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Aug 13, 2013 3:39 AM in response to nash4343by mende1,You shouldn't have any problem using an external DVD drive that is configured to work with Spanish discs. It's the best option
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Aug 13, 2013 3:49 AM in response to mende1by nash4343,I don't know that it will be a Spanish exteranl drive but if I put the Spanish DVD in it after the tird time it will never play American DVD's again. That I am ok with. I just don't want my Macbook Pro to play Spanish and not American. I can always ask the people at the country if the American one will work for Spanish though. Just didn't know if it would mess up my Mac.
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Aug 13, 2013 3:51 AM in response to nash4343by mende1,There are different region codes for DVD drives, and as far as I know, Macs only allow you to change the region code 3 times per DVD drive.
If you need to use a lot of Spanish DVDs multiple times, you have the option of getting a Spanish DVD drive or an American DVD drive but changing its region. You shouldn't use that DVD drive for American DVDs
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Aug 13, 2013 4:02 AM in response to nash4343by Klaus1,Region encoding is the mechanism that enables motion picture studios to control the worldwide release of their movies. It is required by the DVD Forum (http://www.dvdforum.org/forum.shtml) in all commercial hardware DVD players. Every DVD-Video disc contains one byte of data representing a region code, which limits where the disc can be played.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2397
Once you have set he region in DVD Player five times it cannot be changed.
Instead, use VLC to view videos from different regions: