[G4] DVD Player current version?

[James Pacyga]

I think the reason Richard's system would not load the software (or 
prompted him not to do so) was that they were identical versions and 
hence "not newer".

As for dates, I am not too sure about the date integrity of files (that 
is I am not sure that the dates are preserved all the time...though 
perhaps sometimes they are in Tom's case).

The there are two dates: create date and modified date.  I have seen my 
file dates look strange and compared on two systems it looks more like 
when the files were created on this volume than when they were actually 
built and put in the install package.  Anyone care to speculate?

Bottom line, I would use version numbers to track what files you have 
and not pay much attention to dates.

Tom - you have an old version of DVD Player if you still have 4.5 on 
Tiger, you should do the upgrade.  And if you have an ATI 8500 (like 
me) then you might have some compatibility problems with the video 
subsystem.  I am standing down to remain on Panther which works ok 
(save that 10.3.8 seems to have corrupted the video drivers too but 
just causes chop I didn't see in 10.3.5 where I plan to revert to this 
weekend).  Plus the 8500 isn't able to take advantage of the new video 
system in Tiger - so two strikes there for me.

Richard - you are up to date as you can be for now.



On Jun 25, 2005, at 6:41 AM, Thomas J. Fobia wrote:

>  Richard, my version of DVD Player 4.6 says it was created on July29, 
> 2002 and I just downloaded and updated it two days ago (was version 
> 4.5)! Don't really understand whats going on here, but my OSX10.4.1 
> w/ATI 8500 card doesn't play DVD's without garbage pixels floating all 
> over the screen.
>
>  Tom
>
>  Richard M. Kriss wrote:
>> After reading M. Brown's 24-June note, I wondered if my DVD Player 
>> was up to
>> date so I downloaded the version 4.6 per the link provided.  The 
>> installer
>> did it thing and gave me a box saying my version was more current 
>> than the
>> one in the installer. I declined the offer to replace mine with an 
>> older
>> version.
>>
>> How do you know the most current version of the Apple DVD Player when 
>> they
>> both say version 4.6?
>>
>> Mine say it is Version 4.6 created March 11, 2004 and was last 
>> modified on
>> May 12, 2005. I wonder if one of the system updates changed it?
>>
>> Should I replace the DVD Player with the older version or leave it 
>> along?
>>
>> Dick
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