Is there any setup needed to watch a DVD on MBP 13"?

[Mrs HBF]

Can I just insert the DVD and watch the movie or must I do some configuration?

 

[spinnerlys]

Mac OS X will start the DVD Player application automatically.

System Preferences > CD & DVDs​

If not, it is located inside the Applications folder or you can use Spotlight to find it.

But know, that you can change the region of your internal DVD player only five (5) times, after the fifth change, it is locked in that region.

Also have a look at the following links to learn more about Mac OS X:

Mac OS X Basics

Helpful Information for Any Mac User by GGJstudios​

 

[Mrs HBF]

Thank you!

 

[Hellhammer]

But know, that you can change the region of your internal DVD player only five (5) times, after the fifth change, it is locked in that region.

That can be bypassed with VLC

 

[spinnerlys]

That can be bypassed with VLC

With every DVD drive and every DVD?

I have come upon some of these "change region" threads and never found a simple solution, that works with every DVD drive.

Do you know the solution?

 

[Hellhammer]

With every DVD drive and every DVD?

I have come upon some of these "change region" threads and never found a simple solution, that works with every DVD drive.

Do you know the solution?

Now that I look it more closely, recent Macs have RPC-2 firmware in the SuperDrive and that cannot always be bypassed with VLC

The firmware can be flashed though, you just have to know the exact model of it linky

Why won't VLC play DVDs from a region other than what my drive is set to?
Many people try to use VLC to play DVDs from regions their drive is not set to. However, the DVD drives on most new Macs have region lockout on the hardware level, so VLC will not necessarily be able to play discs from multiple regions. You may be able to play the disc by opening it as a Video_TS folder instead of a DVD, or by changing the method used by libdvdccss to decrypt DVDs (go to Preferences->All->Input/Codecs->Access Modules->DVD without menus->Method used by libdvdcss for decryption). If you play a lot of DVDs from different regions your best option is to buy a USB or Firewire external drive that you can set to the region you require.

http://wiki.videolan.org/FAQ_on_MacOSX_only_issues

 

[spinnerlys]

Now that I look it more closely, recent Macs have RPC-2 firmware in the SuperDrive and that cannot always be bypassed with VLC

The firmware can be flashed though, you just have to know the exact model of it linky



http://wiki.videolan.org/FAQ_on_MacOSX_only_issues

I would say "thanks", but I just write "Thank You".

 

[flopticalcube]

It's been like that for at least 4 years. If you can get the right firmware, it's not a problem. Most people won't care.

 

[Mrs HBF]

What does it mean to change the region of the internal DVD drive? Why do you need to it?