Re: Dvd Player

[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’ - paste the link & click Go
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Ronni
> 
>> On 5 Jul 2019, at 8:36 am, John Thompson > <mailto:jetj...@optusnet.com.au>> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 4 Jul 2019, at 9:48 am, Ronni Brown >> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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 icon of the app 
>>> into your Dock (left hand side) so you don't have to go hunting for it each 
>>> time.
>>> 
>>> Kind Regards,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>>  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 4 Jul 2019, at 9:04 am, Ronni Brown >> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 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 will launch and you’re ready to use it to watch and play DVD 
>>>> video from a disc as usual.
>>>> 
>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>> Ronni
>>>> 
>>>>  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 4 Jul 2019, at 8:55 am, John Thompson >>> <mailto:jetj...@optusnet.com.au>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> macxOS 10.14.5 Mojave.
>>>>> Mac mini (late 2014)
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have just recently found that the DvdPlayer app is no longer supported 
>>>>> in this OS.  Is there a replacement or upgrade available.  Have done a 
>>>>> quick look at App Store but unsure what would be suitable.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Some advice would be much appreciated.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> 
>>>>> John Thompson
>>>>> 
>>>>> 861
>>>>> 
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> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
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Re: Dvd Player

[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 locate it John. Launch it with Spotlight as recommended, 
then once it has launched, right- (control-) click its icon in the dock. Choose 
Options from the popup menu followed by “Keep in dock”. Much easier.

Kind regards,

Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
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Re: Dvd Player

[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 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 > <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> 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 icon of the app into 
>> your Dock (left hand side) so you don't have to go hunting for it each time.
>> 
>> Kind Regards,
>> Ronni
>> 
>>  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 
>> 
>> 
>> On 4 Jul 2019, at 9:04 am, Ronni Brown > <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>> 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 will launch and you’re ready to use it to watch and play DVD 
>>> video from a disc as usual.
>>> 
>>> Kind Regards,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>>  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 4 Jul 2019, at 8:55 am, John Thompson >> <mailto:jetj...@optusnet.com.au>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> macxOS 10.14.5 Mojave.
>>>> Mac mini (late 2014)
>>>> 
>>>> I have just recently found that the DvdPlayer app is no longer supported 
>>>> in this OS.  Is there a replacement or upgrade available.  Have done a 
>>>> quick look at App Store but unsure what would be suitable.
>>>> 
>>>> Some advice would be much appreciated.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards
>>>> 
>>>> John Thompson
>>>> 
>>>> 861
>>>> 
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Cheers,
Ronni

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Re: Dvd Player

[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... 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 icon of the app into 
> your Dock (left hand side) so you don't have to go hunting for it each time.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Ronni
> 
>  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 
> 
> 
> On 4 Jul 2019, at 9:04 am, Ronni Brown mailto:ro...@mac.com>> 
> wrote:
> 
>> 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 will launch and you’re ready to use it to watch and play DVD 
>> video from a disc as usual.
>> 
>> Kind Regards,
>> Ronni
>> 
>>  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 
>> 
>> 
>> On 4 Jul 2019, at 8:55 am, John Thompson > <mailto:jetj...@optusnet.com.au>> wrote:
>> 
>>> macxOS 10.14.5 Mojave.
>>> Mac mini (late 2014)
>>> 
>>> I have just recently found that the DvdPlayer app is no longer supported in 
>>> this OS.  Is there a replacement or upgrade available.  Have done a quick 
>>> look at App Store but unsure what would be suitable.
>>> 
>>> Some advice would be much appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>> John Thompson
>>> 
>>> 861
>>> 
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Re: Dvd Player

[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 icon of the app into 
your Dock (left hand side) so you don't have to go hunting for it each time.

Kind Regards,
Ronni

 Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 


> On 4 Jul 2019, at 9:04 am, Ronni Brown  wrote:
> 
> 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 will launch and you’re ready to use it to watch and play DVD video 
> from a disc as usual.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Ronni
> 
>  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 
> 
> 
>> On 4 Jul 2019, at 8:55 am, John Thompson  wrote:
>> 
>> macxOS 10.14.5 Mojave.
>> Mac mini (late 2014)
>> 
>> I have just recently found that the DvdPlayer app is no longer supported in 
>> this OS.  Is there a replacement or upgrade available.  Have done a quick 
>> look at App Store but unsure what would be suitable.
>> 
>> Some advice would be much appreciated.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> John Thompson
>> 
>> 861
>> 
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Re: Dvd Player

[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 will launch and you’re ready to use it to watch and play DVD video 
from a disc as usual.

Kind Regards,
Ronni

 Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 


> On 4 Jul 2019, at 8:55 am, John Thompson  wrote:
> 
> macxOS 10.14.5 Mojave.
> Mac mini (late 2014)
> 
> I have just recently found that the DvdPlayer app is no longer supported in 
> this OS.  Is there a replacement or upgrade available.  Have done a quick 
> look at App Store but unsure what would be suitable.
> 
> Some advice would be much appreciated.
> 
> Regards
> 
> John Thompson
> 
> 861
> 
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Dvd Player

[John Thompson]

macxOS 10.14.5 Mojave.
Mac mini (late 2014)

I have just recently found that the DvdPlayer app is no longer supported in 
this OS.  Is there a replacement or upgrade available.  Have done a quick look 
at App Store but unsure what would be suitable.

Some advice would be much appreciated.

Regards

John Thompson

861


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Re: DVD player

[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!

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Daniel

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> On 30 Oct 2017, at 5:55 pm, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
> 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
>  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 
> 
> 
>> On 30 Oct 2017, at 5:31 pm, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
>> 
>> 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 for your records,…hehe) :))
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> Daniel
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone 7
>> 
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>> 
>>> On 30 Oct 2017, at 5:17 pm, Ronda Brown  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 28 Oct 2017, at 3:37 pm, Severin Crisp  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> When I changed my iMac to Fusion Drive the SSD took the place of the built 
>>>> in optical drive.  It is replaced by an external optical drive.   On 
>>>> inserting a DVD i get the expected error message for the Apple DVD player. 
>>>>  I would like to physically remove the DVD player and its preferences but 
>>>> of course it is locked in as part of the OS.   How can I do this?  
>>>> looking ahead to future system upgrades can I stop a reinstallation of the 
>>>> DVD drive?  
>>>> Severin Crisp
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys
>>>> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia
>>>> ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>>>>  mail to: sevcr...@westnet.com.au
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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Re: DVD player

[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
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> On 30 Oct 2017, at 5:31 pm, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
> 
> 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 for your records,…hehe) :))
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel
> 
> Sent from my iPhone 7
> 
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> 
>> On 30 Oct 2017, at 5:17 pm, Ronda Brown  wrote:
>> 
>> 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, Severin Crisp  wrote:
>>> 
>>> When I changed my iMac to Fusion Drive the SSD took the place of the built 
>>> in optical drive.  It is replaced by an external optical drive.   On 
>>> inserting a DVD i get the expected error message for the Apple DVD player.  
>>> I would like to physically remove the DVD player and its preferences but of 
>>> course it is locked in as part of the OS.   How can I do this?  
>>> looking ahead to future system upgrades can I stop a reinstallation of the 
>>> DVD drive?  
>>> Severin Crisp
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys
>>> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia
>>>  ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>>>   mail to: sevcr...@westnet.com.au
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: DVD player

[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 for your records,…hehe) :))

Kind regards
Daniel

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> On 30 Oct 2017, at 5:17 pm, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
> 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, Severin Crisp  wrote:
> 
>> When I changed my iMac to Fusion Drive the SSD took the place of the built 
>> in optical drive.  It is replaced by an external optical drive.   On 
>> inserting a DVD i get the expected error message for the Apple DVD player.  
>> I would like to physically remove the DVD player and its preferences but of 
>> course it is locked in as part of the OS.   How can I do this?  
>> looking ahead to future system upgrades can I stop a reinstallation of the 
>> DVD drive?  
>> Severin Crisp
>> 
>> 
>>  Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys
>> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia
>>   ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>>mail to: sevcr...@westnet.com.au
>> 
>> 
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Re: DVD player

[Severin Crisp]

Many thanks Daniel and Ronni
Severin


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> On 30 Oct 2017, at 17:17, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
> 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, Severin Crisp  <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> wrote:
> 
>> When I changed my iMac to Fusion Drive the SSD took the place of the built 
>> in optical drive.  It is replaced by an external optical drive.   On 
>> inserting a DVD i get the expected error message for the Apple DVD player.  
>> I would like to physically remove the DVD player and its preferences but of 
>> course it is locked in as part of the OS.   How can I do this?  
>> looking ahead to future system upgrades can I stop a reinstallation of the 
>> DVD drive?  
>> Severin Crisp
>> 
>> 
>>  Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys
>> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia
>>   ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>>mail to: sevcr...@westnet.com.au 
>> <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: DVD player

[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, Severin Crisp  wrote:
> 
> When I changed my iMac to Fusion Drive the SSD took the place of the built in 
> optical drive.  It is replaced by an external optical drive.   On inserting a 
> DVD i get the expected error message for the Apple DVD player.  I would like 
> to physically remove the DVD player and its preferences but of course it is 
> locked in as part of the OS.   How can I do this?  
> looking ahead to future system upgrades can I stop a reinstallation of the 
> DVD drive?  
> Severin Crisp
> 
> 
>  Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys
> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia
>   ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>mail to: sevcr...@westnet.com.au
> 
> 
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Re: DVD player

[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 removed on my systems with no DVD player.

But that should stop it for you.

Try that and see how you go.

Kind regards
Daniel

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> On 28 Oct 2017, at 3:37 pm, Severin Crisp  wrote:
> 
> When I changed my iMac to Fusion Drive the SSD took the place of the built in 
> optical drive.  It is replaced by an external optical drive.   On inserting a 
> DVD i get the expected error message for the Apple DVD player.  I would like 
> to physically remove the DVD player and its preferences but of course it is 
> locked in as part of the OS.   How can I do this?  
> looking ahead to future system upgrades can I stop a reinstallation of the 
> DVD drive?  
> Severin Crisp
> 
> 
>  Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys
> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia
>   ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>mail to: sevcr...@westnet.com.au
> 
> 
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DVD player

[Severin Crisp]

When I changed my iMac to Fusion Drive the SSD took the place of the built in 
optical drive.  It is replaced by an external optical drive.   On inserting a 
DVD i get the expected error message for the Apple DVD player.  I would like to 
physically remove the DVD player and its preferences but of course it is locked 
in as part of the OS.   How can I do this?  
looking ahead to future system upgrades can I stop a reinstallation of the DVD 
drive?  
Severin Crisp


 Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys
15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia
  ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
   mail to: sevcr...@westnet.com.au




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Re: DVD Player

[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 protection… the added 
> security in El Capitan. 
> Protecting people from making errors when making any changes to system files, 
> which could damage the OS.
> 
> So you would either require to the Apple USB SuperDrive (like I have for my 
> MBA) which DVD Player recognises and it works very well. Not that I’ve used 
> it much at all as I tend to use my MBP for any DVD work.
> Cheers,
> 
> Ronni
> 
>> On 17 Dec 2015, at 1:10 PM, Severin Crisp  wrote:
>> 
>> 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 Terminal commands to achieve 
>> what I want to  do.  The documentation you sent was good up to Yosemite but 
>> no statement beyond that.  
>> Severin
>> 
>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 10:41 PM, Severin Crisp  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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  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 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 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 in fact an Apple USB SuperDrive. If not, ‘tell the user that 
>>>>>> DVD Player will not play nice’ which translated in OS X speak is - “A 
>>>>>> valid DVD drive could not be found [-70012]”.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  "How to Get An External Optical Drive Working With DVD Player 
>>>>>> Application”.
>>>>>> As I already had an Apple USB SuperDrive before purchasing my MacBook 
>>>>>> Air, I did not need to use the instructions how to modify the 
>>>>>> DVDPlayback framework.
>>>>>> If you do want to give it a try to modify the DVDPlayback framework so 
>>>>>> DVD Player 'will/might' recognise your external DVD player.
>>>>>> I can email you the documentation off-list. 
>>>>>> Just make sure before you do any modification, you backup(copy) your 
>>>>>> existing DVDPlayback framework file according to the instructions in the 
>>>>>> documentation.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> In the Update 25 July 2015  - you can download an already modified 
>>>>>> version of the DVDPlayback framework file.
>>>>>> which already has Replaced all the words “internal” with “external” 
>>>>>> within the Hexadecimal language DVDPlayback framework file.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If you find it doesn’t work for your external DVD player, just replace 
>>>>>> the modified file by placing the unmodified file you ‘previously Saved’ 
>>>>>> onto the same location and let it overwrite the modified file. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Ronni 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 2:19 PM, Ronda Brown  wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Yes Severin,
>>>>>>> There used to be a work around by replace the dvdplayback.framework 
>>>>>>> file, 
>>>>>>> (“/System/Library/Frameworks/DV

Re: DVD Player

[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 damage the OS.

So you would either require to the Apple USB SuperDrive 
<http://www.apple.com/au/shop/product/MD564ZM/A/apple-usb-superdrive> (like I 
have for my MBA) which DVD Player recognises and it works very well. Not that 
I’ve used it much at all as I tend to use my MBP for any DVD work.
Cheers,

Ronni

> On 17 Dec 2015, at 1:10 PM, Severin Crisp  wrote:
> 
> 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 Terminal commands to achieve 
> what I want to  do.  The documentation you sent was good up to Yosemite but 
> no statement beyond that.  
> Severin
> 
>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 10:41 PM, Severin Crisp > <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> wrote:
>> 
>> Got its many thanks Ronni
>> 
>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 7:30 PM, Ronni Brown >> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ok Severin,
>>> 
>>> I’ve posted the document to your email address.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 5:17 PM, Severin Crisp >>> <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> 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 stuff!
>>>> Severin
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 4:27 PM, Ronni Brown >>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 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 in fact an Apple USB SuperDrive. If not, ‘tell the user that DVD 
>>>>> Player will not play nice’ which translated in OS X speak is - “A valid 
>>>>> DVD drive could not be found [-70012]”.
>>>>> 
>>>>>  "How to Get An External Optical Drive Working With DVD Player 
>>>>> Application”.
>>>>> As I already had an Apple USB SuperDrive before purchasing my MacBook 
>>>>> Air, I did not need to use the instructions how to modify the DVDPlayback 
>>>>> framework.
>>>>> If you do want to give it a try to modify the DVDPlayback framework so 
>>>>> DVD Player 'will/might' recognise your external DVD player.
>>>>> I can email you the documentation off-list. 
>>>>> Just make sure before you do any modification, you backup(copy) your 
>>>>> existing DVDPlayback framework file according to the instructions in the 
>>>>> documentation.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In the Update 25 July 2015  - you can download an already modified 
>>>>> version of the DVDPlayback framework file.
>>>>> which already has Replaced all the words “internal” with “external” 
>>>>> within the Hexadecimal language DVDPlayback framework file.
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you find it doesn’t work for your external DVD player, just replace 
>>>>> the modified file by placing the unmodified file you ‘previously Saved’ 
>>>>> onto the same location and let it overwrite the modified file. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Ronni 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 2:19 PM, Ronda Brown >>>>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 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 pr

Re: DVD Player

[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 Terminal commands to achieve what I want to 
 do.  The documentation you sent was good up to Yosemite but no statement 
beyond that.  
Severin

> On 15 Dec 2015, at 10:41 PM, Severin Crisp  wrote:
> 
> Got its many thanks Ronni
> 
>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 7:30 PM, Ronni Brown > <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Ok Severin,
>> 
>> I’ve posted the document to your email address.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 5:17 PM, Severin Crisp >> <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> 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 stuff!
>>> Severin
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 4:27 PM, Ronni Brown >> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 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 in fact an Apple USB 
>>>> SuperDrive. If not, ‘tell the user that DVD Player will not play nice’ 
>>>> which translated in OS X speak is - “A valid DVD drive could not be found 
>>>> [-70012]”.
>>>> 
>>>>  "How to Get An External Optical Drive Working With DVD Player 
>>>> Application”.
>>>> As I already had an Apple USB SuperDrive before purchasing my MacBook Air, 
>>>> I did not need to use the instructions how to modify the DVDPlayback 
>>>> framework.
>>>> If you do want to give it a try to modify the DVDPlayback framework so DVD 
>>>> Player 'will/might' recognise your external DVD player.
>>>> I can email you the documentation off-list. 
>>>> Just make sure before you do any modification, you backup(copy) your 
>>>> existing DVDPlayback framework file according to the instructions in the 
>>>> documentation.
>>>> 
>>>> In the Update 25 July 2015  - you can download an already modified version 
>>>> of the DVDPlayback framework file.
>>>> which already has Replaced all the words “internal” with “external” within 
>>>> the Hexadecimal language DVDPlayback framework file.
>>>> 
>>>> If you find it doesn’t work for your external DVD player, just replace the 
>>>> modified file by placing the unmodified file you ‘previously Saved’ onto 
>>>> the same location and let it overwrite the modified file. 
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Ronni 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 2:19 PM, Ronda Brown >>>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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 seems to be - use VLC as I mentioned previously.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Ronni
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 1:53 PM, Severin Crisp >>>> <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> This is documented with that error!!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 1:50 PM, Severin Crisp >>>>>> <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> 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 of 
>>>>>>> the SSD.  Afterwards there was still no problem playi

Re: DVD Player

[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 > <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> 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 stuff!
>> Severin
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 4:27 PM, Ronni Brown > <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>> 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 in fact an Apple USB 
>>> SuperDrive. If not, ‘tell the user that DVD Player will not play nice’ 
>>> which translated in OS X speak is - “A valid DVD drive could not be found 
>>> [-70012]”.
>>> 
>>>  "How to Get An External Optical Drive Working With DVD Player Application”.
>>> As I already had an Apple USB SuperDrive before purchasing my MacBook Air, 
>>> I did not need to use the instructions how to modify the DVDPlayback 
>>> framework.
>>> If you do want to give it a try to modify the DVDPlayback framework so DVD 
>>> Player 'will/might' recognise your external DVD player.
>>> I can email you the documentation off-list. 
>>> Just make sure before you do any modification, you backup(copy) your 
>>> existing DVDPlayback framework file according to the instructions in the 
>>> documentation.
>>> 
>>> In the Update 25 July 2015  - you can download an already modified version 
>>> of the DVDPlayback framework file.
>>> which already has Replaced all the words “internal” with “external” within 
>>> the Hexadecimal language DVDPlayback framework file.
>>> 
>>> If you find it doesn’t work for your external DVD player, just replace the 
>>> modified file by placing the unmodified file you ‘previously Saved’ onto 
>>> the same location and let it overwrite the modified file. 
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni 
>>> 
>>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 2:19 PM, Ronda Brown >>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 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 seems to be - use VLC as I mentioned previously.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Ronni
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 1:53 PM, Severin Crisp >>> <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> This is documented with that error!!
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 1:50 PM, Severin Crisp >>>>> <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> 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 of 
>>>>>> the SSD.  Afterwards there was still no problem playing DVDs with DVD 
>>>>>> player on plugged in external drives.  
>>>>>> This is no longer the case and DVD drive opens with the message
>>>>>>  A valid DVD drive could not be found (-70012)
>>>>>> I suspect this is the problem. 
>>>>>>  Severin
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 10:18 AM, Severin Crisp >>>>>> <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Plays fine on VLC
>>>>>>> Severin
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 9:08 AM, Ronni Brown >>>>>>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi Severin,
>>>

Re: DVD Player

[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 stuff!
> Severin
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 15 Dec 2015, at 4:27 PM, Ronni Brown  <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
> 
>> 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 in fact an Apple USB 
>> SuperDrive. If not, ‘tell the user that DVD Player will not play nice’ which 
>> translated in OS X speak is - “A valid DVD drive could not be found 
>> [-70012]”.
>> 
>>  "How to Get An External Optical Drive Working With DVD Player Application”.
>> As I already had an Apple USB SuperDrive before purchasing my MacBook Air, I 
>> did not need to use the instructions how to modify the DVDPlayback framework.
>> If you do want to give it a try to modify the DVDPlayback framework so DVD 
>> Player 'will/might' recognise your external DVD player.
>> I can email you the documentation off-list. 
>> Just make sure before you do any modification, you backup(copy) your 
>> existing DVDPlayback framework file according to the instructions in the 
>> documentation.
>> 
>> In the Update 25 July 2015  - you can download an already modified version 
>> of the DVDPlayback framework file.
>> which already has Replaced all the words “internal” with “external” within 
>> the Hexadecimal language DVDPlayback framework file.
>> 
>> If you find it doesn’t work for your external DVD player, just replace the 
>> modified file by placing the unmodified file you ‘previously Saved’ onto the 
>> same location and let it overwrite the modified file. 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni 
>> 
>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 2:19 PM, Ronda Brown >> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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 seems to be - use VLC as I mentioned previously.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 1:53 PM, Severin Crisp >> <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> This is documented with that error!!
>>>> 
>>>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 1:50 PM, Severin Crisp >>>> <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> 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 of the 
>>>>> SSD.  Afterwards there was still no problem playing DVDs with DVD player 
>>>>> on plugged in external drives.  
>>>>> This is no longer the case and DVD drive opens with the message
>>>>>   A valid DVD drive could not be found (-70012)
>>>>> I suspect this is the problem. 
>>>>>  Severin
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 10:18 AM, Severin Crisp >>>>> <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Plays fine on VLC
>>>>>> Severin
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 9:08 AM, Ronni Brown >>>>>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> 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 select (click once highlight) the DVD icon 
>>>>>>> when it appears on the Desktop
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 2. Ope

Re: DVD Player

[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 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 in fact an Apple USB 
> SuperDrive. If not, ‘tell the user that DVD Player will not play nice’ which 
> translated in OS X speak is - “A valid DVD drive could not be found [-70012]”.
> 
>  "How to Get An External Optical Drive Working With DVD Player Application”.
> As I already had an Apple USB SuperDrive before purchasing my MacBook Air, I 
> did not need to use the instructions how to modify the DVDPlayback framework.
> If you do want to give it a try to modify the DVDPlayback framework so DVD 
> Player 'will/might' recognise your external DVD player.
> I can email you the documentation off-list. 
> Just make sure before you do any modification, you backup(copy) your existing 
> DVDPlayback framework file according to the instructions in the documentation.
> 
> In the Update 25 July 2015  - you can download an already modified version of 
> the DVDPlayback framework file.
> which already has Replaced all the words “internal” with “external” within 
> the Hexadecimal language DVDPlayback framework file.
> 
> If you find it doesn’t work for your external DVD player, just replace the 
> modified file by placing the unmodified file you ‘previously Saved’ onto the 
> same location and let it overwrite the modified file. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni 
> 
>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 2:19 PM, Ronda Brown  wrote:
>> 
>> 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 seems to be - use VLC as I mentioned previously.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>> 
>> 
>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 1:53 PM, Severin Crisp  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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 of the SSD.  
>>>> Afterwards there was still no problem playing DVDs with DVD player on 
>>>> plugged in external drives.  
>>>> This is no longer the case and DVD drive opens with the message
>>>>A valid DVD drive could not be found (-70012)
>>>> I suspect this is the problem. 
>>>>  Severin
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 10:18 AM, Severin Crisp  
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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 select (click once highlight) the DVD icon when 
>>>>>> it appears on the Desktop
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 2. Open VLC.app (if you don’t already have it open)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 3. In the VLC Menu - Go to “File > Open Disc” 
>>>>>> Select “Disc” button - then click Open (which will be blue)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If still no success, we need more details. Are you receiving any error 
>>>>>> message?
>>>>>> What format is the disc - UDF (Universal Disk Format)?
>>>>>> What video format is the media file on the disc?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Ronni
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 14 Dec 2015, at 5:10 PM, Severin Crisp  
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have found that in El Capitan DVD player "can not recognise valid DVD"
>>>>>>> Internet discussion suggests resetting PRAM as  a fix but not for me
>>>>>>> I have 2 separate drives and on both of them  
>>>>>>> MPEG stream  clip mounts and plays
>>>>>>> The discs used to play before El Capitan
>>>>>>> Help please
>>>>>>> Severin Crisp
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>> 
> 
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Re: DVD Player

[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 in fact an Apple USB SuperDrive. If 
not, ‘tell the user that DVD Player will not play nice’ which translated in OS 
X speak is - “A valid DVD drive could not be found [-70012]”.

 "How to Get An External Optical Drive Working With DVD Player Application”.
As I already had an Apple USB SuperDrive before purchasing my MacBook Air, I 
did not need to use the instructions how to modify the DVDPlayback framework.
If you do want to give it a try to modify the DVDPlayback framework so DVD 
Player 'will/might' recognise your external DVD player.
I can email you the documentation off-list. 
Just make sure before you do any modification, you backup(copy) your existing 
DVDPlayback framework file according to the instructions in the documentation.

In the Update 25 July 2015  - you can download an already modified version of 
the DVDPlayback framework file.
which already has Replaced all the words “internal” with “external” within the 
Hexadecimal language DVDPlayback framework file.

If you find it doesn’t work for your external DVD player, just replace the 
modified file by placing the unmodified file you ‘previously Saved’ onto the 
same location and let it overwrite the modified file. 

Cheers,
Ronni 

> On 15 Dec 2015, at 2:19 PM, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
> 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 seems to be - use VLC as I mentioned previously.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
> 
> 
> On 15 Dec 2015, at 1:53 PM, Severin Crisp  <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> wrote:
> 
>> This is documented with that error!!
>> 
>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 1:50 PM, Severin Crisp >> <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> 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 of the SSD.  
>>> Afterwards there was still no problem playing DVDs with DVD player on 
>>> plugged in external drives.  
>>> This is no longer the case and DVD drive opens with the message
>>> A valid DVD drive could not be found (-70012)
>>> I suspect this is the problem. 
>>>  Severin
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 10:18 AM, Severin Crisp >>> <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Plays fine on VLC
>>>> Severin
>>>> 
>>>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 9:08 AM, Ronni Brown >>>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> 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 select (click once highlight) the DVD icon when 
>>>>> it appears on the Desktop
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2. Open VLC.app (if you don’t already have it open)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 3. In the VLC Menu - Go to “File > Open Disc” 
>>>>> Select “Disc” button - then click Open (which will be blue)
>>>>> 
>>>>> If still no success, we need more details. Are you receiving any error 
>>>>> message?
>>>>> What format is the disc - UDF (Universal Disk Format)?
>>>>> What video format is the media file on the disc?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Ronni
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 14 Dec 2015, at 5:10 PM, Severin Crisp >>>>> <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have found that in El Capitan DVD player "can not recognise valid DVD"
>>>>>> Internet discussion suggests resetting PRAM as  a fix but not for me
>>>>>> I have 2 separate drives and on both of them  
>>>>>> MPEG stream  clip mounts and plays
>>>>>> The discs used to play before El Capitan
>>>>>> Help please
>>>>>> Severin Crisp
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>> 

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Re: DVD Player

[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 seems to be - use VLC as I mentioned previously.

Cheers,
Ronni

Sent from Ronni's iPad4


> On 15 Dec 2015, at 1:53 PM, Severin Crisp  wrote:
> 
> 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 of the SSD.  
>> Afterwards there was still no problem playing DVDs with DVD player on 
>> plugged in external drives.  
>> This is no longer the case and DVD drive opens with the message
>>  A valid DVD drive could not be found (-70012)
>> I suspect this is the problem. 
>>  Severin
>> 
>> 
>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 10:18 AM, Severin Crisp  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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 select (click once highlight) the DVD icon when 
>>>> it appears on the Desktop
>>>> 
>>>> 2. Open VLC.app (if you don’t already have it open)
>>>> 
>>>> 3. In the VLC Menu - Go to “File > Open Disc” 
>>>> Select “Disc” button - then click Open (which will be blue)
>>>> 
>>>> If still no success, we need more details. Are you receiving any error 
>>>> message?
>>>> What format is the disc - UDF (Universal Disk Format)?
>>>> What video format is the media file on the disc?
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Ronni
>>>> 
>>>>> On 14 Dec 2015, at 5:10 PM, Severin Crisp  wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have found that in El Capitan DVD player "can not recognise valid DVD"
>>>>> Internet discussion suggests resetting PRAM as  a fix but not for me
>>>>> I have 2 separate drives and on both of them  
>>>>> MPEG stream  clip mounts and plays
>>>>> The discs used to play before El Capitan
>>>>> Help please
>>>>> Severin Crisp
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone

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Re: DVD Player

[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 of the SSD.  
> Afterwards there was still no problem playing DVDs with DVD player on plugged 
> in external drives.  
> This is no longer the case and DVD drive opens with the message
>   A valid DVD drive could not be found (-70012)
> I suspect this is the problem. 
>  Severin
> 
> 
>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 10:18 AM, Severin Crisp > <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> wrote:
>> 
>> Plays fine on VLC
>> Severin
>> 
>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 9:08 AM, Ronni Brown >> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> 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 select (click once highlight) the DVD icon when it 
>>> appears on the Desktop
>>> 
>>> 2. Open VLC.app (if you don’t already have it open)
>>> 
>>> 3. In the VLC Menu - Go to “File > Open Disc” 
>>> Select “Disc” button - then click Open (which will be blue)
>>> 
>>> If still no success, we need more details. Are you receiving any error 
>>> message?
>>> What format is the disc - UDF (Universal Disk Format)?
>>> What video format is the media file on the disc?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>>> On 14 Dec 2015, at 5:10 PM, Severin Crisp >>> <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I have found that in El Capitan DVD player "can not recognise valid DVD"
>>>> Internet discussion suggests resetting PRAM as  a fix but not for me
>>>> I have 2 separate drives and on both of them  
>>>> MPEG stream  clip mounts and plays
>>>> The discs used to play before El Capitan
>>>> Help please
>>>> Severin Crisp
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
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>> 
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>> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia
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Re: DVD Player

[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 longer the case and DVD drive opens with the message
A valid DVD drive could not be found (-70012)
I suspect this is the problem. 
 Severin


> On 15 Dec 2015, at 10:18 AM, Severin Crisp  wrote:
> 
> Plays fine on VLC
> Severin
> 
>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 9:08 AM, Ronni Brown > <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> 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 select (click once highlight) the DVD icon when it 
>> appears on the Desktop
>> 
>> 2. Open VLC.app (if you don’t already have it open)
>> 
>> 3. In the VLC Menu - Go to “File > Open Disc” 
>> Select “Disc” button - then click Open (which will be blue)
>> 
>> If still no success, we need more details. Are you receiving any error 
>> message?
>> What format is the disc - UDF (Universal Disk Format)?
>> What video format is the media file on the disc?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>>> On 14 Dec 2015, at 5:10 PM, Severin Crisp >> <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have found that in El Capitan DVD player "can not recognise valid DVD"
>>> Internet discussion suggests resetting PRAM as  a fix but not for me
>>> I have 2 separate drives and on both of them  
>>> MPEG stream  clip mounts and plays
>>> The discs used to play before El Capitan
>>> Help please
>>> Severin Crisp
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
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Re: DVD Player

[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 select (click once highlight) the DVD icon when it 
> appears on the Desktop
> 
> 2. Open VLC.app (if you don’t already have it open)
> 
> 3. In the VLC Menu - Go to “File > Open Disc” 
> Select “Disc” button - then click Open (which will be blue)
> 
> If still no success, we need more details. Are you receiving any error 
> message?
> What format is the disc - UDF (Universal Disk Format)?
> What video format is the media file on the disc?
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
>> On 14 Dec 2015, at 5:10 PM, Severin Crisp > <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> wrote:
>> 
>> I have found that in El Capitan DVD player "can not recognise valid DVD"
>> Internet discussion suggests resetting PRAM as  a fix but not for me
>> I have 2 separate drives and on both of them  
>> MPEG stream  clip mounts and plays
>> The discs used to play before El Capitan
>> Help please
>> Severin Crisp
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
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Re: DVD Player

[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 have it open)

3. In the VLC Menu - Go to “File > Open Disc” 
Select “Disc” button - then click Open (which will be blue)

If still no success, we need more details. Are you receiving any error message?
What format is the disc - UDF (Universal Disk Format)?
What video format is the media file on the disc?

Cheers,
Ronni

> On 14 Dec 2015, at 5:10 PM, Severin Crisp  wrote:
> 
> I have found that in El Capitan DVD player "can not recognise valid DVD"
> Internet discussion suggests resetting PRAM as  a fix but not for me
> I have 2 separate drives and on both of them  
> MPEG stream  clip mounts and plays
> The discs used to play before El Capitan
> Help please
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[Severin Crisp]

I have found that in El Capitan DVD player "can not recognise valid DVD"
Internet discussion suggests resetting PRAM as  a fix but not for me
I have 2 separate drives and on both of them  
MPEG stream  clip mounts and plays
The discs used to play before El Capitan
Help please
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Re: DVD player - region free?

[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 
DVD region five times  and then you are stuck with your last choice. And that's 
it.
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=DVDPlayer/5.2/en/26880.html> 
"Important:You can set the region code for your DVD drive only five times 
(including the original setting). The fifth time you change the code, it will 
be permanently set."

There are ways of "Flashing the Firmware"to RPC-1, (region free),  but I would 
NEVER  give instructions or recommend anyone doing this.

If she only uses Region 0  DVDs (which have no region code), she is fine.

An alternate "sometimes", can be a video player like VLC that doesn't check the 
region code.  BUT, Beware that your drive's firmware still triggers the OS 
counter, which may then trigger a firmware setting change on your drive. 
Its hit and miss on whether or not this will happen, with some Macs allowing 
any region movie to be viewed in VLC without triggering a change, and others 
triggering a change and potentially locking you out of future switches when you 
hit the limit.

Cheers,
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DVD player - region free?

[Marlene Oostryck]

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


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Re: DVD Player/Burner not recognised

[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 the Make and model of the  
not working unit,

then go to the maker support download site to search for a driver.

I am assuming you did not instal it and therefor do not have the  
original CD that came with the unit .


If you have trouble finding the right " driver " to download ,
 mail back with the info and we can look for you .


Bob














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 the other show up when you look at hardware under   " about  
this Mac "



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Re: DVD Player/Burner not recognised

[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  
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Dual processor 1.42 G4 machine .Has two CD/ DVD drives. Both  
recognised under previous 10.4 system. Since installing Leopard  
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Re: DVD Player Problem

[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 and try to play it then I get "supported disk not available".

If anyone has any clues it would be much appreciated.

Frank


Hi Frank,

What Region Code is the DVD?
If it's a Region Code your Computer will not read,
try playing the DVD with VLC (Video Lan Client)
<http://www.videolan.org>
It doesn't care about regions.

Cheers,

Ronni

DVD Player Problem

[FRANK BIUNDO]

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 and try to play it then I get "supported disk not available".

If anyone has any clues it would be much appreciated.

Frank

Apple DVD Player 4.6 Update for Tiger

[Ronda Brown]

Hi People,

Apple DVD Player 4.6 Update for Tiger.

<http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/dvdplayer46.html>

About DVD Player 4.6

DVD Player 4.6 delivers added support for DVD Studio Pro 4 authored  
HD DVDs. It is recommended for all users of DVD Player.


Key Updates include:
-Additional support for playing DSP 4 authored HD DVD folders from  
DVD discs and hard drives.

-Additional support of discs with both SD and DSP 4 authored HD content.
-Improved Global Player settings.
-Improved usage for last play and disc info dialogs.

Cheers,
Ronni
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Re: DVD Player Lost?

[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-apply whatever updates you 
need to get back to 10.3.9.


I haven't had to call on the services of Pacifist very often, but when 
I have used it, the results have been mixed.


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DVD Player Lost?

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Guys,

I've had a phone call from a person who has 'Lost' their DVD Player in 
OSX10.3.9??


I've been and had a look at his Computer  and he is right .. there 
is no DVD Player on his HD.


There still is DVD Player Bookmarks in Application Support
& DVD Player Scripts in Application Support.

Am I best to Delete the above folders, use Pacifist to obtain the 
Application DVD Player & reinstall it?


Thanks for any advice.

Cheers,
Ronni
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Re: DVDBackup without Apple DVD Player?

[Shay Telfer]

I'm currently out in the field - we're trying to backup 5 short 
customer promo DVDs to HD so when I get back home I can burn them.


The problem is I'm using a G3 333 Lombard (no DVD decoder) with a 
DVD-ROM drive (from the 400MHz model).


DVDBackup (which I've used in the past on other machines) requires 
Apple DVD Player to "authenticate" DVDs before they can be backed 
up. Obviously the player can't be installed on this model machine.


Anyone got a clever solution or alternative product so I can get 
these disks back to base? I can do it the old fashioned way (just 
take them back, do the duplication on another machine and mail them 
back) but this is going to take more time then I have.


You could try Fast DVD Backup. The first burn is free :)

<http://www.fastdvdcopy.com/>

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Re: DVDBackup without Apple DVD Player?

[Mark Secker]

if the disks are not copy protected (and not sure why  promo disks 
would be)  then surely you can do a disk image copy?


I use toast to do direct disk to disk copies of unprotected non commercial DVD.


I'm currently out in the field - we're trying to backup 5 short 
customer promo DVDs to HD so when I get back home I can burn them.


The problem is I'm using a G3 333 Lombard (no DVD decoder) with a 
DVD-ROM drive (from the 400MHz model).


DVDBackup (which I've used in the past on other machines) requires 
Apple DVD Player to "authenticate" DVDs before they can be backed 
up. Obviously the player can't be installed on this model machine.


Anyone got a clever solution or alternative product so I can get 
these disks back to base? I can do it the old fashioned way (just 
take them back, do the duplication on another machine and mail them 
back) but this is going to take more time then I have.


Cheers, Antony.
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Re: DVDBackup without Apple DVD Player?

[Onno Benschop]

On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 08:06, Antony N. Lord wrote:
> DVDBackup (which I've used in the past on other machines) requires 
> Apple DVD Player to "authenticate" DVDs before they can be backed up. 
> Obviously the player can't be installed on this model machine.

Uhm, "obviously" ?

Not sure why, but I'm sure you've actually tried it yes?

I suspect that with some un*x tools you could do what you need to, or
you could likely use the DiskImage tool and make an image of the disk,
but I'm not anywhere near a Macintosh - despite Mike's best efforts - so
I can only speak from a hist[o|e]rical perspective :-)

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DVDBackup without Apple DVD Player?

[Antony N. Lord]

I'm currently out in the field - we're trying to backup 5 short 
customer promo DVDs to HD so when I get back home I can burn them.


The problem is I'm using a G3 333 Lombard (no DVD decoder) with a 
DVD-ROM drive (from the 400MHz model).


DVDBackup (which I've used in the past on other machines) requires 
Apple DVD Player to "authenticate" DVDs before they can be backed up. 
Obviously the player can't be installed on this model machine.


Anyone got a clever solution or alternative product so I can get 
these disks back to base? I can do it the old fashioned way (just 
take them back, do the duplication on another machine and mail them 
back) but this is going to take more time then I have.


Cheers, Antony.
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Re: DVDs to play in DVD player (domestic)

[Eugene]

Hi Ken

a quick check on the internet reveals that this appears to be a common  
problem with that DVD player. Another site suggests that the Toshiba is  
not DVD-RW compatible.


Here is a thread of info from one forum read from the bottom  
up


  regards
  Eugene


yeah, I managed to get some of my questions answered from a thread I  
started a while ago. I installed the latest ASPI from adaptec (v 4.70  
or something)
and the thread you replied to (from me) about Imation DVD-R - well  
these discs seem to play very nicely in my SD-2650.
I also e-mailed someone from Toshiba about the drive. The general  
consensus I got from them, was that the SD-2650 will play DVD-R, it  
just depends on how the disc is burned and the media you use.
 The Imation labelled CMC discs i've been using are turning out quite  
nicely, and with RecordNow Deluxe - I think I finally have a winning  
combination.

Thanks for the input (again!) mate =)

Chriso
Try using ADVDInfo from:


http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd-r_tools/ 
advdinfo.cfm

mice
A few different DVD-R types; Princo and Tevion are the ones I can  
remember.
 How do I tell who they're manufactured by? Like, if they're  
re-labelled Ritek's or something else...?

 (thanks for the reply :D )
Chriso
What media are you using? Try some different types of media to find out  
what media your dvd player works with best.

mice
Hey all, I recently got a Pioneer 105 for backing up my DVD collection  
(after changing from the LG 4020B). Only problem is, that my stand  
alone Toshiba SD-2650 struggles to play my DVD-R/RW discs. It chugs  
along and sometimes won't even load the disc.
 Is it possible to burn a firmware disc to put into the drive, or do  
something with it that will let me play DVD-R/RW properly?

 Thanks alot for any help :D



On 28/10/2004, at 11:46 AM, Ken Jackson wrote:


Hi all, I'm still looking for answers?

I'm using I Movies to edit Digital Video from a Panasonic NGVS70, I  
can edit

fine & transfer via Toast Titanium 5 but the DVD's won't play back on a
domestic DVD player (new Toshiba SD-2650). Does anyone know how can I
correct this please?

Have tried 2 different brands of disc, I'm selecting DVD in Toast, (not
data)...not using DVD-RW... wot else is there?

Any help much appreciated.

Ken





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DVDs to play in DVD player (domestic)

[Ken Jackson]

Hi all, I'm still looking for answers?

I'm using I Movies to edit Digital Video from a Panasonic NGVS70, I can edit
fine & transfer via Toast Titanium 5 but the DVD's won't play back on a
domestic DVD player (new Toshiba SD-2650). Does anyone know how can I
correct this please?

Have tried 2 different brands of disc, I'm selecting DVD in Toast, (not
data)...not using DVD-RW... wot else is there?

Any help much appreciated.

Ken

   
 
 
 
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Re: DVD Playback on DVD Player

[Shay Telfer]

Hi all,
I'm using I Movies to edit Digital Video from a Panasonic NGVS70, I can edit
fine & transfer via Toast Titanium 5 but the DVD's won't play back on a
domestic DVD player (new Toshiba SD-2650). Does anyone know how can I
correct this please?
Any help much appreciated.

Ken


What sort of DVD's are you burning? DVD-RW's may not work on some DVD 
players. Using DVD-R's is the safest bet.


You are burning them in Toast as Video DVD's, not as Data?

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DVD Playback on DVD Player

[Ken Jackson]

Hi all,
I'm using I Movies to edit Digital Video from a Panasonic NGVS70, I can edit
fine & transfer via Toast Titanium 5 but the DVD's won't play back on a
domestic DVD player (new Toshiba SD-2650). Does anyone know how can I
correct this please?
Any help much appreciated.

Ken

   
 
 
 
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Re: Movie to DVD player

[Paul]

Ken Jackson wrote:


Hi folks,
I've a new DV Camera & I'm trying to transfer the finished edit to a DVD
(external) in a format that will play back on a fairly new DVD player. I
don't have IDVD, running 9.2 on a G4 400.
Quick time doesn't do the conversion? What do I need to do to have it play
on a home DVD player? Any help much appreciated,

Thanks 

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Maybe toast or something else can make vcd's or svcd's out of the saved 
video files.


I find I'm still using these formats even though I can now create dvd's.


Cheers

Paul

DVD player won't play Mac files

[Lloyd White]

I am using an iMac, OS 10.3.4

I have just acquired a DENON DVD Surround receiver to play CDs,DVDs and
especially JPEG photos copied from my iMac to CD to show on my TV.

Music CDs burned on my Mac work fine. The Kodak photo CDs also work but the
JPEG files will not. This despite the salesman, a Mac user, claiming it
would handle JPEG photos.

Buried deep on page 80, the Operating manual specifically states that "JPEG
files written on a Mac computer cannot be played."  The manual also states
that JPEG files should have the extension .JPG which is what my photos are.

Is there a work around for this? Is it possible to burn all my iPhoto
library, all .JPG, to  a CD and get them burned again to a PC format? And if
so, who would do this?
Or does Toast burn in different formats that would be acceptable to this
player

As there is about 1.8 Gb of them can this be done on a DVD?

Finally, is this a problem with all DVD players?

Thanks

Lloyd 

Re: portable TV/DVD player

[Matt Huitson]

Not sure it is overly helpful, but came across this today:

http://homepage.mac.com/ryanwilkinson/Personal3.html



On 22/11/2003, at 1:17 PM, Tom Lewis wrote:

I posted recently on this subject, looking for something that could be 
used
in a car...not a laptop because getting something with a DVD drive in 
good

condition would probably be expensive.

I've found a Voxson portable combination.  It has a 7" screen, runs on
batteries or AC - 12v and 240 vac - and headphones can be attached.  
Dick

Smith are advertising them for $498.  Harvey Norman also have something
similar with a 6" screen.

Does anyone have any experience with these?

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[Tom Lewis]

I posted recently on this subject, looking for something that could be used
in a car...not a laptop because getting something with a DVD drive in good
condition would probably be expensive.

I've found a Voxson portable combination.  It has a 7" screen, runs on
batteries or AC - 12v and 240 vac - and headphones can be attached.  Dick
Smith are advertising them for $498.  Harvey Norman also have something
similar with a 6" screen.

Does anyone have any experience with these?

Tom Lewis, in beautiful Jervis Bay, NSW, Oz

Re: car dvd player

[Tom Lewis]

Thanks for all the replies - I'm seeking out various options.


Tom Lewis, in beautiful Jervis Bay, NSW, Oz

Re: car dvd player

[Eugene]

I agree with Mark. You can pick up a 330W power inverted from Super 
Cheap Autos for $69.00 (when on special). This would keep the kids 
amused all the way to Adelaide and back! Being totally portable it 
means I can take it out of the car when I park in dodgy places. Only 
disadvantage is my TiBook doesn't have enough volume!


Eugene

On Monday, November 17, 2003, at 10:39  AM, Mark Secker wrote:




Is anyone aware of a dvd player/screen which could be used in a car?  
I

presume Apple doesn't make such a thing...


actually it's called a PowerBook ;)
seriously though, the following is correct but the PowerBook/iBooks 
give better/bigger picture as the dedicated (but cheaper) portables




I'm thinking of just a player/screen pref with a headphone out jack to
which could be connected two pairs of headphones.  I can't see the 
need for

a full laptop - just a player and screen.


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Re: car dvd player

[Mark Secker]

Is anyone aware of a dvd player/screen which could be used in a car?  I
presume Apple doesn't make such a thing...


actually it's called a PowerBook ;)
seriously though, the following is correct but the PowerBook/iBooks 
give better/bigger picture as the dedicated (but cheaper) portables




I'm thinking of just a player/screen pref with a headphone out jack to
which could be connected two pairs of headphones.  I can't see the need for
a full laptop - just a player and screen.


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RE: car dvd player

[Kathy Quinlan]

Panasonic makes one, and I think DSE sells a cheap one too, they are
still around au$500 last time I checked.

Regards,

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> Is anyone aware of a dvd player/screen which could be used in 
> a car?  I presume Apple doesn't make such a thing...
> 
> I'm thinking of just a player/screen pref with a headphone 
> out jack to which could be connected two pairs of headphones. 
>  I can't see the need for a full laptop - just a player and screen.
> 
> 
> Tom Lewis, in beautiful Jervis Bay, NSW, Oz
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Re: car dvd player

[Craig Allen]

On 16 Nov 2003, at 3:48 PM, Tom Lewis wrote:


Is anyone aware of a dvd player/screen which could be used in a car?  I
presume Apple doesn't make such a thing...

I'm thinking of just a player/screen pref with a headphone out jack to
which could be connected two pairs of headphones.  I can't see the 
need for

a full laptop - just a player and screen.


Tom Lewis, in beautiful Jervis Bay, NSW, Oz


try any good car stereo shop
the only ones apple has are called an ibook or tibook

car dvd player

[Craig Allen]

Is anyone aware of a dvd player/screen which could be used in a car?  I
presume Apple doesn't make such a thing...

I'm thinking of just a player/screen pref with a headphone out jack to
which could be connected two pairs of headphones.  I can't see the need 
for

a full laptop - just a player and screen.


Tom Lewis, in beautiful Jervis Bay, NSW, Oz









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car dvd player

[Tom Lewis]

Is anyone aware of a dvd player/screen which could be used in a car?  I
presume Apple doesn't make such a thing...

I'm thinking of just a player/screen pref with a headphone out jack to
which could be connected two pairs of headphones.  I can't see the need for
a full laptop - just a player and screen.


Tom Lewis, in beautiful Jervis Bay, NSW, Oz

Re: DVD player to view on G3 powerbook?

[ECU Account]

Thanks to all for your input assisting me about trying to play a DVD via my
DVDplayer to be VIEWED ON MY POWERBOOK.

Looks like I'l have to buy a TV after all.damn.

Thanks again. Robert.


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> From: Mark Secker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 10:01:13 +0800
> To: "WAMUG Mailing List" 
> Subject: Re: DVD player to view on G3 powerbook?
> 
> 
> 
> 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 supplied (or if lost purchased from dick
> smith tandy) Svideo to RCA video adaptor
> Audio: stereo minipin audio jack  to RCA (stereo if external supports
> it mono otherwise)
> 
> plug'em in, turn on TV or external device, turn on computer. by
> default S-vido out mirrors the main screen but you can arrange it
> just like a standard monitor (from recollection)...
> Note that you can't run it through a VCR recorder first - IT must go
> directly to the TV/ display device (else you get the Macrovision
> Protection effect - this may be the squigly lines your talking
> about). - If you have an all in one TV/VCR you'll probably find your
> stuck unless you rip the DVD to hard disk with a program that removes
> the Macrovision protection and then play the ripped files through the
> unit - still don't expect anything special quality wise.
> 
> 
> 
>> I am trying to get my DVD/stereo player to play DVDs through my G3 Lomabard
>> Powerbook. I have the adapter chord hooked up from the Video out to the
>> "Sout" (is that what its called??). I have searched through the sparce apple
>> help and havent found anything in the Monitors control panel to get a
>> picture.  It seems to be connected properly, since when booting up (when the
>> DVD/stereo player is turned on) the screen goes all wierd with wavey colour
>> bands wobbling around as it boots...
>> 
>> OS 9.2.2, Lombard G3, RAM 320, and also OS X(Jaguar)
>> 
>> Please help!!
>> 
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Re: DVD player to view on G3 powerbook?

[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 Powerbook is for going in the other direction.  If you 
want to capture video INTO your powerbook, you'd need a video capture 
device such as:

- the Capsure PC-card video-in device
- a USB video-in device like the XLR8 Interview
Both of which will only capture at a maximum resolution of around 384 x 288

As the Lombard doesn't have a Firewire port, you can't use that 
option unless you get a Firewire PC card (and analog-firewire 
converter like the Canopus ADVC).


I've used all of the options above to capture video in the past with 
my old Lombard but they all cost.


-Mart

At 8:28 PM -0500 2/9/03, ECU Account wrote:

I am trying to get my DVD/stereo player to play DVDs through my G3 Lomabard
Powerbook. I have the adapter chord hooked up from the Video out to the
"Sout" (is that what its called??). I have searched through the sparce apple
help and havent found anything in the Monitors control panel to get a
picture.  It seems to be connected properly, since when booting up (when the
DVD/stereo player is turned on) the screen goes all wierd with wavey colour
bands wobbling around as it boots...

OS 9.2.2, Lombard G3, RAM 320, and also OS X(Jaguar)


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Re: DVD player to view on G3 powerbook?

[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 supplied (or if lost purchased from dick 
smith tandy) Svideo to RCA video adaptor
Audio: stereo minipin audio jack  to RCA (stereo if external supports 
it mono otherwise)


plug'em in, turn on TV or external device, turn on computer. by 
default S-vido out mirrors the main screen but you can arrange it 
just like a standard monitor (from recollection)...
Note that you can't run it through a VCR recorder first - IT must go 
directly to the TV/ display device (else you get the Macrovision 
Protection effect - this may be the squigly lines your talking 
about). - If you have an all in one TV/VCR you'll probably find your 
stuck unless you rip the DVD to hard disk with a program that removes 
the Macrovision protection and then play the ripped files through the 
unit - still don't expect anything special quality wise.





I am trying to get my DVD/stereo player to play DVDs through my G3 Lomabard
Powerbook. I have the adapter chord hooked up from the Video out to the
"Sout" (is that what its called??). I have searched through the sparce apple
help and havent found anything in the Monitors control panel to get a
picture.  It seems to be connected properly, since when booting up (when the
DVD/stereo player is turned on) the screen goes all wierd with wavey colour
bands wobbling around as it boots...

OS 9.2.2, Lombard G3, RAM 320, and also OS X(Jaguar)

Please help!!

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Griffin
   Morgan

 Ph; 336 4136
http://www.amitar.com.au/~morgan/tonepoet/



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Re: DVD player to view on G3 powerbook?

[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 properly, the Mac will sense an external monitor and 
then display on the device.  As the Lombard supports extended desktop 
mode, you should also get the TV appearing as an extra screen in the 
Monitors control Panel (under the Arrange section).  You will also 
then get extra resolutions available to you for that screen such as 
PAL 640x480 or NTSC 800 x 600 etc.


Make sure you choose something like PAL 640 x 480 first - you may 
also get the option to do overscan or underscan try either of those.


Are you plugged straight into the composite video-in plug on the TV 
(little yellow RCA plug) or into a VCR which then goes into the TV? 
You need to make sure the VCR and/or TV are set to receive video on 
whatever channel it is plugged into (AV1 or AV2 or similar)


-Mart

At 8:28 PM -0500 2/9/03, ECU Account wrote:

I am trying to get my DVD/stereo player to play DVDs through my G3 Lomabard
Powerbook. I have the adapter chord hooked up from the Video out to the
"Sout" (is that what its called??). I have searched through the sparce apple
help and havent found anything in the Monitors control panel to get a
picture.  It seems to be connected properly, since when booting up (when the
DVD/stereo player is turned on) the screen goes all wierd with wavey colour
bands wobbling around as it boots...

OS 9.2.2, Lombard G3, RAM 320, and also OS X(Jaguar)


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DVD player to view on G3 powerbook?

[ECU Account]

I am trying to get my DVD/stereo player to play DVDs through my G3 Lomabard
Powerbook. I have the adapter chord hooked up from the Video out to the
"Sout" (is that what its called??). I have searched through the sparce apple
help and havent found anything in the Monitors control panel to get a
picture.  It seems to be connected properly, since when booting up (when the
DVD/stereo player is turned on) the screen goes all wierd with wavey colour
bands wobbling around as it boots...

OS 9.2.2, Lombard G3, RAM 320, and also OS X(Jaguar)

Please help!!

~
Robert  
Griffin 
   Morgan

     Ph; 336 4136
http://www.amitar.com.au/~morgan/tonepoet/

Re: Apple DVD Player - Region Codes & DVD compatability with different versions

[Shay Telfer]

on 07/02/03 21:33, Eugene de Gouw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


My guess Neil is that the iMac has already been set to region 4 and
the PowerBook is set to region 1 (the US) as it leaves the factory
like mine.


But the one DVD that is marked region 4 plays on both machines - which is
why I assumed that either both machines are set to region 4 or the iMac is
multi-region?


Some DVD's are marked with a particular region but are in fact region free.

Have fun,
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Re: Apple DVD Player - Region Codes & DVD compatability with different versions

[Neil Houghton]

on 07/02/03 21:33, Eugene de Gouw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> My guess Neil is that the iMac has already been set to region 4 and
> the PowerBook is set to region 1 (the US) as it leaves the factory
> like mine.
> 
But the one DVD that is marked region 4 plays on both machines - which is
why I assumed that either both machines are set to region 4 or the iMac is
multi-region?

> 
>> Subject: Apple DVD Player - Region Codes & DVD compatability with
>> different versions
>> 
>> A follow up to my previous mystery on different DVD set-ups:
>> 
>> DVD 3 The Wall (Pink Floyd)
>> DVD 4 The search for Robert Johnson
>> 
>> These two DVDs both play fine on the iMac in either OS9 or OSX (ie set-ups 2
>> & 3 below).
>> 
>> But in the powerbook both give the following message:
>> "To play this DVD video disc you need to select a region code for your DVD
>> drive. Do you want to set the region code for your drive now? Once set, you
>> can change the region code only 4 more times. You should notchange it unless
>> you want to change it permanently."
>> At this point, I cancelled, not wanting to change the region code.
>> 
>> Now I'm confused, the only disc that shows a region code on the case is DVD
>> 1 - which plays fine in all set-ups. It says the region code is 4 (which is
>> presumably our region in Australia?) So if the drives are set for a
>> particular region it must be 4.
>> 
>> So why do DVDs 3&4 play in the iMac but ask for a region change in the
>> powerbook - is this down to the actual drive ie the powerbook is region
>> sensitive & the iMac is multiregion?
>> 
>> I suppose this problem is different from the previous - the fact that DVD 2
>> will play in the iMac under OSX but not OS9 would surely have to be down to
>> software? But would that be Apple DVD player or the drivers for the
>> superdrive? Anybody else had this problem?
>> 
>> TIA
>> 
>> Neil
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Re: Apple DVD Player - Region Codes & DVD compatability with different versions

[Eugene de Gouw]

My guess Neil is that the iMac has already been set to region 4 and 
the PowerBook is set to region 1 (the US) as it leaves the factory 
like mine.


Eugene


Subject: Apple DVD Player - Region Codes & DVD compatability with
different versions

A follow up to my previous mystery on different DVD set-ups:

DVD 3 The Wall (Pink Floyd)
DVD 4 The search for Robert Johnson

These two DVDs both play fine on the iMac in either OS9 or OSX (ie set-ups 2
& 3 below).

But in the powerbook both give the following message:
"To play this DVD video disc you need to select a region code for your DVD
drive. Do you want to set the region code for your drive now? Once set, you
can change the region code only 4 more times. You should notchange it unless
you want to change it permanently."
At this point, I cancelled, not wanting to change the region code.

Now I'm confused, the only disc that shows a region code on the case is DVD
1 - which plays fine in all set-ups. It says the region code is 4 (which is
presumably our region in Australia?) So if the drives are set for a
particular region it must be 4.

So why do DVDs 3&4 play in the iMac but ask for a region change in the
powerbook - is this down to the actual drive ie the powerbook is region
sensitive & the iMac is multiregion?

I suppose this problem is different from the previous - the fact that DVD 2
will play in the iMac under OSX but not OS9 would surely have to be down to
software? But would that be Apple DVD player or the drivers for the
superdrive? Anybody else had this problem?

TIA

Neil
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Apple DVD Player - Region Codes & DVD compatability with different versions

[Neil Houghton]

A follow up to my previous mystery on different DVD set-ups:

DVD 3 The Wall (Pink Floyd)
DVD 4 The search for Robert Johnson

These two DVDs both play fine on the iMac in either OS9 or OSX (ie set-ups 2
& 3 below).

But in the powerbook both give the following message:
"To play this DVD video disc you need to select a region code for your DVD
drive. Do you want to set the region code for your drive now? Once set, you
can change the region code only 4 more times. You should notchange it unless
you want to change it permanently."
At this point, I cancelled, not wanting to change the region code.

Now I'm confused, the only disc that shows a region code on the case is DVD
1 - which plays fine in all set-ups. It says the region code is 4 (which is
presumably our region in Australia?) So if the drives are set for a
particular region it must be 4.

So why do DVDs 3&4 play in the iMac but ask for a region change in the
powerbook - is this down to the actual drive ie the powerbook is region
sensitive & the iMac is multiregion?

I suppose this problem is different from the previous - the fact that DVD 2
will play in the iMac under OSX but not OS9 would surely have to be down to
software? But would that be Apple DVD player or the drivers for the
superdrive? Anybody else had this problem?

TIA

Neil
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> Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 14:24:47 +0800
> To: WAMUG 
> Subject: Apple DVD Player - DVD compatability with different versions
> 
> Set-ups:
> 1 400MHz G4 Ti Powerbook, combo drive; OS9.1; Apple DVD Player vZ-2.5
> 2 800MHz G4 15" iMac, superdrive; OS9.2.2; Apple DVD Player vZ-2.7
> 3 800MHz G4 15" iMac, superdrive; OSX 10.1.5; Apple DVD Player v 3.0.1

Note - set-ups 2&3 are the same physical computer & drive - just booting
into OS9 or OSX

> 
> DVD 1 Buena Vista Social club
> DVD 2 Little Shop of Horrors (A classic, trust me!)
> 
> DVD 1 plays fine on all 3 set-ups.
> DVD 2 plays fine on set-up 3, but never seems to load up on set-ups 1 or 2.
> Inserting the disc starts Apple DVD Player which shows "loading" and stays
> there.
> 
> Any ideas as to what the problem is. Since set-ups 2 & 3 are the same
> hardware, the problem must be software-based?
> 
> I notice that DVD 1 (plays on all) is 16:9 Aspect ratio whereas DVD 2 (plays
> only on 3) is 4:3 aspect ratio - I would have thought that all the Apple DVD
> Player versions would have automatically adjusted for that? or does it have to
> be set manually somewhere on the older versions.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Neil
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> Albany, Western Australia
> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
> Fax: +61 8 9841 6137
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Apple DVD Player - DVD compatability with different versions

[Daniel]

>> DVD 1 Buena Vista Social club

DVD 2 Little Shop of Horrors (A classic, trust me!)

DVD 1 plays fine on all 3 set-ups.
DVD 2 plays fine on set-up 3, but never seems to load up on set-ups 1 or 2.
Inserting the disc starts Apple DVD Player which shows "loading" and stays
there.


>> Any ideas as to what the problem is. Since set-ups 2 & 3 are the same



A bit of a long shot, but have a look in the System Folder, under 
Preferences. Some DVD's create a "preference" file when you load it 
the first time, and this could be causing the problem. I have seen a 
DVD create two files with the same "short" name as the DVD, then it 
wouldn't play the second time. After trashing these 2 files and 
restarting the DVD seemed to work fine.


As I said it's a bit of a long shot, but hopefully it's there and 
solves your problem.


Fingers crossed!

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Re: Apple DVD Player - DVD compatability with different versions

[Neil Houghton]

on 02/01/03 17:24, Shay Telfer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>> Set-ups:
>> 1 400MHz G4 Ti Powerbook, combo drive; OS9.1; Apple DVD Player vZ-2.5
>> 2 800MHz G4 15" iMac, superdrive; OS9.2.2; Apple DVD Player vZ-2.7
>> 3 800MHz G4 15" iMac, superdrive; OSX 10.1.5; Apple DVD Player v 3.0.1
>> 
>> DVD 1 Buena Vista Social club
>> DVD 2 Little Shop of Horrors (A classic, trust me!)
>> 
>> DVD 1 plays fine on all 3 set-ups.
>> DVD 2 plays fine on set-up 3, but never seems to load up on set-ups 1 or 2.
>> Inserting the disc starts Apple DVD Player which shows "loading" and stays
>> there.
>> 
>> Any ideas as to what the problem is. Since set-ups 2 & 3 are the same
>> hardware, the problem must be software-based?
> 
> Not necessarily. Various DVD drives may read 'marginal' DVD's with
> varying degrees of ability (especially dual layer DVD's).
Hmmm - DVD 1, which plays fine on all 3 set-ups, is a dual layer disc
whereas DVD 2, AFAIK, is single layer (70 minute B&W movie, no extras)

> I've got DVD's that play fine on a DVD player or an iMac but not at all on a
> PowerBook. You might also want to use Apple System Profiler and see
> if both machines 2 and 3 have the same DVD drive in them, and the
> same revision of the firmware.
> 
Sorry, obviously didn't explain fully, set-ups 2 & 3 are the same physical
machine, just booting into OSX (when Apple DVD Player v 3.0.1 plays the DVD)
or booting into OS9 (when Apple DVD Player v Z-2.7 just shows "loading" -
hence my assumption that the problem is software.


>> I notice that DVD 1 (plays on all) is 16:9 Aspect ratio whereas DVD 2 (plays
>> only on 3) is 4:3 aspect ratio - I would have thought that all the Apple DVD
>> Player versions would have automatically adjusted for that? or does it have
>> to be set manually somewhere on the older versions.
> 
> AFAIK, If the aspect ratio of the original is 4:3 there's not much
> point in displaying it in 16:9 unless you want to distort the image.
> 
No, I wasn't wanting to display it in 16:9, I was wondering whether the
older OS9 versions of Apple DVD Player (2.5 & 2.7) needed to be told
manually what the aspect ratio was and were set at 16:9 (since DVD 1 is
playing OK) and needed to be changed to 4:3 before they would recognise DVD
2. (This didn't seem likely, but since DVD 2 plays OK on OSX/Apple DVD
Player v 3.0.1 the only difference with the same machine in OS9 would seem
to be the version of Apple DVD Player (I assumed it wasn't down to the
superdrive drivers since the problem also occurred on the combo-drive
equiped powerbook)



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Re: Apple DVD Player - DVD compatability with different versions

[Shay Telfer]

Set-ups:
1 400MHz G4 Ti Powerbook, combo drive; OS9.1; Apple DVD Player vZ-2.5
2 800MHz G4 15" iMac, superdrive; OS9.2.2; Apple DVD Player vZ-2.7
3 800MHz G4 15" iMac, superdrive; OSX 10.1.5; Apple DVD Player v 3.0.1

DVD 1 Buena Vista Social club
DVD 2 Little Shop of Horrors (A classic, trust me!)

DVD 1 plays fine on all 3 set-ups.
DVD 2 plays fine on set-up 3, but never seems to load up on set-ups 1 or 2.
Inserting the disc starts Apple DVD Player which shows "loading" and stays
there.

Any ideas as to what the problem is. Since set-ups 2 & 3 are the same
hardware, the problem must be software-based?


Not necessarily. Various DVD drives may read 'marginal' DVD's with 
varying degrees of ability (especially dual layer DVD's). I've got 
DVD's that play fine on a DVD player or an iMac but not at all on a 
PowerBook. You might also want to use Apple System Profiler and see 
if both machines 2 and 3 have the same DVD drive in them, and the 
same revision of the firmware.



I notice that DVD 1 (plays on all) is 16:9 Aspect ratio whereas DVD 2 (plays
only on 3) is 4:3 aspect ratio - I would have thought that all the Apple DVD
Player versions would have automatically adjusted for that? or does it have
to be set manually somewhere on the older versions.


AFAIK, If the aspect ratio of the original is 4:3 there's not much 
point in displaying it in 16:9 unless you want to distort the image.


Have fun,
Shay

Apple DVD Player - DVD compatability with different versions

[Neil Houghton]

Set-ups:
1 400MHz G4 Ti Powerbook, combo drive; OS9.1; Apple DVD Player vZ-2.5
2 800MHz G4 15" iMac, superdrive; OS9.2.2; Apple DVD Player vZ-2.7
3 800MHz G4 15" iMac, superdrive; OSX 10.1.5; Apple DVD Player v 3.0.1

DVD 1 Buena Vista Social club
DVD 2 Little Shop of Horrors (A classic, trust me!)

DVD 1 plays fine on all 3 set-ups.
DVD 2 plays fine on set-up 3, but never seems to load up on set-ups 1 or 2.
Inserting the disc starts Apple DVD Player which shows "loading" and stays
there.

Any ideas as to what the problem is. Since set-ups 2 & 3 are the same
hardware, the problem must be software-based?

I notice that DVD 1 (plays on all) is 16:9 Aspect ratio whereas DVD 2 (plays
only on 3) is 4:3 aspect ratio - I would have thought that all the Apple DVD
Player versions would have automatically adjusted for that? or does it have
to be set manually somewhere on the older versions.

TIA

Neil
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dvd player

[Chris Burton]

Hi everyone

thanks to all the advice with the mobile phone enquiry about 2 weeks 
ago...I have my eyes on the blue tooth model.


To keep this electronic theme going, I thought its about time I 
jumped into the dvd market!! Well was I in for another learning 
experience!! stopped me in my tracks...terms such as 5.1... or 
coaxial digital...or this model needs an amp but this one doesnt..etc 
I am thoroughly confused now.


If anyone could help with some advice, or relevant web sites that 
might assist in my quest for knowledge about dvd's and which models 
would be a good buy, I would be very grateful. Im looking for one 
around the $2-300 mark...a couple appeared in this weeks' sales (A 
Sony and an XMS?) and I had a look but felt uninformed.


thankyou for any help and enlightenment on this subject

chris
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10.2 DVD Player and burnt DVDs

[Rod]

Hi All!

Just wondering if anyone has had problems playing burnt DVD disks in 10.2.
I have tried disks burnt with iDVD as well as disks with a Panasonic
standalone burner. The disks have been the Apple branded variety.

I have searched the usual avenues (WAMUG archives, Kbase, Macintouch...) but
there is no mention of this problem.

Any thoughts before I escalate?

Seeya

Rod!
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Re: Adding a DVD player to Quicksilver?

[Paul S]

This should be very possible, the model that my graphite has is = Hitachi
DVD-ROM GD-7000 Rev no 016E

Cheers, Paul
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> From: Doug Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 14:57:48 +0800
> To: WAMUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Adding a DVD player to Quicksilver?
> 
> Is this possible? I'd be willing to take out my CDRW and put it in an
> external firewire case. Which models does Apple use?
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Adding a DVD player to Quicksilver?

[Doug Wilson]

Is this possible? I'd be willing to take out my CDRW and put it in an
external firewire case. Which models does Apple use?
-- 
The views expressed here do not necessarily constitute a unanimous vote by
all parts of the mind which created those views.

Re: Drastic performance in CD/DVD player

[Shay Telfer]

The CD/DVD ROM drive in my G4/400 is becoming increasingly frustrating
to use. It still reads commercial CDs and DVDs just fine, but reading
CD-Rs I (or even someone else) have burnt is entirely a haphazard
experience.


Any particular brand of CD-R media?


The problem seems to be software-related, since I have no trouble with
commercial CDs. Has anyone else had a similar experience, or shed any
light on the problem?


If it only happenn on CD-R's that wouldn't imply that it's software related...

Have fun,
Shay
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Re: Performance in CD/DVD player | Toast 5.1

[Paul S]

I take it that the Zip Cd is an external drive and you have the CD/DVD in
the bay.

Buggered internal unit maybe?

Cheers, Paul
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Paul S
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 21:37:41 +0800
> To: Paul S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: WAMUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Performance in CD/DVD player | Toast 5.1
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, January 9, 2002, at 06:46 PM, Paul S wrote:
> 
>> Hi Peter,
>> 
>> I too have a Zip CD 650 with a G4, I find that using good quality disks
>> (I'm
>> sure you know this) and the latest toast that I never have a problem.
>> 
>> 
> I have no problem with the disks themselves. They all mount fine in
> other machines. In fact, one particular disk which will not mount at all
> in my machine worked perfectly in a client's G4 just today.
> 
> --
> Peter Hinchliffe
> Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
> Perth, 
> Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913
> 
> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 
> 
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Re: Performance in CD/DVD player | Toast 5.1

[hinchlif]

On Wednesday, January 9, 2002, at 06:46 PM, Paul S wrote:

> Hi Peter,
>
> I too have a Zip CD 650 with a G4, I find that using good quality disks 
> (I'm
> sure you know this) and the latest toast that I never have a problem.
>
>
I have no problem with the disks themselves. They all mount fine in 
other machines. In fact, one particular disk which will not mount at all 
in my machine worked perfectly in a client's G4 just today.

--
Peter Hinchliffe
Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, 
Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913

Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Performance in CD/DVD player | Toast 5.1

[Paul S]

Hi Peter,

I too have a Zip CD 650 with a G4, I find that using good quality disks (I'm
sure you know this) and the latest toast that I never have a problem.

And as luck would have it the latest carbon Toast has been released.

http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=11427&db=macosx

Cheers, Paul

PS - As an aside, if you have trouble with a burnt CD, chuck it in the
freezer, it might take a bit of time, but within a week, you should have the
thing mounting. Trust me - it works.
--

Paul S
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 18:24:19 +0800
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Drastic performance in CD/DVD player
> 
> I wonder if anyone on the list can shed any light on this for me.
> 
> The CD/DVD ROM drive in my G4/400 is becoming increasingly frustrating
> to use. It still reads commercial CDs and DVDs just fine, but reading
> CD-Rs I (or even someone else) have burnt is entirely a haphazard
> experience.
> 
> If I'm lucky, the CD-R will actually mount, although it can take
> anything up to a minute or more to read the contents, depending on the
> CD. Other CD-Rs just never mount, although these ones may do if I insert
> them into the CD burner (an Iomega Zip). They are guaranteed to mount in
> the Iomega drive if I have Toast running, however, but still not in the
> built-in drive.
> 
> The problem is particularly bad in MacOS X, although the bad CDs are
> almost as problematic if I boot into 9.1.
> 
> The problem CD's load and mount just fine in my old 7500. In fact this
> is the only way I can gain access to the bad ones: mount them as a share
> on the 7500 and then read them across the network on MacOS X. This
> works beautifully!
> 
> The problem seems to be software-related, since I have no trouble with
> commercial CDs. Has anyone else had a similar experience, or shed any
> light on the problem?
> 
> --
> Peter Hinchliffe
> Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
> Perth, 
> Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913
> 
> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 
> 
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> 

Drastic performance in CD/DVD player

[hinchlif]

I wonder if anyone on the list can shed any light on this for me.

The CD/DVD ROM drive in my G4/400 is becoming increasingly frustrating 
to use. It still reads commercial CDs and DVDs just fine, but reading 
CD-Rs I (or even someone else) have burnt is entirely a haphazard 
experience.

If I'm lucky, the CD-R will actually mount, although it can take 
anything up to a minute or more to read the contents, depending on the 
CD. Other CD-Rs just never mount, although these ones may do if I insert 
them into the CD burner (an Iomega Zip). They are guaranteed to mount in 
the Iomega drive if I have Toast running, however, but still not in the 
built-in drive.

The problem is particularly bad in MacOS X, although the bad CDs are 
almost as problematic if I boot into 9.1.

The problem CD's load and mount just fine in my old 7500. In fact this 
is the only way I can gain access to the bad ones: mount them as a share 
on the 7500 and then read them across the network on MacOS X. This 
works beautifully!

The problem seems to be software-related, since I have no trouble with 
commercial CDs. Has anyone else had a similar experience, or shed any 
light on the problem?

--
Peter Hinchliffe
Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, 
Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913

Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: Using a laptop as a dvd player

[Jon Davison]

> Howdy
> I have G4 laptop 667 DVD and I get a dark patch when I try to watch a
> dvd on a television monitor . I get the message NOT PERMISSIBLE when
> trying to watch a DVD on the television in the dark patch on the
> television screen.
> Fiddled with monitoring and resolutions. All of the computer screen
> displays fine, computer graphics in Itunes is fine but not DVD image.
> 
> Is it possible? Suggestions?
> 
> Brian
> 
> Hi Brian

I get exactly the same thing on my G4 Powerbook 550. Black square on TV
screen, no colour, no sound. I have just bought a SCART connector to see if
that is any better. I have tried holding down the escape key to allocate the
new monitor, nothing. It would be good to know if anyone else has this
problem.
Anyone know this?
Cheers 
Jon

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Re: Using a laptop as a dvd player

[Jon Davison]

> Hi Brian,
> 
> Under Mac OS X 10.1 you cannot view DVD's on an external TV. I looked it up
> last night and it's just not supported yet. Under Mac OS 9, simply do the
> following:
> 
> Connect up your TV to the PowerBook. Turn video mirroring ON. Change the
> video resolution to something like 800x600 or 640x480 and make sure you see
> it on the TV. Then, plug in a USB mouse, and close the lid of your
> PowerBook. Wait a sec, and then click the mouse button (don't open up the
> PowerBook). The TV should come on, and you can play your DVD's.
> 
> Cheers,
> daz.
> 
Thanks Daz, I will try this.
Jon D

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> -Original Message-
> From: Class [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, 27 November 2001 9:27 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Using a laptop as a dvd player
> 
> 
> Howdy
> I have G4 laptop 667 DVD and I get a dark patch when I try to watch a
> dvd on a television monitor . I get the message NOT PERMISSIBLE when
> trying to watch a DVD on the television in the dark patch on the
> television screen.
> Fiddled with monitoring and resolutions. All of the computer screen
> displays fine, computer graphics in Itunes is fine but not DVD image.
> 
> Is it possible? Suggestions?
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
> 
> Got a Question? Try searching the WAMUG list archives first at
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wamug/messages/>
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Re: Using a laptop as a dvd player

[Jon Davison]

>> Hi Brian,
>> 
>> Under Mac OS X 10.1 you cannot view DVD's on an external TV. I looked it up
>> last night and it's just not supported yet. Under Mac OS 9, simply do the
>> following:
>> 
>> Connect up your TV to the PowerBook. Turn video mirroring ON. Change the
>> video resolution to something like 800x600 or 640x480 and make sure you see
>> it on the TV. Then, plug in a USB mouse, and close the lid of your
>> PowerBook. Wait a sec, and then click the mouse button (don't open up the
>> PowerBook). The TV should come on, and you can play your DVD's.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> daz.
>> 
> Thanks Daz, I will try this.
> Jon D
> 

>> -Original Message-
>> From: Class [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: Tuesday, 27 November 2001 9:27 AM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Using a laptop as a dvd player
>> 
>> 
>> Howdy
>> I have G4 laptop 667 DVD and I get a dark patch when I try to watch a
>> dvd on a television monitor . I get the message NOT PERMISSIBLE when
>> trying to watch a DVD on the television in the dark patch on the
>> television screen.
>> Fiddled with monitoring and resolutions. All of the computer screen
>> displays fine, computer graphics in Itunes is fine but not DVD image.
>> 
>> Is it possible? Suggestions?
>> 
>> Brian
>> 
>> 
>>> 
Well Daz, I tried all these things to no avail. I am using the S-Video out
on the G4 Powerbook to a SCART connector on the back of the TV. I tried
Video Mirroring and using the USB mouse, but the TV does not see the G4 at
all. I presume it will see the G4 desktop no matter if there is a DVD in
their or not, is this correct? Or will it ONLY see a DVD.
I use a Powerbook G4 550 with OS 9.2

Anything else I need to be doing?
Cheers
Jon

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- Air-to-air photography
- Graphic design & book packaging
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RE: Using a laptop as a dvd player

[Darren Kam]

Hi Brian,

Under Mac OS X 10.1 you cannot view DVD's on an external TV. I looked it up
last night and it's just not supported yet. Under Mac OS 9, simply do the
following:

Connect up your TV to the PowerBook. Turn video mirroring ON. Change the
video resolution to something like 800x600 or 640x480 and make sure you see
it on the TV. Then, plug in a USB mouse, and close the lid of your
PowerBook. Wait a sec, and then click the mouse button (don't open up the
PowerBook). The TV should come on, and you can play your DVD's.

Cheers,
daz.

-Original Message-
From: Class [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 27 November 2001 9:27 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Using a laptop as a dvd player


Howdy
I have G4 laptop 667 DVD and I get a dark patch when I try to watch a 
dvd on a television monitor . I get the message NOT PERMISSIBLE when 
trying to watch a DVD on the television in the dark patch on the 
television screen.
Fiddled with monitoring and resolutions. All of the computer screen 
displays fine, computer graphics in Itunes is fine but not DVD image.

Is it possible? Suggestions?

Brian



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Using a laptop as a dvd player

[Class]

Howdy
I have G4 laptop 667 DVD and I get a dark patch when I try to watch a 
dvd on a television monitor . I get the message NOT PERMISSIBLE when 
trying to watch a DVD on the television in the dark patch on the 
television screen.
Fiddled with monitoring and resolutions. All of the computer screen 
displays fine, computer graphics in Itunes is fine but not DVD image.


Is it possible? Suggestions?

Brian

DVD player update WARNING

[Steven Tan]

Hi,

I just downloaded the DVD player update via the Software update through 
OS X. Now whenever I start DVD player, there is an error saying my 
machine is not supported.
?? I am using a Pismo 500, so there should be no reason why it is not 
supported. Anyone had this problem.


Steven

Apple DVD Player 2.2 for OS8.6 Download??

[Touchwood]

Hi

I wonder if anyone can direct me ta URL for a download
of Apple DVD Player 2.2 to use with OS 8.6.

I've drawn a blank with Version Tracker and at the Apple site.

Failing that, would someone be prepared to email me a
copy of their Apple DVD Player software that they are using
with 8.6.

I'm not 100% sure but I think the latest compatible version
with OS 8.6 was 2.2.

Thanks
Neil D

Apple DVD Player 2.2 Download??

[tuchwood]

Hi

I wonder if someone can point me at a URL for a download
of Apple DVD player 2.2 to use with OS 8.6.

I've drawn a blank at Version Tracker and at the Apple site.

Failing that, would somebody be prepared to email a copy
of their Apple DVD Player software that they are using with 8.6.

I am not 100% sure what the latest 8.6 compatible 
version was (I think 2.2)

Thanks

Neil D