DVD Region is hardware encoded, so software won't do the job. You'd need to flash the firmware of your DVD drive.
ive heard vlc solves the issue if you play via it. might want to double check first
Probably won't play it on a hardware restricted drive. You can look at http://www.rpc1.org. They may have a firmware upgrade for your drive (but I doubt it).i agree, i think vlc will play most discs regardless of region.
Probably won't play it on a hardware restricted drive. You can look at http://www.rpc1.org. They may have a firmware upgrade for your drive (but I doubt it).
Never worked for me until I flashed my DVD drive. You can't even use MTR to rip the DVD off the drive as the result is just garbage.the point is that vlc ignores the region encoding competely and will play most discs AFAIK. would be surprised to hear that vlc did not play a disc dt region issues.
the point is that vlc ignores the region encoding competely and will play most discs AFAIK. would be surprised to hear that vlc did not play a disc dt region issues.
Never worked for me until I flashed my DVD drive. You can't even use MTR to rip the DVD off the drive as the result is just garbage.
This used to be true with older hardware (certainly pre-Intel). However, Apple changed to hardware region encoding which cannot be defeated by any software.
Simple
Disable auto play of DVD's (set to always Ignore)
Then whenyou put a dvd in the drive - simply open vlc and choose Open Disc from the file menu.
VLC treats all dvds as data disks and as such it does not even read the region code.
I use this all the time and its flawless so far (with region 1,2,4 and 0)
Yep works on my MBA and Mac Pro (2008)
I have a plain ol' MacBook purchased in 2008, but is a late-2007 model. I have tried what you suggest, but it doesn't work. I insert the DVD and it comes up asking me to change the region, but I just pretend that window isn't there and open VLC. VLC sees the DVD (it didn't before) and makes an attempt to open it, but then spits it out. Am I missing a step? I've tried this several times w/ VLC open in advance as well.
I'm a new Mac user and so far I've been frustrated with a lot of things about it and this is the biggest...
Hi there,
VLC seemed to have worked. The reasons why initially this didn't "seemed" to have worked is because when a DVD is inserted to the DVD drive, the built-in DVD player fires up. This then fires up the Region Select "SOFTWARE". The way to by past it is to "FORCE QUIT" DVD Player before the Region Select software comes online. (ie. Right click on the DVD Player icon that just poped up on the DOCK, and select "force quit".) I just tested this a few times, and the Region Select Software counter still stayed at "5". I hope this clears up the air abit, as this has frusted a great number of the Mac Users.
Trojann
Am I missing a step? I've tried this several times w/ VLC open in advance as well.
I think the step you missed is that you either have to disable autoplay (set to ignore) as the bunny suggested above, or else force quit the DVD player as suggested in a subsequent reply. If you just escape out like you did, I don't think it works.
I have a 2009 iMac running 10.5.8
And this is a disc that you know is not bad using some other means of verification, right? Hmmm, I dunno why some computers which (AFAIK) would have hardware RCE can do this and others cannot....