Tuesday, October 07, 2008

MAc is NOT perfect.

I knew it all along.
But somehow as a convert, you will find ways to justify it...
To justify your convert.

And so...I was slightly PISSED by yet something about my MAC.

iDVD only allows you to set your DVD region setting to be changed 5 times...
And after the 5th time..it will be LOCKED.

Which means...if you travel everywhere and owns DVD of various region...
You will have problem viewing all your DVDs.
WHICH IS DUMB.
MAC with international reputation of being the machine for creative production...
actually has this kind of limitation.
TO LIMIT the viewing of DVD within region...
MEANS to limit creative inspiration.
AND most importantly...
iDVD will be rendered USELESS in my MAC from now on.

According to backdated discussion regarding this issue,
It seems that there is no way round to this problem.
However, THERE IS.

THANKS TO OPEN SOURCE!
Honestly, Open source are saviours!

If you are a MAC user..
Download VLC NOW!

http://www.videolan.org/


In order to bypass the region setting,
Remember to go to your system preference...
And change your default DVD player to VLC.

And you are done.

And so...for the time being...
my MAc is perfect again....
Until I find something else to complain about...

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