why does my DVD player say I can only change regions 4x. I want to play some borrowed discs from my daughter.
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
Hi
A. Has nothing to do with iDVD - as this burns to Zero-region - meaning that it can be played on all DVD-players
B. Because it's something Apple agreed on. No help I know of.
C. If DVD-player tool don't recognice it - Use VLC-player instead. Free from internet.
Yours Bengt W
DVD Player: About DVD-Video Regions
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 the region in DVD Player five times it cannot be changed.
Instead, use VLC to view videos from different regions:
why does my DVD player say I can change regions 4 times
