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Hi,
My name is Doug and the question posed by Alex about region free software for OSX interests me a lot. (Question - Region Free Dvd Software For Mac OsxMay 3 2005, 6:59am).
I read Charlie's response and downloaded from the provided links both Xine and VLC. I changed the settings in my control pannel to run one or the other when a dvd is loaded. Unfortunately I get an error message with both.
Just in case it is useful, I have a Powerbook G4 1mh. programmed for zone 1 dvds.
Here is what I do:
With Xine as the dvd player, I put in a zone 2 dvd and I an error message says: xine could not open 'dvd:///dev/rdisk3'. The error reported was error #7.
With VLC the error message says:
vcd: search for kIOCDMediaClass came up empty
vcd: failed to get the TOC
vcd: no movie tracks found
access_file: file /dev/rdisk3 is empty, aborting
cdda: search for kIOCDMediaClass came up empty
cdda: failed to get the TOC
cdda: no audio tracks found
cddax: Disc seems not to be CD-DA. libcdio reports it is DVD-ROM
main: no suitable access module for `dvdnav:///dev/rdisk3'
I can't find a user's manual or help for Xine but the VLC does provide one online that isn't a great help. I suspect that all this has to do with the fact that, being a newer computer, my DVD player has an RPC2 drive that won't allow VLC access. (I have a vague understanding that RPC1 drives work well with dezoning software while RPC2 doesn't.)
I'm not a programmer, so I can get lost quickly if there is any Unix talk.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Doug
My name is Doug and the question posed by Alex about region free software for OSX interests me a lot. (Question - Region Free Dvd Software For Mac OsxMay 3 2005, 6:59am).
I read Charlie's response and downloaded from the provided links both Xine and VLC. I changed the settings in my control pannel to run one or the other when a dvd is loaded. Unfortunately I get an error message with both.
Just in case it is useful, I have a Powerbook G4 1mh. programmed for zone 1 dvds.
Here is what I do:
With Xine as the dvd player, I put in a zone 2 dvd and I an error message says: xine could not open 'dvd:///dev/rdisk3'. The error reported was error #7.
With VLC the error message says:
vcd: search for kIOCDMediaClass came up empty
vcd: failed to get the TOC
vcd: no movie tracks found
access_file: file /dev/rdisk3 is empty, aborting
cdda: search for kIOCDMediaClass came up empty
cdda: failed to get the TOC
cdda: no audio tracks found
cddax: Disc seems not to be CD-DA. libcdio reports it is DVD-ROM
main: no suitable access module for `dvdnav:///dev/rdisk3'
I can't find a user's manual or help for Xine but the VLC does provide one online that isn't a great help. I suspect that all this has to do with the fact that, being a newer computer, my DVD player has an RPC2 drive that won't allow VLC access. (I have a vague understanding that RPC1 drives work well with dezoning software while RPC2 doesn't.)
I'm not a programmer, so I can get lost quickly if there is any Unix talk.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Doug