[X4U] DVD regions issue

[Peter Apockotos]

On May 16, 2005, at 2:00 PM, Rod Duncan wrote:

>> 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!)
>>
>
>
> All excellent suggestions. Footnote to this. Once ripped out with  
> Mac The Ripper and if you want to create a playable DVD on a  
> commercial stand alone DVD player AND the ripped DVD is larger that  
> 4.4 Gb.... just use DVD2oneX and it will downsize the program to  
> fit on a standard 4.4 Gb DVD without any noticeable loss in  
> playback quality. My preference is to then burn in Toast.
>
> Rod
> -- 
> _____________________________
> Rod Duncan

Rod are there any free or lower cost alternatives to DVD2oneX?

Peter Apockotos
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