DVD Player: "This disc is intended for play on non-modified Region 1 players" repeatedly appears

  • Last Modified: June 25, 2009
  • Article: TS2739

Symptoms

DVD Player in Mac OS X may repeatedly state "This disc is intended for play on non-modified Region 1 players" after you insert a Region 1 DVD, even if you have already specifed Region 1 in DVD Player.

This may occur when using a Region 1 disc after another region (2, 3, 4, 5, or 6) was previously selected as the default in DVD Player.

Products Affected

DVD Player

Resolution

To avoid seeing the alert message:

  1. Open DVD Player
  2. Choose Preferences from the DVD Player menu
  3. Click "Previously Viewed"
  4. In the "Start playing disc from" section, select "Beginning"
  5. Click OK
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