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However, DVD Player in OS X 10.6.2 errored out when trying to play a DVD (VLC played it just fine).

The message from DVD Player was a valid drive could not be found error -70012.

Important note If you have an internal DVD burner, that drive will no longer be supported by DVD Player after this modification.

Navigate into System Library Frameworks DVDPlayback.framework Versions A.

Make a backup and a copy (i.e two different copies) of DVDPlayback on your Desktop.

Find the word Internal and replace with External by searching for (hex) 496E7465726E616C and replacing with 45787465726E616C.

Save the file and replace the original with your edited version.

Make sure you keep your backup file, in case you need to revert your changes.

If youre going to try it, definitely keep a backup, and proceed at your own risk.

If you removed the internal drive, you have to patch the players framework this way.

If your internal DVD is right in place (using it or not doesnt care), you dont need that.

This stupid restriction is enforced by licensing terms of the contained 3rd party DVD decryptionplayback software (called Cinemaster: a widespread back-end package, found in standalone hardware players from a dozen manufacturers, too.

Its essentially the same brand of software as in the well-known PC-apps PowerDVD or Nero ShowTime.) In the early days of DVD playback, this was enforced to prevent the circumvention of region code settings (the infameous change it no more than 5 times rule).

Therefore, Apple will not remove it - they are not allowed to do so.

I was just about to start researching that error and this hint came along.

When plugged into my macbook running snow leopard, it works fine with dvd player and everything else, despite having a working internal drive.

Im more likely to simply use VLC though.

In Snow Leopard there are 6 occurences of the word Internal, in Leopard there are 4.

BTW: the cause of the problem in my case probably was software (driver) related.

After I upgraded to Snow Leopard (and applied the patch again) I also found out that the internal drive was functioning again.

When I load a DVD I get DVD Player cannot be opened because of a problem.

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If I ignore the message and try to load a DVD to Mac The Ripper, it shows ERROR and ejects the DVD.

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