I get this in the system profiler: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N:
Firmware Revision: SA18 Interconnect: ATAPI Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive) Cache: 2048 KB Reads DVD: Yes CD-Write: -R, -RW DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO Media: To show the available burn speeds, insert a disc and choose View > Refresh I can't find any entry under HL-DT-ST DVDRW or HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N on the site you suggest. Best, Ranulph On 18 Apr 2010, at 14:13, Rob Beattie wrote: > I found this but haven't tried it so use at your own risk(!). > > Most new Macbooks have Matsushita SuperDrives installed. The drive is > what holds the region lock, so you need to fix that through a firmware > upgrade (not really as difficult as it sounds, your Mac does it > through automatic updates all the time, the process below is all drag > & drop). Follow these steps. > 1) go to Applications --> Utilities --> System Profiler > 2) click on "Disk Burning" under the Hardware grouping, this will > display info about your drive. > 3) see what kind of drive you have at the top; visit this site and do > a search for that drive type http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php > 3a) If your drive is a Matsushita UJ-868 or UJ-857E you're in super > luck, just go here http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?f... > 3b) read the whole page, and then download the Matsushita Flasher, as > well as the firmware for your drive type (don't worry that it doesn't > match the Firmware listed for your drive under the System > Profiler/Disk Burning tab, you're installing the new firmware; Also, > don't worry if the firmware matches what you already have, you'll be > downloading the RPC-1 firmware, you likely have RPC-2 firmware right > now. All that's important to know is that RPC-1 = region free capable, > and RPC-2 = region locked = bad!!!) > 3c) if you want to be sure what type of drive you have before you > begin, I suggest downloading something called "DVD Info X" (google and > you'll find it). this will tell you the type of drive you have and if > it's RPC-1 or RPC-2 > 3d) open the Matsushita Flasher utility and follow the instructions, > drag and drop the new firmware you just downloaded into the folder it > asks you to. Restart the Mac and off you go. > > 4) for other drives, and for newer macbooks there really aren't many. > You'll have a mixed bag of results. The older the drive the easier it > is. But if you cant find it at http://forum.rpc1.org/ then, in my > experience, you probably won't find it at all, or it won't be a good > fix. > > Rob > ----------------- > Rob Beattie > Freelance writer and book author > www.robbeattie.com > 07769 902820 > > > > On 18 April 2010 07:52, Ranulph Glanville <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> I installed the latest version of VLP (1.0.5) and hoped to play a dvd during >> a prolonged stopover in Europe. The images on 2 discs came over as blocky >> and in wonderful colours, and totally illegible: the sort of thing that I >> find when I have some protected video and try to play it. The dvds were new >> and fairly ordinary: Kite Runners, for instance. >> >> I have not used the apple dvd player. I did once insert a dvd and the apple >> player came up, so I quit without setting a country code. I gathered from >> this list, years ago, that VLP would not call for a country code. It seems I >> am somehow confused. Anyhow, my dvds won't play and I'm stuck under the >> cloud. >> >> Any ideas? I could use the apple dvd player, but then I'd have to localise >> with a country code, I think, and I do dislike that. >> >> I've not seen any action on the list for a couple of days. I hope I didn't >> miss anything. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
