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From: David Empson on 12 May 2010 09:48
DJW <ddwr(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

> I tried to extract the DVD player using Pacifist from my set of CD
> (not DVD) discs of the OS 10.4 installer. Did apple not include the
> DVD player on the CD version of the installer discs? I have an
> external DVD and have already used Patch burn to get it to be
> identified in the system.

Somewhat old question, which I haven't seen answered yet. Finally got
around to investigating my copy of the 10.4.6 CD set.

DVD Player is located here on my CD set:

OSInstall.mpkg
EssentialSystemSoftware
EssentialSystemSoftwareGroup
Essentials.pkg
Applications
DVD Player.app

(It is version 4.6.5, which is the same as what is installed on my
PowerMac running 10.4.11 with all security updates applied.)

You probably also need some frameworks to support it, but I haven't gone
hunting for them.

DVD Player should be present on earlier versions of the 10.4 CD set,
because it installs a system compatible with all PowerPC Macs that can
run 10.4, and some of them would be able to use DVD Player.

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David Empson
dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: Geoffrey S. Mendelson on 12 May 2010 10:49
David Empson wrote:

> DVD Player should be present on earlier versions of the 10.4 CD set,
> because it installs a system compatible with all PowerPC Macs that can
> run 10.4, and some of them would be able to use DVD Player.

Apple only licensed the DVD decoding software for use with internal drives.

If your Mac does not have an internal DVD drive the OSX installer will not
install DVD player. You can install it with pacifist, but some versions
will not play DVD's in external drives.

You can also install VLC, www.vlc.org and use it to play DVD's. With the
exception of some early Intel Macs, VLC will play DVD's from all zones,
DVD player requires a hardware and software hack to do so.

Some people never see DVD's with different zones, here they are very
common.

Geoff.


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