WHY can you only reset the rigional code 5 times?

[Abstract]

This is true. I recently had to change the region on my PB super to UK because inspite of having VLC, the drive was still locking up wouldnt play UK DVDs. I upgraded my VLC and as soon as that didnt work, I just went ahead and changed the region on the damn thing. Couldnt be bothered to spend any more time searching for a workaround.

Well I play region 1, 3, and 4 DVDs on my Mac using VLC with no issues except with one DVD I own.

 

[howesey]

*Pats external DVD drive*

It depends on the drive. This is not done by the OS or by other hardware, it is done by the DVD-ROM itself. External drives are normal drives in an enclosure, and sometimes a firewire or USB controller.

 

[MRU]

Well it's actually both.

DVD player on the mac is software lock, but true some DVD drives are firmware region locked too...

Combo drives seem to work better on VLC than Superdrives. Especially later superdrives....

 

[YS2003]

So, just to clarify this one point. If you buy an external DVD player or DVD player/burner and hook it up with your Mac via USB or Firewire and set that external DVD player to, say region 2, while your internal OEM DVD player is set at region 1, this external DVD's region setting does not affect your Mac's OEM internal DVD player's region? DVD players are getting cheaper and it would be worth buying an external DVD for each region if you have DVD from various regions.

 

[asterisco]

do you realize it is win sw?

Use a program called AnyDvd by Slysoft, it'll take the region code out of the dvd and let you play it back (without ripping it to your hard drive)

I think that it can be wanderful, but alas it is only for win.
Anyone knows something similar for osx?

 

[WesSideTempest]

I just discovered this when I inserted a DVD music single and it automatically popped up.
I have a G4 tower with two DVD burners. Is it possible to have one burner be Region 1 and the other Region 2? Will the OS allow that? And what about Region 0? Does that count as a region change?