Darkshadow
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DVDs Playing on my B&W G3 with OS X 10.1 Player Mod! - Here's How: -
I can now say that the mod noted earlier today does work, at least on a B&W G3. I have a B&W G3 with a PCI Radeon card and the original DVD-ROM drive. As I'm typing this a DVD movie is playing on it with OS X 10.1's DVD Player. Here's how I did it:
I could find the Essentials.pax.pkg, but not a "Essentials.pkg.gz" file that was noted in a reader post below. Since I own several Macs that are "supported" by the 10.1 DVD player, I made a copy of the DVD player from a G4/AGP system here.
1. Running OS 9 (not Classic mode), I made a duplicate of the DVD Player.app - which makes it appear as a folder vs a file in OS 9. (Hexedit can't open the player.app "file"). (I did this part of the work on a G4/AGP with OS 9.2.1 and OS X installed on the same volume. One reader noted duplicating the DVD player.app did not make it a folder - but I tested this twice - it does here on this Mac, repeatably. If you can't get that to work see below this post for another option.)
2. Using Hexedit I opened the "DVD Player" file that's in the Contents/MacOS folder. Using the Find command I searched for the string "PowerMac2" to find the listing of "PowerMac2.1,.."
3. I changed the "2" in "PowerMac2,1" to "1" (i.e. now reading "PowerMac1,1") and saved the file.
(The image below shows where I found "PowerMac2,1" in the file and changed it to "PowerMac1,1".)
[I'm linking to the image from their site...this may or may not stay]:
(Note - PowerMac1,1 works for the B&W G3. For other Macs boot into OF as noted in the post below to see the PowerMac ID, if the 1,1 code does not work. Note - A Lombard G3/333 Owner said his ID was PowerBook1,1 but the mod did not work on that system which had a VST DVD drive.)
4. I then renamed the "DVD Player.app copy" folder to "DVD Player.app" and it "changes" back to a single file icon. I copied that file to the B&W G3's OS X 10.1 Applications folder
Of course I then launched the DVD Player and inserted a DVD movie to verify it worked. So far so good. I have not tested with the original Rage128 card, but I suspect that would not matter This B&W G3 has an OWC G4/500 installed right now for review tests, but the CPU type should not matter with the changes above.
What I'd be curious to know is if the RageProLT (Lombard and Wallstreet2) or RageLT (Original Wallstreet) graphics chips would work with this mod. If any owners try that - let me know. (I do not have OS X installed on my Wallstreet.)
Note: If duplicating the DVD Player.app does not make the copy a folder, try this reader tip:
" I copied the DVD Player.app from my Firewire G3 Powerbook and transferred it to my B&W. Then I placed it in the Applications (OSX) Folder. Right-clicking on the file brings up the menu, then I selected "show package contents". From there I opened the "contents" "mac os" folders, and then opened the DVD Player with HexEdit and did the mod."
DVDs Playing on my B&W G3 with OS X 10.1 Player Mod! - Here's How: -
I can now say that the mod noted earlier today does work, at least on a B&W G3. I have a B&W G3 with a PCI Radeon card and the original DVD-ROM drive. As I'm typing this a DVD movie is playing on it with OS X 10.1's DVD Player. Here's how I did it:
I could find the Essentials.pax.pkg, but not a "Essentials.pkg.gz" file that was noted in a reader post below. Since I own several Macs that are "supported" by the 10.1 DVD player, I made a copy of the DVD player from a G4/AGP system here.
1. Running OS 9 (not Classic mode), I made a duplicate of the DVD Player.app - which makes it appear as a folder vs a file in OS 9. (Hexedit can't open the player.app "file"). (I did this part of the work on a G4/AGP with OS 9.2.1 and OS X installed on the same volume. One reader noted duplicating the DVD player.app did not make it a folder - but I tested this twice - it does here on this Mac, repeatably. If you can't get that to work see below this post for another option.)
2. Using Hexedit I opened the "DVD Player" file that's in the Contents/MacOS folder. Using the Find command I searched for the string "PowerMac2" to find the listing of "PowerMac2.1,.."
3. I changed the "2" in "PowerMac2,1" to "1" (i.e. now reading "PowerMac1,1") and saved the file.
(The image below shows where I found "PowerMac2,1" in the file and changed it to "PowerMac1,1".)
[I'm linking to the image from their site...this may or may not stay]:
(Note - PowerMac1,1 works for the B&W G3. For other Macs boot into OF as noted in the post below to see the PowerMac ID, if the 1,1 code does not work. Note - A Lombard G3/333 Owner said his ID was PowerBook1,1 but the mod did not work on that system which had a VST DVD drive.)
4. I then renamed the "DVD Player.app copy" folder to "DVD Player.app" and it "changes" back to a single file icon. I copied that file to the B&W G3's OS X 10.1 Applications folder
Of course I then launched the DVD Player and inserted a DVD movie to verify it worked. So far so good. I have not tested with the original Rage128 card, but I suspect that would not matter This B&W G3 has an OWC G4/500 installed right now for review tests, but the CPU type should not matter with the changes above.
What I'd be curious to know is if the RageProLT (Lombard and Wallstreet2) or RageLT (Original Wallstreet) graphics chips would work with this mod. If any owners try that - let me know. (I do not have OS X installed on my Wallstreet.)
Note: If duplicating the DVD Player.app does not make the copy a folder, try this reader tip:
" I copied the DVD Player.app from my Firewire G3 Powerbook and transferred it to my B&W. Then I placed it in the Applications (OSX) Folder. Right-clicking on the file brings up the menu, then I selected "show package contents". From there I opened the "contents" "mac os" folders, and then opened the DVD Player with HexEdit and did the mod."