Troubleshooting
When I Play a Movie, I See a Message About the Region Code Needing to Be Set
When I try to play a DVD movie, I get a message about region codes.
All DVD movies contain a code so that they play only in one of six regions in the world. This ensures that the format is supported by the display systems in that part of the world and also helps with piracy issues.
If you try to play a movie that has a code other than the one with which your player is set, you will see a dialog box enabling you to change the code for your player (in this case, the DVD drive in your Mac). If you choose to change the code, your DVD drive's code will be changed. However, you can make this change only five times. At that point, the drive's code becomes permanent. ...
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