A few days ago I mentioned to a user interested in running a DVD-ROM
drive on his UMAX that you could only run it under OS 9 and Intech
CD/DVD Tools 6, because it was impossible to get DVD Player under OS X
to work.
Well, I'm happy to say that I was wrong in my assessment. Thanks to a
thread in the XPostFacto support forum on OWC, I found some advice on
how to get the DVD Player running under Jaguar on a PCI PowerMac. And
I just spent about three hours enjoying the new _Queen Greatest Video
Hits Volume 1_ DVD, which due to the codec used in restoring the video
will not run on my APEX DVD Player - the J700 played it all back smooth
as silk!
WARNING! Although it's pretty straightforward without having to call
up things like the Terminal, this is something you have to have
confidence to do. I put these instructions forward to help you out, but
this is something to do at your own risk. I bear no responsibility for
anything that happens to your machine in doing this, although your
computer isn't likely to blow up. I would recommend to at least do a
backup of any and all important files, and maybe make a copy of your OS
X boot drive to another drive using Carbon Copy Cloner, before
proceeding.....
here's how to make DVD Player work on the UMAX J700 and S900 under OS X
10.2.x !
you'll need:
- OS X Jaguar install disks
- DVD-ROM drive with appropriate interface to connect to (check the
xcellerate your mac pages at Other World Computing's web site for a
database of drives that will work with OS X and the appropriate
interface - I'm using a Toshiba 16X DVD drive along with an ACARD Ahard
66 IDE/PCI interface)
- video card with proper DVD decoding features (ATI Rage 128
w/decoding card, Rage Orion, Radeon For Mac, Radeon 7000 ME)
- processor card upgrade (minimum 400 MHz G3)
- Pacifist .PKG extractor program (can be found at Versiontracker.com)
- DVDPlayer 3.2 no DVD Cocoa patch file (found at the French web site
macbidouille.com, you may have to utilize BabelFish to find the file)
- a DVD movie to test with
Procedure:
- install all appropriate hardware as per instructions from
manufacturer.
- insert disk 1 of OS X Jaguar
- using Pacifist, go to the path System/Install/Packages and open the
.PKG file "Essentials.PKG"
- open the "Applications" folder. There you will see the file "DVD
Player.app". Click on this file, then hit the "Install" button at the
top of the Pacifist window to install DVD Player 3.2 to your
Applications folder on your OS X boot drive.
- once DVD Player is installed, run the "DVD Player 3.2 no DVD" patch
- this removes the check Apple put in to prevent you from running DVD
Player on a PowerMac without a built-in IDE bus .
- now launch DVD Player - if the patch is successful, you should not
have the "cannot find DVD drive" warning box pop up, and the brushed
metal DVD interface widget should appear on your desktop.
- in the "preferences" selection in the menu, check the box asking
to launch DVD Player whenever a DVD is inserted. Close DVD player.
- insert your DVD movie into your DVD drive - if the install was a
success, DVD Player should now launch and go to the main menu of the
movie.
- click on the appropriate selection and enjoy your movie!
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