[X4U] DVD regions issue

[Allan Hise]

On Tue, 10 May 2005, Brett Conlon wrote:

> Not having loaded a different region disc in my Mac for a while I can't
> remember the exact series of events that happen, but if you can get the
> disc mounted on the desktop (perhaps by ignoring the region change
> request) then you can use "Mac The Ripper" to save the disc to your hard
> drive. It will make it region free and remove a few other restrictions for
> you.

You can avoid the annoying region switch message by going to the CD/DVD
preference pane, and switching the action upon DVD insertion to VLC (or
another app that won't bother you with region codes).

Brett makes a good point about Mac The Ripper. That is actually the best
way to do it - VLC is great, but the controls leave something to be
desired compared to Apple's DVD software.  After using Mac The Ripper, you
can then open the resulting VIDEO_TS folder in the Apple DVD player
(without complaints about mismatched region codes!)

Good luck!

Allan