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From: Christoph Gartmann on 19 Jul 2010 08:14
In article <1jlv9v9.1tenk8n1mpql7yN%dcohenspam(a)talktalk.net>, dcohenspam(a)talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) writes:
>Christoph Gartmann <gartmann(a)nonsense.immunbio.mpg.de> wrote:
>
>> In article <190720100625334150%HP(a)snotmail.com>, High Priest
>><HP(a)snotmail.com> writes:
>> >Folks, I have fallen victim to the dreaded limit on the number of times
>> >I can change the region in DVD Player. (Version 5.2, Framework Version
>> >5.4.0, OSX 10.6.4). Any way I can reset it?
>> >
>> >I've deleted a variety of files from Prefs and I've been told that
>> >re-installing the system won't work. Any ideas please?
>>
>> The limit is a matter of the DVD-drive itself and has nothing to do with
>> the operating system. Thus, we need to know what type/model your DVD-drive is.
>
>Are you sure? I thought that both the DVD drive and the software DVD
>Player had the limit on the number of changes, but that it was
>relatively easy to deal with the software issue.

It is primarily a matter of the drive. The software should take care of it as
well and communicate the region and the changes left to the user. There were
drive firmware versions that left it up to the software to handle the region
codes. But these have been rare cases.

Regards,
Christoph Gartmann

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From: Rich Gray on 21 Jul 2010 20:03
High Priest wrote:
> I do have VLC but it refuses to play the DVD in question. I will now
> try the Fairmount add-on.

Fairmount USES VLC, so I'm quite doubtful that the combination will
play that DVD...

- Rich
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