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But I can't make our entire app's source available as there are other libraries we would license from other parties that are not source-distributable. Is this ok? The VLCKit represents a small part of the main app, so I am not really distributing a "modified version"... the VLCKit itself ...

The problem is not really on the VLC side, but rather on Apple's side. For Mac DVD drives, it feels like they specifically chose brands whose makers have gone above and beyond the call of duty regarding region coding: VLC is often unable to overcome their particular locking. However, depending on th...

i have never tried Apple DVD player with a unlocked drive to see if Apple has a software block in place or not i cant test it cause i dont have a unlocked drive. Like all proprietary DVD player programs that I know, it has. One needs one further program (Region X, http://xvi.rpc1.org ) to trick it ...

I thought the great thing about the VLC player was that it could play other region discs in this sort of case or did I get that wrong? It generally can. Unfortunately, ever since the G4 Aluminium Powerbook, Apple has insisted on picking drives that go above and beyond the norm for region checking. ...

the VLC works fine in download anything and want to watch it through there, but not with DVDs. But if my VLC is locked due to the region, then why wont it at least play that regions dvd?!?!?! Maybe your drive isn't actually set to a particular region yet. If I'm not mistaken, in order to play DVDs ...

VLC is unable to overcome the region-locking firmware of the DVD drives found in recent Macs. You probably need to flash the existing firmware with a region-free version (see http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=39930&p=126350#p126350 for more details), which requires you to know t...

Folks, please search the forum before asking questions. This was answered millions of times before. NO, there is NO way to play DVDs from a different region than your drive is set to in case that your Mac is less than 3 years old. This is no bug in VLC and cannot be solved by us. It's due a differe...

Current stabile version 0.8.6c doesnt support this codec.

Errr... yes, it does: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html

I have a slightly older Matshita uj-845e in my Powerbook G4 - did anyone make a firmware patch for that for Region Free playing of DVD's??? :D Will wonders never cease? The UJ-845e can now be patched as well: http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=43082 :P Preyan, the URL above should answer most of...

Saw you posted that someone came up with a firmware flash for the "unflashable" uj-857 from Matshita... I have a slightly older Matshita uj-845e in my Powerbook G4 - did anyone make a firmware patch for that for Region Free playing of DVD's??? :D Equally my gf has the same issue with her ...

I doubt that such a firmware exists for new drives

And yet someone came up recently with a patch for Matsushita's UJ-857 (frequently found in Macbooks these days)
But you're right aboyt the warranty, and obviously the OP would have to be warned about this.

I'm sorry, but there is no chance to get this working again except by unlocking your MBP again by Apple Care Maybe you're too pessimistic... as I was saying, it really depends on the exact drive the OP has. For selected models, the firmware can be updated with an unofficial RPC1 patch, and after th...

It depends on the actual hardware you're using... with some drives there's just no solution, unfortunately. What exact DVD drive do you have? Open the System Profiler and look into the ATA section (or USB or FireWire, if it's an external drive).

thanks - so does this then mean i am simply unable to play and dvd's on this powerbook machine unless they are region codes 0 & 1...? Indeed. i've been hearing of portable externals? i may now just end up buying a separate dvd portable player if there just seems to be no way .....are there limi...

I am based in the UK but due to work I am travelling a lot and as a result I often have to have the region code switch to the country I am visiting whenever I use my dvd player that came with my osx system I've now had to use VLC to watch my dvd's but i have had problems playing a lot of them - the...