DVD Playback

Nermal

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Original poster

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• Nov 26, 2003

• #1

I can play DVDs fine, but I'm having trouble fast-forwarding them. I'm trying to skip past all the menus etc, but I keep getting a "not permitted" message. How do I fix this?

 

strider42

macrumors 65816

• Nov 26, 2003

• #2

thats the way it is with some movies. I don't play movies on my computer, but I assume its the same as it is on a DVD player where in some movies you are forced to watch the FBI warning, the rating screen, the menus etc.

 

Nermal

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• Nov 26, 2003

• #3

Well I could skip them on my Windows computer, so why can't I on my Mac?

 

strider42

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• Nov 26, 2003

• #4

Originally posted by Nermal
Well I could skip them on my Windows computer, so why can't I on my Mac?

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for that I have no answer. Hopefully someone else can chime in here.

 

jimthorn

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• Nov 28, 2003

• #5

Apple's DVD Player app "follows the rules" that are coded onto the disc. Some things can be skipped over and some can't, depending on the whims of the DVD author. Your Windows DVD player probably didn't follow the rules. I watch a lot of DVDs on my iBook, and it's rare that I can't skip over something. Usually it's on older discs that there may be a preview or warning that can't be skipped.

 

Nermal

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• Nov 28, 2003

• #6

So how do I get it to do what I want? It's my computer, and they're my DVDs, so I should be able to choose what to do with them. One of my discs has almost 90 seconds of studio logos etc before you can do anything!

 

MoparShaha

Contributor

• Nov 28, 2003

• #7

The only legitamate thing you can do is complain to the movie studios. Like jimthorn said, "rules" are programmed into the DVD. Any regular, TV DVD player will not let you skip over parts that the DVD author does not want you to skip over. If your Windows player did it, fine, but as said earlier, it is not following the rules, which is not the norm. The Apple DVD player follows all the rules a standard DVD player does. It's not Apple's fault for making a product that performs as a standard DVD player would.

 

The Void

macrumors regular

• Nov 28, 2003

• #8

Give VLC a try. http://www.videolan.org/
In Jaguar it could play any region dvd even if your drive was locked, but that trick seems not to be working in panther. Hopefully it'll come back in version 0.6.3 tho'.

The Void

 

The Void

macrumors regular

• Nov 28, 2003

• #9

Give VLC a try. http://www.videolan.org/
In Jaguar it could play any region dvd even if your drive was locked, but that trick seems not to be working in panther. Hopefully it'll come back in version 0.6.3 tho'.

The Void

 

The Void

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• Nov 28, 2003

• #10

Oops, sorry for double posting. Anyhow, i just tried the beta of VLC 0.7, and i still can't play other regions. Oh well, at least the FFWD works.

The Void

 

kettle

macrumors 65816

• Nov 28, 2003

• #11

Originally posted by Nermal
Well I could skip them on my Windows computer, so why can't I on my Mac?

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Another case of a PC being vastly superior to a mac.

I'm off to buy a dell box just so I can feel complete and at peace once more.

 

Nermal

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• Nov 29, 2003

• #12

OK, I've given VLC a go. It can skip the ads etc, but I can't figure out how to access the menus so I can choose what to watch. Also, the video playback is choppy.

Getting back to Apple's player, remember that a "feature you can't turn off" is also known as a "bug".