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  1. Betamagic

    Movie Explorer Pro 2.5 for macOS released

    Updated to version 2.5, see post #11 The standard free edition of Movie Explorer is a popular macOS app to index movie files on your hard drives and transform the result into a super attractive, fully featured movie catalog. Movie Explorer Pro goes multiple steps further, and adds the...
  2. E

    VLC no longer plays DVD from other region

    I have a Macbook Pro that I bought in 2014. It came with Mavericks installed and I never bothered to update the system until last year when the hard drive crashed and I had to reinstall everything. I have Sierra now. Before the crash/update, I was able to play DVDs from any region using VLC, but...
  3. F

    DVD Remote for macbook pro.

    Good evening! I am using a non retina MBP 13'' with the DVD Drive. I use it for teaching. When teaching CPR I use the computer to play the CPR DVD. I had been using a silver apple remote to control the DVD. The apple remote no longer functions as it used to to. When i press play it opens...
  4. R

    Play DVD's Problem: PowerBook G3 Lombard / Bronze Keyboard 400MHz

    I have a Powerbook G3 Lombard / Bronze keyboard with the following specifications: 400MHz processor 128GB Hard Drive 512MB RAM OS X 10.4.11 OS 9.2.2 I've read online that this model will play DVD's only if booted into the classic Mac OS (8.6-9.2.2). This is because the 400MHz model...
  5. X

    Is this Craigslist price for a used iMac too goo to be true?

    Im a college student and I'm looking for an iMac. However I can't afford a new one because like I said... I'm a college student, lol. Please keep in mind I'm not a super computer savvy person. Anyway I see a listing on Craigslist offering an iMac, 21.5 inch 2011 model for $200. "it has 4GB ram...
  6. Rldavis829

    Disk drive not reading discs

    So I have a MacBook Pro with El Capitan 10.11.6 and the dvd drive started being funny a few weeks ago. It now spits out discs that it used to read. *Not all discs. It still reads some but not all.* They’ll spin for a few seconds and you’ll hear it try then it spits it back out. These are dvds...
  7. FellaMeLad

    Non-protected .MP4 from iTunes

    Hey all, I have a Plex media server that I've ripped lots of my Blu-rays and DVDs to. Everyone at home can then stream them over the network from the Plex to their iPads, laptops, etc. I want to purchase a film from iTunes (buy it, not rent it) but wanted to find out if iTunes provides me with...
  8. Ian Buttery

    iMac 24 (2007)

    1st post guys so apologies if in the wrong area, I want to connect a sony DVD player (external) to my iMac to enable me to use my iMac as a monitor to watch the DVD through my Sony home theatre amp, no HDMI ports on amp or DVD player only component, thanks in advance. Ian.
  9. jannikmeissner

    Mac refuses to play CDs - DVDs work?

    A friend of mine asked me for help and I am also rather clueless; When he puts in a DVD it starts fine, but putting in any music CD results in no reaction whatsoever: In iTunes the CD isn't displayed, it won't show up on the desktop and there is no entry for it in the Finder; Again, with a DVD...
  10. M

    DVD Authoring Help??

    Hi, Can someone please tell me how to burn a DVD that will play in any DVD player? My situation right now. I have Toast DVD, the version thats for sale in the app store right now (07/30/2017), got that yesterday. I got the $15.99 Blu-Ray in app upgrade cause I hope to do this on Blu-Ray...
  11. WhiteKnightMac

    Choppy DVD Playback

    Please Help, it's driving me mad! Trying to burn a video file 720p <4Gb onto a standard Verbatim DVD(+RW) using Toast Titanium 15. The video file runs fine from the HDD before burning so I know its not the source file. So far I have tried: Slow burning speed (x2) Encoding to PAL and NTSC...
  12. Brian Clifford

    Newcomer needs advice

    I am a newbie about to take the leap for the very first time from Windows to Mac with the purchase of a 2nd. Gen. MacBook Pro expected around December 2017. My questions are if I wish to download videos wirelessly from iCloud via the MacBook Pro to a HDTV, or playback videos from the Macbook...
  13. Scott Davilla

    Apps MrMC v3.0.3 on tvOS

    https://mrmc.tv/2017/04/27/mrmc3-0-3/ added new native emby client fixed plex client 3D SBS detection fixed OS screensaver for FireOS and Android fixed tvOS dismiss of OS screensaver when using play/pause buttons added audio silence factor selector improved plex/emby playback startup improved...
  14. T

    DVD drive replacement

    20' imac after dissemble replaced DVD drive now wheel stops spinning after a few seconds after chime sounds then wheel freezes. Does not continue to boot. Stuck! Ugh.... plugged everything back in order (at least I thought) what would make wheel stop spinning? I figured it must be the new DVD...
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    Problems with installing OSX 10.5 on an eMac (Two arrows on a blue screen)

    Hello guys, I just bought an eMac from 2004 and decided to swap out the old HDD and replace it with a "new" one. Because I personally use a Windows-PC, I needed to burn a Leopard-DVD via TransMac. I inserted the DVD and booted the mac by holding down the Option-Key (Alt-Key on my...
  16. Stacey22

    Handbrake instantly finishing encode of DVD

    So I needed to back-up some older DVD's that I have, used to code to bypass certain restrictions etc. for Handbrake. When I open it, it has the familiar multiple titles that other files have. But with this DVD, only the first and ninth title rip to a viable video file. The others finish encoding...
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    Print on DVD's with a epson printer

    Hey, I have recently bought an epson printer (XP-342) and want to print directly on DVD's - which it says it can do... However I have installed the software and can't find a way to do it! I have looked for hours online and have found out that I should have 'print CD' within the epson printing...
  18. AmazingHenry

    Power Mac G5 Won't Read Disc

    This is a strange problem and I have no idea as to what is causing it. So, I'm trying to install iWork '09 on my G5 through a DVD. But whenever I put the DVD in the drive, it ejects it a few seconds later. So I tried an iLife '09 DVD and the drive read it just fine. So I assumed that the iWork...
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    Add data folder to DVD authored in FCPX

    I've created my project in FCPX and I've used the (very limited) DVD authoring tool in FCPX to create the .img DVD file. Works great, no issues. Now I'd like to add a data folder to the DVD to include stuff like photos, additional videos at higher resolution, etc. The intent is for the person...
  20. DisMac

    Simple Yet Professional & Slick Blu-ray Creation Software?

    I've already asked something similar to this a while ago, but I thought I may try and rephrase my questions and what I am looking for. Anyway... I am planning to take on a personal Blu-ray project (that takes on as close to the look and feel of an actual, physical, Blu-ray release you'd pick-up...