on 11/17/02 10:23 PM, Daniel Dreibelbis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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! >SNIP SNIP
I wish I'd have had this info a few weeks ago, I couldn't get DVD Player installed because my DVD-RAM drive is in an external FireWire case. Apparently the OS X Installer looks for a compatible drive only on the IDE bus and won't install DVD Player if it doesn't find one. There is another program though. It's an open source app called "VideoLAN client". I installed it and was instantly watching a DVD movie with no problem at all. VideoLAN client, or "vlc" as it's called, is available here... http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=14738&db=mac I don't know if vlc is any better or worse than DVD Player, but it's another option at least. It's likely not as polished interface-wise, but it played movies with no choppiness at all. Thanks Daniel, now I can extract DVD Player and see if it'll work with my external DVD-RAM too. Apple really ticked me off with those limitations they imposed. -Howie -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
