DVD player says "This disc is not formatted for this region"

[Keynes]

Thanks for the additional info. This is exactly what I was about to ask...
I suspect your standalone player is going belly-up.

To recap:
The Verbatim blank media that has played consistently well is now failing to play in the standalone...and previously burned media that played without issue is now failing to play in this same player.
Meanwhile, these discs all play in your pc?

You can try cleaning the lens on your standalaone...you .might see improvement for awhile, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Do you have another standalone player?

How much mileage on this puppy?

Sorry perhaps I was not clear. I didn't try to play previously burned media. I took a DVD that I had copied in the past with success and tried to make a new copy of it. I believe that's what the earlier post asked for me to try. Anyway, I tried that with two DVDs, one worked and the other didn't.

Regarding the DVD player, it is probably 6 or so years old. I wouldn't be surprised if it was beginning to fail. For the past year or so, I have been watching about 5 DVDs a week with no issues. Not really sure if that's evidence that the player is good or failing though. At the moment, it's the only player I have. I suppose I can take the discs to a friend's house and see if they work.

[Keynes]

Still seeking a solution. Thank you for your assistance.

[W&B]

I would try AGJ's good advice and install ImgBurn. The included VSO burn engine is buggy for a lot of people and Troy512 has some great video's you can watch, pause them as you go. be sure to watch all of them to learn how to set your (AWS) automatic write speed. the d/l links are also in his post

[Keynes]

I would try AGJ's good advice and install ImgBurn. The included VSO burn engine is buggy for a lot of people and Troy512 has some great video's you can watch, pause them as you go. be sure to watch all of them to learn how to set your (AWS) automatic write speed. the d/l links are also in his post

Followed the instructions and video. Installed and set up ImgBurn. Tried copying 24 again. Got the same region error with the DVD player again.

[W&B]

Post a burn log, the default location is in your documents/dvdfab/logs I'm curious to see what kind of burner you're using to write to your blank media. Also the disc that failed to play on your stand alone, will they play on your computer? Let Fab try to open one of those failed disc and if it will click the check mark for common settings and copy and paste the info displayed there.

[AGJ]

have you tried the discs on another DVD player. I have had many DVD players that would play all dvds for awhile and then all of a sudden only play a few of them and the rest would not play. I then tried another DVD player and they worked just fine. Mind you my 5 year old Citizen still plays them all. Also post the info listed here >>>><<<<

[Keynes]

Burn log

2009-11-11 01:24:25 ---- ******************** Log session stop 11-Nov 01:24:25.274 PID 5700********************
2009-11-11 01:22:43 Info WRITE SUCCESS: Disc written
2009-11-11 01:22:43 Info Finalization Time 00:00:44 - Total completion time 00:11:17
2009-11-11 01:21:58 Info Write finished in 00:10:32 - Finalization start here. Avg. burn rate 5.66
2009-11-11 01:11:33 Info Lead-in burning time (mS) 6738
2009-11-11 01:11:26 Info Write started 2202352 sectors to write
2009-11-11 01:11:26 Info Init success: DVD-R SAO
2009-11-11 01:11:26 Info Writing speed requested x8.0, effective x8.0
2009-11-11 01:11:26 Info Available write speed: 8x ,6x ,4x ,2x
2009-11-11 01:11:26 Info Media ID: MCC 03RG20
2009-11-11 01:11:26 Info Media type: DVD-R
2009-11-11 01:11:26 Info Not Applicable to this bus type
2009-11-11 01:11:25 Info Scanned files #33, folder #2 - total size 4509272064 b. (4.2 Gb.)
2009-11-11 01:11:25 Info Inserted media type : DVD-R
2009-11-11 01:11:25 Info Write started
2009-11-11 01:11:21 Info Writable disc DVD-R inserted. Ready to write
2009-11-11 01:10:58 Info Writable disc DVD-R inserted. Ready to write
2009-11-11 01:10:37 Info Parsing disc ...
2009-11-11 01:09:14 Info Disc ejected by user.
2009-11-11 00:39:46 Info Disc (DVD-ROM) not emtpy.
2009-11-11 00:39:34 Info Parsing disc ...
2009-11-11 00:35:54 Info Disc ejected by user while parsing.
2009-11-11 00:35:52 Info Parsing disc ...
2009-11-11 00:35:46 Info WRITE SUCCESS: Disc written
2009-11-11 00:35:46 Info Finalization Time 00:00:44 - Total completion time 00:10:49
2009-11-11 00:35:01 Info Write finished in 00:10:04 - Finalization start here. Avg. burn rate 5.93
2009-11-11 00:25:04 Info Lead-in burning time (mS) 6764
2009-11-11 00:24:57 Info Write started 2202512 sectors to write
2009-11-11 00:24:57 Info Init success: DVD-R SAO
2009-11-11 00:24:54 Info Writing speed requested x8.0, effective x8.0
2009-11-11 00:24:54 Info Available write speed: 8x ,6x ,4x ,2x
2009-11-11 00:24:54 Info Media ID: MCC 03RG20
2009-11-11 00:24:54 Info Media type: DVD-R
2009-11-11 00:24:54 Info Not Applicable to this bus type
2009-11-11 00:24:54 Info Scanned files #107, folder #2 - total size 4509433856 b. (4.2 Gb.)
2009-11-11 00:24:54 Info Inserted media type : DVD-R
2009-11-11 00:24:54 Info Write started
2009-11-11 00:24:50 Info Writable disc DVD-R inserted. Ready to write
2009-11-11 00:24:48 Info Compatible media types : DVD-R, DVD-RW Seq., DVD-RW RO, DVDRAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW, DL DVD+R, DL DVD-R
2009-11-11 00:24:48 Info Drive has Serial ATA physical interface
2009-11-11 00:24:48 Info New Drive selected : 3:0:0 - MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ880ES 1.80 [D] (Ide)
2009-11-11 00:23:59 Info Current Drive selected : 3:0:0 - MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ880ES 1.80 [D] (Ide)
2009-11-11 00:23:59 Info Using Advanced SPTI interface
2009-11-11 00:23:59 Info System default language : English (United States)
2009-11-11 00:23:59 Info User default language : English (United States)
2009-11-11 00:23:59 Info DLL Version : 4.0.5.464
2009-11-11 00:23:59 Info DLL : C:\Program Files (x86)\DVDFab 6\vso_hwe.dll
2009-11-11 00:23:59 Info Version : 6, 2, 0, 2
2009-11-11 00:23:59 Info ExeName : C:\Program Files (x86)\DVDFab 6\DVDFab.exe
2009-11-11 00:23:59 Info OS : Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (Build 6001: Service Pack 1)
2009-11-11 00:23:59 ---- ******************** Log session start 11-Nov 00:23:59.778 PID 5700********************

[Keynes]

Also the disc that failed to play on your stand alone, will they play on your computer? Let Fab try to open one of those failed disc and if it will click the check mark for common settings and copy and paste the info displayed there.

Yes my computer is able to play them.

Info for drive [D:\] (DVDFab 6.2.0.2)
Drive region: 1

Disc type: Video DVD
Disc region: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Volume name: 24_S4_D3
Video standard: NTSC

CSS (Content Scramble System) protection is not found.
RC (Region Code) protection is not found.
RCE (Region Code Enhancement) protection is not found.
APS (Analog Protection System) protection is not found.
UOPs (User Operation Prohibitions) protection is not found.

Invalid PTTs protection is not found.
Invalid PGCIs protection is not found.
Invalid PGCs protection is not found.
Invalid TMAPs protection is not found.
Invalid CELLs protection is not found.
Invalid VOBUs protection is not found.
Fake vts protection is not found!
Bad sector protection is not found!
Structure protection (ARccOS, RipGuard, etc.) is not found.

PathPlayer is enabled!
Unplayable cell (vts:2 title pgc:1 cell:1) is removed!
Unplayable cell (vts:3 title pgc:1 cell:1) is removed!
2 unplayable cells are removed!

[W&B]

one problem I see is the write speed
2009-11-11 00:24:54 Info Writing speed requested x8.0, effective x8.0
2009-11-11 00:24:54 Info Available write speed: 8x ,6x ,4x ,2x

set the burn speed to half of your media, I know you're using good old verbatims but honestly that drive I suspect is your problem or part of it.

2009-11-11 00:24:48 Info New Drive selected : 3:0:0 - MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ880ES 1.80 [D] (Ide)

Still test those problem dvds in another stand alone player but my money is on the drive is failing and/or write speed. That drive is in a lappy yes? you most likely will need to purchase a external type for use with your laptop. I think your problems will disappear after that. Please watch Troy512's video again on how to set the write speed per mid/disc ID and never try to burn at max speed.

[AGJ]

MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ880ES 1.80 [D] (Ide)

Is this a new computer? Anyway the DVD drive installed that I quoted and is in bold is your problem. MatSHITa drives are the worst to use and they have region code issues as well for DVD back up programs. Try an external DVD Drive as that would probably fix the problem. Also laptops are not meant to burn DVD movies as they get too hot

Edit:Guess this was covered already

[W&B]

Edit:Guess this was covered already

My bad AGJ, didn't see you online and I just woke from one of my many daily catnaps. I just suggested to a member that posted a feature request in the feature request thread to post it in the feature request thread I'm still half asleep...my apologies.

[AGJ]

No worries but those Matshita drives are more troublesome than anything else for a laptop

[W&B]

BTW, no one caught my post about setting write speed for ImgBurn after the op posted a VSO burn log. So with that said if you rather use VSO set the write speed for it within Fab's common settings. (This day has not started off well for me so I'm buggering back off to bed and will try a fresh start later)

[Keynes]

Is this a new computer? Anyway the DVD drive installed that I quoted and is in bold is your problem. MatSHITa drives are the worst to use and they have region code issues as well for DVD back up programs. Try an external DVD Drive as that would probably fix the problem. Also laptops are not meant to burn DVD movies as they get too hot

Edit:Guess this was covered already

The computer is about 3 months old and it is a laptop. It seems like if the drive is as bad as you say I would have had issues previously. I was able to burn literally over 100 discs flawlessly. You would guess there would be at least a few duds in there. Is it common for a drive to perform without issue like that and then suddenly quit? I would rather not have to buy another drive unless it is necessary. Also, I am relatively sensitive to my computer overheating and have never noticed a substantial change in temperature while using the drive.

[GregiBoy]

AGJ is totally correct. Laptop drives, especially matSHITa, have always been problematic and I too would recommend a good quality external burner.

From what I can remember of your problem, have you tried the discs in another set top player. If not, I would do this before purchasing another drive.