A workaround for playing Panasonic Realtime DVD Recorder Discs

Mar 07, '03 08:03:00AM

Contributed by: robmoggach

For those of you having problems playing DVDs written on Panasonic realtime DVD recorders (DMR series) try running the DVD Player application as root...

The problem is that the DVD recorder only gives read permissions (no execute permissions!). As such, the DVD Player application can't even traverse the hieararchy of the disc as a regular user. The VIDEO_TS folder and its parent must have execute permissions...

Obviously, this should only be a temporary solution until Apple addresses it. I'm not condoning running any app as root as the app may leave cache files etc. lying around.

P.S. I haven't tested this with other burned DVDs but it may apply to them as well...

[robg adds: I have no idea if this one is true or not; if someone could confirm via a comment, I'd appreciate it...]

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