DVD: no video, no audio, no nothin'

[alisonc]

I just tried using VLC 0.6.2 for the first time, to watch a Region 2 DVD on my Region 1 PowerBook 17" (OS 10.3.1).

I tried using open disc and choosing either DVD or Video_TS (and navigating to that folder on the DVD). I tried both checking and unchecking "Use DVD menu". I tried fiddling with the preferences. I tried putting video to full screen.

Every time, same thing: the disc sounds lke it's being accessed, but there's no video, no audio. The controller's play button turns to a pause button, but nothing's playing. If I have it set to play video full screen, the whole screen goes black and nothing happens.

What am I doing wrong??

[BigBen]

VLC cannot override region setting on most recent DVD drives shipped with Apple computers...

[zorglub]

The problem is that with some DVD drives shipped in recent macs, libdvdcss is unable to read DVD from non-matching zones.

Firmware patches exist, but of course, you apply them at your own risk (search in the forum for an adress where to find some, this question was asked a few days ago)

[alisonc]

Thanks for the replies, guys. I checked out links to firmware hacks but unfortunely there are none available for the 17" PowerBook. Bummers