I apologize if this is the incorrect forum for this question, but I could not find a forum specific to the Apple DVD player. Several months ago my internal DVD drive died and I replaced with an external LaCie firewire drive which I purchased from Apple. Until today all I have used it for is burning disks, and for that it has worked flawlessly.
C compiler for mac os. Today, however, I needed to use it to view a DVD. When I inserted the DVD i got a pop-up box which stated 'Since this is the first use of a DVD disc, the drive region must be initialized before playing.' A drop-down box gives me the options of regions 1-6, and 8. When selecting region 1, or any region for that matter, I get an error message which states 'There was a problem changing the drive region code,' and it gives me an error code of 10007. If I click Cancel the disk ejects and Apple DVD player pops up. Thinking there might be a problem with this disc I have tried several dvd movies. I do not get the pop-up box with the region code choices, instead Apple DVD player pops up, but the movie will not play.
On screen it says 'Supported Disc not available.' I tried the original disk in my G4 PowerBook and it plays fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The LaCie drivers haven't changed since 2008 or before. Traditionally, computer DVD drives ignore region codes (a region code is a feature which should be illegal, IMO).
So, unless your computer is new, I'm guessing the region code block is programmed into 'DVD Player'. I've a LaCie external DVD drive, and I found the free MPlayer produces a much better image than 'DVD Player'. Haven't tried VLC in several years, but it's considered my many the best. MPlayer VLC Be sure the external drive is being accessed. (You might want to stock up on such software while that for Tiger is still available.).
Change your DVD drive region in DVD Player on Mac. To play a DVD, the region code of the DVD must match the region code of your DVD drive. Your DVD drive is automatically set to a region code the first time you play a coded DVD.
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- Go to 'DVD Region' tab and choose the geographic area you want. Then click 'OK' to finish the DVD region changing. How to unlock DVD region on Macintosh 1. Insert a disc into your Mac's DVD drive. Set the region code for your Mac following the window the prompts you to choose DVD region code.
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