I ignore this

Re: DVD Player Lost?

2005-04-27 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 26/04/2005, at 4:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Am I best to Delete the above folders, use Pacifist to obtain the Application DVD Player reinstall it? Thanks for any advice. You can try this, and if it works - fine. Be prepared, though, to have to do a clean install with archive, and

Re: DVD player to view on G3 powerbook?

2003-09-03 Thread Martin Hill
It's been a while since I last used my old Lombard for outputting to a TV. To get any Mac to display on a TV (if it is a model with the option (which the Lombard is)), you need to plug the Mac into the video-out destination first and then either wake up or turn on the Mac. If it is connected

Re: DVD player to view on G3 powerbook?

2003-09-03 Thread Mark Secker
OK lets assume that this is I have a DVD player in my PowerBook and I want to play them through to my external screen device (TV all in one entertainment system etc etc) Sout = S out = S-Video out = this is a video out output that uses S-Video (mini DIN) plug Video: S-out you use the

Re: DVD player to view on G3 powerbook?

2003-09-03 Thread Martin Hill
Ha! As Rod has picked up (thanks Rod) I've just re-read your post Robert, and I now realise you actually seem to want to view DVDs played on your DVD player on your PowerBook's screen - is that correct?! If so, then as you've probably now guessed, the S-Video plug on the back of your

Re: DVD player to view on G3 powerbook?

2003-09-03 Thread ECU Account
Griffin Morgan   Ph; 336 4136 http://www.amitar.com.au/~morgan/tonepoet/ From: Mark Secker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 10:01:13 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: DVD player to view on G3 powerbook? OK lets assume