Apple dvd player says dvd "not permitted"

I am using my new apple USB Superdrive for the first time on a new Macbook Pro with the Zumba dvd which was purchased in the US and the screen says "not permitted"

I second this. I bought a Mac Mini with the plan of using it as a media center attached to my television, and in the end never use it for video because the picture quality is so bad. I explored other software options... VLC player namely, and while it gave you more tweaking options, none of them made a real difference. Playback quality is just cruddy.
It is interesting, though, that HD material played fullscreen through quicktime player does look quite good and comparable to my HD Directv feed (though I guess that's not saying much...), whether its interlaced or progressive source.
Has anyone compared playback of the same material directly from DVD player vs. played through AppleTV?

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I'm having the same problem lately. I have a mid 2010 21.5" iMac with an internal SuperDrive running Yosemite. I tried putting in "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" and "The Giver" rented from RedBox. Both spin sputter for a bit and then eject the disk back out. So, it never mounts and no software (Finder, Disk Utility, DVD Player) ever gets a chance to see it. Both play fine in a 15 year old DVD player, and my purchased copy of "The Dark Knight" mounts just fine in the iMac. So, I have to assume that something is being done to the DVD's that rental companies are given to prevent them from mounting or something.
Not having any luck on Google trying to confirm that.
I guess I need to amend this. Both DVD's play fine in a early 2011 13" Macbook Pro with the internal SuperDrive. It's running Mavericks still and has a "MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-8A8". The iMac has a "OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H". Not sure if it's the drive, the OS, or what (although I will say I'm fairly certain I was having this problem on the iMac before Yosemite, so it's probably not the OS).

My disk drive says that it has one change of region left, as it should do, however my dvd player software will not change it back and does not respond, how can i solve this problem?

Basically, everytime i try to runa DVD it comes up with the select disc drive region option. I select the region of europe over north america and press change and then the dvd application doesn't respond. Is there anything i can do to solve this without going to see Apple.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1075814
But the gist of the fix is to delete or rename "~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.DVDPlayer.plist" and let the DVD Player build a new one. It seems that this is caused by a migrated PPC preference that borks DVD Player 5 on Intel Macs, which is what just happened to me. Hope this helps.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2397
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You can also manually adjust the video on Apple's built video player by going to the Window menu -> Video Zoom and unchecking lock aspect ratio if you want to customize it.
Try changing the scan rate in the Control menu in the menubar to affect color, as well as change video color in the Window menu of Apple's DVD Player. Often the built-in menus of commercial DVDs let you change the video settings that fit your desired color. If there is a specific commercial DVD that you are having trouble with, maybe I can rent it with Netflix and see if I see the problem you are seeing. It might take me a week to get it, but I'd be happy to experiment with it.
Apple's DVD Player also supports slow and faster play through its floating controller menu that is available via the Window menu -> Show Controller. Note, the slower play is available through the pullout drawer that looks like this:
The top controls that are double arrows are fast forward when held down, as opposed to change chapter if just clicked quickly. command-shift-right arrow on the keyboard (command is the Apple logo key) fast forwards even faster if held down long enough and command-shift-left arrow reverses faster and slower if held down long enough and both go in a loop from 2x to 32x in factors of 2, which when let go will give you the speed you want to change.
Sometimes you can also do a color calibration of your display if you are more used to different color gradients in Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Displays -> Color and then select Calibrate.
To zoom video on Mac OS X, you can also use universal access. Command-Option-8, followed by a command-option-equal sign on the horizontal keys above the main body of the keyboard for increase size, or a command-option-minus sign for decrease size. To disable this feature command-option-8 again. Command is the Apple logo key.
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Three things you can try:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237?viewlocale=en_US
Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM:
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Hey guys,
dvd player 5.4 is not working on snow leopard 10.6.5
Apple should fix it.

I will assume that the DVDs you are having problems with are commercial products, not home-grown, and they work totally fine in another DVD player. In other words, we can rule out that the DVDs are not the problem.
The story you tell is certainly suggestive that there is a problem with the software updating process. Before you take the computer back to the Apple Store, one more thing you can try is using the "Combo Updater" for 10.6.5. You can get it from the Apple support web site. It is a large download, close to 1 GB in size. You simply install it on top of whatever updates you have already done.
It is one of those things that sounds almost like voodoo, but solves an awful lot of problems.
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I just burned a new DVD of a simple project I did. It has a menu with 5 chapters and a "PLAY ALL." The simulation worked fine. The disc also plays fine in a PC and menu works, too. When I tested it in my DVD player, I got the NO PLAY message. My DVD player is old, but it has been playing my other projects fine, menus and all. What am I missing or doing wrong? Any help is appreciated.

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I tried different first play settings but always with the prior results of the disc not being playable in the DVD players. I just successfully burned an older file that had been successful in the past to test the media itself. The media is good as it plays fine on the players. I need to state that the FCP source file fails when exported with Compressor so maybe the problem is further up the line? I have been creating files exporting as QT movies and then importing those to DVSP. I do wonder why the Apple products Compressor and DVDSP are unable to work with the file when Toast can.

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all the images of the menu "vibrate"...or jump ..
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