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In article <helix-0407991323170001@c53h3-asy76.newcastle.edu.au>,
helix@hunter.apana.org.au (Helix Energy) wrote:

>I could be wrong, but its possible Apple's DVD Player doesn't tell you
>that its switching between regions after it warns you for the first time
>when you do switch between regions.
>
>We need a straight, honest to god crack here ladies and gentlemen :-)

There are two.
A codefree version of the dvd softare and a small application which resets
the counter of region changes to 0
M


_______________________
Mario Jori
Jorima@icil64.cilea.it
_______________________

Ummm... but where do you get those two?

--Weiyun

In article <jori-0407991510470001@isdn09.divtlc.unimi.it>, Mario Jori
<jori@fildir.unimi.it> wrote:

> In article <helix-0407991323170001@c53h3-asy76.newcastle.edu.au>,
> helix@hunter.apana.org.au (Helix Energy) wrote:
> 
> >I could be wrong, but its possible Apple's DVD Player doesn't tell you
> >that its switching between regions after it warns you for the first time
> >when you do switch between regions.
> >
> >We need a straight, honest to god crack here ladies and gentlemen :-)
> 
> There are two.
> A codefree version of the dvd softare and a small application which resets
> the counter of region changes to 0
> M
> 
> 
> _______________________
> Mario Jori
> Jorima@icil64.cilea.it
> _______________________

....and a small application which resets
> the counter of region changes to 0


Do you have this? If so please email me at lmurphy2@hotmail.com

You will have my eternal gratitude!


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Mario Jori <jori@fildir.unimi.it> wrote:

> >We need a straight, honest to god crack here ladies and gentlemen :-)
> 
> There are two.
> A codefree version of the dvd softare and a small application which resets
> the counter of region changes to 0

How does one locate this application?  I know nothing about it!

In article <daniel-0307991304590001@192.168.4.71>, daniel@totallymac.co.nz
(Daniel Parker) wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I think I have broken the region protection on my Lombard Powerbook. This
> is how I did it. 
> 
> 1) Start up your Powerbook
> 2) While On, Remove the DVD Module
> 3) Get a DVD module from another Powerbook that has never been turned On
> (Yes I am serious, this is what I did))
> 4) Play DVD's from diferent regions
> 5) Remove the module and put yours back in
> 6) Restart your powerbook
> 7) You should no longer be asked to switch regions
> 
> Ive tried this with my module in my powerbook with about 10 DVD's (Region
> 1 & 4) and it has not asked me once to switch regions.
> 
> Im not sure what has changed (I was dont this test to see if the
> protection was written into software or back to a eeprom on the drive
> itself) I did notice that the 'Apple CD/DVD Extension' and 'Region
> manager' have been modified, but these files seam to get modified every
> restart anyway. I have copied my extensions and prefs into an archive on
> my ftp site (ftp://130.217.91.201) and I will leave these there for about
> a week. I do NOT know if this will help anyone else, as it may have
> written this info elseware, but I am interested to know if it does work,
> so some feedback would be great.
> 
> Good Luck (It really does work (Well at least for me), but getting your
> hands on a NEW Lombard DVD module is the hard bit)

I could be wrong, but its possible Apple's DVD Player doesn't tell you
that its switching between regions after it warns you for the first time
when you do switch between regions.

We need a straight, honest to god crack here ladies and gentlemen :-)

> Regards
> Daniel
> Totally Mac Ltd / DVD Rent NZ

LaTeR!

Pete Briggs <pete@camshaft.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Mario Jori <jori@fildir.unimi.it> wrote:
> 
> > >We need a straight, honest to god crack here ladies and gentlemen :-)
> > 
> > There are two.
> > A codefree version of the dvd softare and a small application which resets
> > the counter of region changes to 0
> 
> How does one locate this application?  I know nothing about it!

I have what is supposed to be the Apple DVD Codefree region player from
the Apple developer site. I have no idea if it is though because I don't
have a DVD drive to test it on. If anyone wants (and if I uploaded the
file right) you should be able to get it at
http://www.cybcon.com/~dwilson/dvdcodefree.sit
Would someone please email me at djwilson@q-net.net.au and let me know
if this thing works.

-- 
What did people go back to before there were drawing boards?

djwilson@q-net.net.au (Doug & Jaana Wilson) writes:

>I have what is supposed to be the Apple DVD Codefree region player from
>the Apple developer site. I have no idea if it is though because I don't
>have a DVD drive to test it on. If anyone wants (and if I uploaded the
>file right) you should be able to get it at
>http://www.cybcon.com/~dwilson/dvdcodefree.sit
>Would someone please email me at djwilson@q-net.net.au and let me know
>if this thing works.

Do you happen to have a URL for where it came from?  (It's for a friend,
who'd be less paranoid about viruses if it were downloaded from an
official site.)

Thanks,

Tyler.

-- 
-----
Tyler Saxton,            Programmer -- Academic Support
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
University of Melbourne, Australia.     tls@cs.mu.oz.au

Tyler, I can guarantee you that there isn't a virus in the file. I run a
current copy of Virex at all times and so far no one else that has
gotten the file from my site has complained about finding any
infections. As far as I know the only "official" place to get the file
is from the apple developer servers. If your friend wishes to pay the
fee to become a developer and get his own log-in and password then he's
more than welcome to do so because I'm sure not giving out mine.

Tyler Lee SAXTON <tls@cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:

> djwilson@q-net.net.au (Doug & Jaana Wilson) writes:
> 
> >I have what is supposed to be the Apple DVD Codefree region player from
> >the Apple developer site. I have no idea if it is though because I don't
> >have a DVD drive to test it on. If anyone wants (and if I uploaded the
> >file right) you should be able to get it at
> >http://www.cybcon.com/~dwilson/dvdcodefree.sit
> >Would someone please email me at djwilson@q-net.net.au and let me know
> >if this thing works.
> 
> Do you happen to have a URL for where it came from?  (It's for a friend,
> who'd be less paranoid about viruses if it were downloaded from an
> official site.)
> Thanks,
> Tyler.

-- 
History does not repeat itself -- 
historians merely repeat each other.

Doug & Jaana Wilson <djwilson@q-net.net.au> wrote:

> > djwilson@q-net.net.au (Doug & Jaana Wilson) writes:
> > 
> > >I have what is supposed to be the Apple DVD Codefree region player from
> > >the Apple developer site. I have no idea if it is though because I don't
> > >have a DVD drive to test it on. If anyone wants (and if I uploaded the
> > >file right) you should be able to get it at
> > >http://www.cybcon.com/~dwilson/dvdcodefree.sit
> > >Would someone please email me at djwilson@q-net.net.au and let me know
> > >if this thing works.

Nope, I cannot get stuffit to unpack it.  Could you upload it wrapped in
.hqx please?


Jon
-- 
To email me, remove the zz from my address

Maybe you can try visit here:
http://www.dfbills.com/powerbook/dvd.html

It has an application called DVDack, which it says it can reset the no of
changes made on PB DVD back to zero.
But I don't have DVDs other than region 1, I cannot test it though...
Anyone like to give it a try?

Daytona

Jon Naude wrote:

> Doug & Jaana Wilson <djwilson@q-net.net.au> wrote:
>
> > > djwilson@q-net.net.au (Doug & Jaana Wilson) writes:
> > >
> > > >I have what is supposed to be the Apple DVD Codefree region player from
> > > >the Apple developer site. I have no idea if it is though because I don't
> > > >have a DVD drive to test it on. If anyone wants (and if I uploaded the
> > > >file right) you should be able to get it at
> > > >http://www.cybcon.com/~dwilson/dvdcodefree.sit
> > > >Would someone please email me at djwilson@q-net.net.au and let me know
> > > >if this thing works.
>
> Nope, I cannot get stuffit to unpack it.  Could you upload it wrapped in
> .hqx please?
>
> Jon
> --
> To email me, remove the zz from my address

Yes.
The Apple DVD player 1.1 or higher allows you to change the region setting for
a maximun of five times.
For example:
You played an region 1 disc on your new DVD kit for the first time, the drive
will set itself as a "region 1 DVD player", it can then play all region 1
discs, but when you insert and try to play a disc OTHER THAN region 1, it will
warn you that you must change the drive's region settings, and you can change
it xxx times more...
If you choose change, you can choose between 6 different regions (set by DVD
forum), after you have set that, if you insert another disc that's different
from your CURRENT setting, you will have to change the setting again before
you can play it.

Such limitations are set by the DVD forum.

Hope such info helps.

Daytona

P.S. BTW, did anyone comfirmed that the DVDack really works??

"david s. broudy" wrote:

> excuse me, but does this DVD region thing mean: if I get a local DVD while
> outside of the US, it won't play? what sort of lunacy is that?
>
> --
> "if you have an ass that lights up on demand, you can afford to be a little
> plain." --me, on lightning bugs.

> 
> Daytona
> 
> P.S. BTW, did anyone comfirmed that the DVDack really works??

It "seems" to have worked.  I switched between Region 1 and Region 4 disks
multiple times, but the odd thing is the Apple DVD Player didn't report it
was changing between regions.  I changed between disks more than the 3
times I was left to change regions, so thats why it seems to have worked.

A PC owning friend of mine found quite a different "crack" for the the
DVD-ROM in the new G3s.  Its a firmware patch, which directly updates the
firmware on the drive to ignore regions altogether, and according to the
page it works.  The problem is, according to that page, is that you need
to install the DVD-ROM drive from your Mac into a PC, because the software
to update the firmware is only available on the PC.  I'm going to try it
out one day, when I've got the time to tinker round with it.  The page is
located at: www2.datatestlab.com/regionhacks

LaTeR!

I couldn't get the software to even run on my G3 but as I've already
stated I don't have a DVD drive yet.

Daytona <wongandrew@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Such limitations are set by the DVD forum.
> 
> Hope such info helps.
> 
> Daytona
> 
> P.S. BTW, did anyone comfirmed that the DVDack really works??


-- 
There's a fine line between fishing 
and standing on the shore like an idiot.

The software seems to be for a G3 Powerbook, ...
also, if you do not have a DVD drive, then you do not have the DVD card
installed in the Personality Slot (??). Apparently Apple won't sell DVD
solutions separately, so you may find it difficult to obtain DVD without
having to buy a whole new PowerMac G3 with DVD.

Doesn't make sense, does it?

As I have previously stated, Software DVD makes a lot of sense, and I
wonder when Apple is going to build Software DVD right into QuickTime, so
that we wouldn't have to worry about hardware decoding..

ATI Tech says that they won't even consider writing a DVD Player for their
card until Apple writes Software DVD into QuickTime..

In article <1dvk4qt.oddi9rlwoe1qN@genting-wheel115.q-net.net.au>,
djwilson@q-net.net.au (Doug & Jaana Wilson) wrote:

>I couldn't get the software to even run on my G3 but as I've already
>stated I don't have a DVD drive yet.

Just to let you know,  i have a wallstreet powerbook, bought in sydney that
has a DVD drive, that will play all regions.

there are two hacks that i have found.

1. DVD Player CodeFree. - this works a treat though as its a developer
version of version 1.0 it will not access us discs that have the FBI codes
at the start.

2. DVDack.  Seems to work fine.

I cannot offer to distribute these from this list as i would be haulled over
the coals. but they are out there.

i just wanted to let you dvd'ers know that the holy grail does exsist.

tdc

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In article <1dvk4qt.oddi9rlwoe1qN@genting-wheel115.q-net.net.au>,
djwilson@q-net.net.au (Doug & Jaana Wilson) wrote:


> I couldn't get the software to even run on my G3 but as I've already
> stated I don't have a DVD drive yet.
>
> Daytona <wongandrew@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Such limitations are set by the DVD forum.
>>
>> Hope such info helps.
>>
>> Daytona
>>
>> P.S. BTW, did anyone comfirmed that the DVDack really works??
>
>
> --
> There's a fine line between fishing
> and standing on the shore like an idiot.

<PinkiBook@aol.com> wrote:

> American Dissident Voices Broadcast of July 31, 1999
> 
> Kennedy, Barak, and Revolution
> by Dr. William Pierce
> 
> As much as possible I try to base my commentary on current
> events -- on things which people presumably are thinking about
> because they have been covered recently by the mainstream news
> media. Last week, unfortunately, there was hardly anything on the
> television screens besides scenes of the public lamentation,
> breast-beating, and garment-rending associated with the latest...

So what the hell has that got to do with "Re: Lombard DVD Region Fix...
Maybe"??

On closer inspection it appears somebody on EarthLink Network, Inc. is
trying to get an AOL user mailbombed. Don't take the bait folks.