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Sparhawk4031
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Tuefelhunden
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| Bad disk or disk drive maybe? |
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Paranoid
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| Maybe it's that macs suck for gaming. |
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Ace
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| idk, but i really wanted to play it too |
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Animal
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Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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Maybe it's that macs suck for gaming.
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*smack* Mac's are just fine for gaming - lack of software is what sucks.
Ace, see if EA still offers support and submit a ticket if they do. Try searching their forums, I'm sure you're not the only person on a MAC to ever have this problem. The solution is out there, you just need to dig it up. |
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Paranoid
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Maybe it's that macs suck for gaming.
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Mac's are just fine for gaming
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If you say so, but know this that Jobs doesn't understand gamers needs & does not support them the way that Microsoft does. |
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Sparhawk4031
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Age: 39
Joined: 24 Oct 2007
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Location: Boise, ID
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Nope still won't let me. this is what it says.
"Sorry, the operation could not be completed due to a system error:(l/O Error - Bad Media?)."
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I/O error -36
Posted by Graham Perrin on 10 December 2006
A friend’s Mac presents the following error when he tries to copy a file from one disk to another:
-36
(minus thirty-six)
Considerations
Are both disks hard, and Mac OS Extended (HFS+)?
Or, is one disc optical?
In which direction is the copy failing?
Explanation
Error -36 basically equates to an I/O error, but it should be interpreted in context.
In some cases the error is symptomatic of bad media. If the error occurs whilst copying from one hard disk to another, then you probably do have bad media.
In some cases, I/O is properly restricted. I vaguely recall seeing -36 a few weeks ago, whilst using Finder to backup protected DVDs.
Some protected content can be handled by Finder.
If the protection is great enough, then DVD drive hardware and/or firmware may simply say “YOU’RE NOT GETTING IT” to most applications.
Such denials/failures are sometimes non-explicit. Think of a dirty/scratched CD: there’s nothing on it to say that it’s dirty, it’s just troublesome to work with (the computer doesn’t “get it”). So, we have generic error -36 and it’s up to us to guess or figure out the explanation.
Bad media
Apple’s Disk Utility can:
verify and usually repair critical metadata (the directory of a disk)
verify and repair permissions
display S.M.A.R.T. status for some disks.
Whilst Disk Utility handles metadata it does not necessarily verify the integrity or readability of data (your files), nor does it check for bad blocks.
Amongst the original CDs/DVDs that came with your computer, or with an AppleCare product, you might have Micromat TechTool Deluxe. If you have this, or something like it, you can check for bad blocks. Depending on the size of the disk etc., the block checking routine can be time consuming.
DVD drives, decoders and raw access
Most DVD drives have an on-board decoder. When you use Apple DVD Player software:
data passes through the drive’s decoder
you’re forced to observe any region code that applies to the disc
and so on.
Other software (VLC media player comes to mind) may interface with the drive at a different level —raw access— but modern drives with RPC-2 are making this increasingly difficult. If the drive allows it, VLC media player will read from the disc and use software (not the drive’s decoder) to
In the VideoLAN Wiki I found a suggestion that Linux users may modify the permissions of the block device that communicates with the DVD drive:
chmod 666 /dev/dvd
In Mac OS X: Finder logically prevents you from going to
/dev
In Terminal,
ls -l /dev/disk*
lists all disks, including those that are not mounted. The number of the block device for the DVD drive will depend on how many other disks are present. To check the current number of an optical disk:
Disk Utility | select the disk | File menu | Get Info
Whilst it may be possible to modify the permissions of a device, you should not do so.
Copy protection in other contexts
Some people have problems with files that have been successfully ripped, which makes me wonder whether protection extends beyond DVD drives.
Apple certainly use the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) but I’m not aware of its use in this context.
References and further information
Does VLC support DVDs from all regions?
On other RPC2 drives that DO allow raw access, it might take VLC a long time to crack the key. So just pop the disc in your drive and try it out, while you get a coffee. RPC1 drives should ‘always’ work regardless of the regioncode.
The VideoLAN Forums: VLC bypasses region encoding?
Is your dvd drive one of those new RPC2 drives ? If so, you’re doomed. You can’t bypass the protection (unless you find a way to downgrade the firmware which might help, but sometimes voids the waranty)
Mac Forums: Matshita Uj-846
AFAIK not all RPC-2 drives disable raw data access. IIRC this only became an issue with the most recent hardware revs, and earlier Macs still had RPC-2 firmware, but worked with VLC.
Error -36 I/O
Troubleshooting iDisk error -36
Error -36 (i/o error, bad media?)
Mac OS X Server: 10.4: Command-Line Administration: Working with Disks and Volumes Chapter 7
Error -36 in the context of Mac OS 8 and 9 Developer Documentation
AppleInsider: Code free DVD Playback on iMac G5?
Club CD Freaks: I/O ERROR With DVD Decrypter
a ton of bad sectors on the disc as a form of copy-protection
Roxio Community: I/O error
Roxio Community: Trying to Copy Data DVD & Vid DVD’s, Error -36 before copying??!
Roxio Community: popcorn doesnt recognize dl dvd’s with macbook pro
That last one is curious. It includes discussion of bugs in Apple firmware for DVD drives, but concludes with a simple observation that the user may have been using dual-layer media that was not supported by the drive.
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Animal
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Hey! What gives? You got on-topic! ,,|,,
Would be sweet if that fixes his issue. Thanks for posting that, Spar! |
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Sparhawk4031
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Hey! What gives? You got on-topic! ,,|,,
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Its just a figmant of your imagination. Go back to sleep.... |
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Ace
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| Yeah tried what the guy was talking about and still isn't working. idk what the hell is going on. the only things i can play is CoD and CoD:UO |
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