DVD not working with Big Sur 11.6

I agree with tbirdvet, it is not a drive problem. Based on others stating that they can play non-commercial DVD’s, there is an issue with the Digital rights management (DRM) decoding code in the 11.6 release. It may be that part doesn’t work on the M1 Macs.

I can use my LG DVD drive on an M1 for everything else. However, I have never attempted to play a DRM DVD on 11.6 (likely never will).

At the Apple store, they told me it is the difference between Big Sur 11.4 (DVDPlayer worked no problem) then I upgraded to Big Sur 11.6(DVD player no longer works). is this the case with you as well? And does anyone have a work around? VLC did not play my DVD

Foxtrot-Sierra - you are a beautiful human being! this actually worked. even the "Geniuses" at the Apple Store couldn't figure this out, unless of course you are an Apple Genius, in which case, where have you been all my life? Thank You!!

To add to this, I updated my OS from 11.4 to 11.6 on my M1 Mac Mini with 16GB memory, and my DVD Player now opens and just stays on a blank "Viewer" screen. It's not frozen; I can still press play and pause, but everything just stays blank. I can hear the Apple Superdrive making noises when I open the DVD Player app, but there's just zero recognition.

VLC is OK for DVD playback, but scrubbing is a huge pain compared to the Apple DVD Player app. This is extremely disappointing. I update my OS for benefits, not to get perfectly functional apps taken out of action.

Have any of the people who've upgraded to Monterey encountered any additional problems? I was too quick to update the last time, and feel better waiting to find out if there are issues that may be fixed at a later time.

I'm wondering if the region could be the issue. I'm in region 2. What's yours?

I have it but no sense to test it there. Maybe a BS 11.6.1 could help.

Thank you for suggesting VLC! That works for me too. Great app — I use it to reduce the file size of edited videos, and hadn't thought of using it to watch DVDs

I should add that I only encountered the problem playing commercially produced DVD's (including non-region specific). Homemade DVDs (e.g. of family videos) worked fine.

Very helpful knowing this

I cannot play DVDs from an external drive on our M1 Macs, but can play it in my old High Sierra Mac > NOT GOOD. What the heck do we do Apple???