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Re: Setting DVD Drive Region
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Re: Setting DVD Drive Region


  • Subject: Re: Setting DVD Drive Region
  • From: Jeff LaMarche <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:36:42 -0400

On Sep 19, 2005, at 2:58 PM, Glenn Blauvelt wrote:

I've looked at the DVD Playback Services Reference and had hoped that
DVDSetDriveRegionCode might be what I need but I can't seem to get it
to work. Does anyone know if a) the region code can be set without a
disk in the drive and b) if so, what the easy way is to do it?

Looks like you're on the right track - DVDSetDriveRegionCode should do it, but unfortunately, this is an action that requires authentication. There's almost no safe way to do what you want without requiring at least the typing of an admin password manually. =(


This is one of the downsides of the security afforded by Mac OS X. You don't want just anyone to be able to be able to change hardware settings on your machines, but it does get in the way of something like this.


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