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[SunnyChahal]

Does the initial region selection also count in 5 Region changes?Why should I change from Region 1 to any other region when all the DVDs are playing except the Europeans ones I bought.
I am able to play moserbaer,eros and all the Hindi Movies DVDs(Originals).
@Azeem,Will surely search for the hack.But it will void my warranty.Am I right?

 

[aryayush]

It’s partitioned in the NTFS format. Either install MacFuse and NTFS-3G or, preferably, format the USB Stick using FAT32, which can be read and written to by both Mac OS X and Windows.

@goobimama,
You should just be able to hit some button on the ‘Now Playing’ screen to add the currently playing song to the On-The-Go playlist. What you have to do now is downright convoluted. You’re supposed to manually select which songs to add from your library of five thousand songs just buy looking at their titles? Ridonkulous!

 

[narangz]

Yes the initial selection also counts. India's region code is 5, AFAIK. It seems Moser Baer DVDs aren't region locked.

 

[SunnyChahal]

Visual Hub and Handbrake are both stuck on on scanning initial title
with both the DVDs.
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VLC is giving some read access errors.

I am screwed up.These are working on my Windows PCs and Lappies but not on the mighty iMac.
This is the limit of 'Haramkhori' from Apple.They charge us big bucks for their Macs which don't even have region free DVD drives.Furk!

 

[jamesbond007]

@Sunny

Changing the region code on your DVD Player won't void its warrenty, and why would you care about the Warrenty of a DVD Player, most of them give 'selfless service' for years

Moser baer DVDs are region free as said by some guys here, DVDs downloaded from p2p will almost always be region free, so they will be played on any region locked drives

Visual Hub works perfectly for me, try copying the dvd contents to hard drive and then convert. Never tried handbrake on Mac

 

[SunnyChahal]

^^
Where is the solution to the problem?I told na,it is stuck on scanning title.Not going any further!

 

[jamesbond007]

The problems depicted in the above screenshots could exist for multiple reasons. Just let go the problems for sometime and start with a fresh mind. Again no solutions... ha ha ha

 

[SunnyChahal]

Anybody tried Limewire for OS X?I just installed it and it's quite cool!Since,OS X is virus-free,we can use Limewire to its fullest!

 

[iMav]

Been using it for quite some time now.

 

[dinesh72]

@sunny
you've got copy protected dvd and that is why visualhub or other softwares are not able to scan it. Sometime they do scan but many times they fail.
My exp with visualhub is if you keep the quality settings to go nuts it gives you trouble, sometimes even at the end like never gonna finish it!!! Try standard setting but again doubtful as your dvd is probably copy protected.

 

[goobimama]

@goobimama,
You should just be able to hit some button on the ‘Now Playing’ screen to add the currently playing song to the On-The-Go playlist. What you have to do now is downright convoluted. You’re supposed to manually select which songs to add from your library of five thousand songs just buy looking at their titles? Ridonkulous!

Even I thought it was like that. The thing is, once you tap the On the Go playlist option, it springs up a Songs list. If you tap on the Artists button at the bottom, then you can scroll through your artists and select songs that way. Or you can select songs from playlists or whatever.

As for adding the Now Playing song to the On the Go, that behaviour is something I'd like to see in iTunes itself, but its not there and I don't think anyone is listening…

Activation key for .Mac is here! I've asked Preshit to make the account. Crosses fingers!

 

[aryayush]

Congratulations! See if you can get ‘milind@me.com’ though. Don’t use “goobimama”. There’s a good chance this might end up being your permanent email address.

I am screwed up.These are working on my Windows PCs and Lappies but not on the mighty iMac.
This is the limit of 'Haramkhori' from Apple.They charge us big bucks for their Macs which don't even have region free DVD drives.Furk!

Yeah, and like you yourself said earlier, neither does Sony. This is an issue with DRM, not Apple or your Mac. All these big companies, like Apple and Sony, can’t afford to not abide by the law. They’ll be sued into oblivion by the content providers like NBC and Warner Bros. if they go around providing DVDs not locked to specific regions.

Don’t blame Apple for the flaws of DRM.

Anybody tried Limewire for OS X?I just installed it and it's quite cool!Since,OS X is virus-free,we can use Limewire to its fullest!

Yeah, but it sucks. It’s a crappy Java application. If you can bear to use an application with an interface as horrible as that one, you don’t really care for Mac OS X’s awesome user interface.

 

[dinesh72]

Hey goobi
don't forget my id dineshnandoskar@mac.dom
am i going to get new id or this id will be converted to family pack?

 

[SunnyChahal]

@Dinesh,Hey!You guessed right,those DVDs are copy protected.So...................the only way to run them is to run on my PC which I am doing.
All the Hindi Movies are region free and run on region code 1.So,no need to change the region code.

@Aayush,Undoubtedly,Mac OS X user-interface is awesome.Limewire ain't bad either.Anyways,I already removed it.Torrents and RS rule!

During .mac signup,it asks from CCard which ,unfortunately,I don't have.Any help?

 

[aryayush]

Dude, it gives you the option to skip that step.

 

[dinesh72]

for .mac trial of 60 days ccard info is not required. i've signed it just recently.

 

[aryayush]

He’s signing up for the full account, not the trial. He got it for free with his iMac purchase.

 

[preshit.net]

If the MacBook is getting a refresh, how long do you think will it take to hit the shelves?

I've begun my quest to get myself a MacBook. Need to sell off my PC and my Mac Mini. Let me know if you guys have any takers.

 

[dinesh72]

^^OIC
last week I went to imagine store and I was not offered any such thing!

 

[SunnyChahal]

No,I am signing 60 day trial,even I signed it up!Now tell me,when I enter my serial after 2 months,will this account be extended for 10 more months or whole 12 months?