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

[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 >>>><<<<

[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.

[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]

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]

Still seeking a solution. Thank you for your assistance.

[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]

OK I kinda thought you might be using DVD+R and the DVD player not support it but you are not using them. Are you using the internal VSO burn engine that installs with DVDFab if you are try giving ImgBurn a try. Here is link for how to use ImgBurn with DVDFab and download link as well for

I have no idea with ImgBurn or VSO is. I never leave DVDFab during the process so I would guess that I'm using the internal VSO. As a side note, I have also used DVD+R (a pack of 50) in the past and all of those played with no problems.

[Keynes]

I retried another DVD that had previously been successful. The copy was able to play.

To recap, 24 Season 4 Discs 1 and 2 had no issue. Discs 3 and 4 said not formatted for this region. I also tried two of my DVDs that had worked before. One played and the other did not. At no point, during this testing process did I change any settings. Currently, all boxes under the protection settings are checked.

[ripvanwinkle1819]

maineman is correct. I had to replace my old dvd player when I went with dual layer verbatim's, and after awhile it just would not read any of my backup's. If I was you I would purchase an up converting dvd player. (preferably with hdmi and p scan) I went through 2 units before I found one that played everything. If you have an lcd t.v It can improve picture quality. too

[maineman]

I retried a DVD that had worked before. This time, the DVD player says "unable to read disc." I am assuming the reason is the same. I am currently trying another previously successful DVD and will report the results when I have them.

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?

[AGJ]

Using Verbatim DVD-R blank media. I have a pack of 100. I have successfully used about 70 of them with zero failures previous to this.


I retried a DVD that had worked before. This time, the DVD player says "unable to read disc." I am assuming the reason is the same. I am currently trying another previously successful DVD and will report the results when I have them.

OK I kinda thought you might be using DVD+R and the DVD player not support it but you are not using them. Are you using the internal VSO burn engine that installs with DVDFab if you are try giving ImgBurn a try. Here is link for how to use ImgBurn with DVDFab and download link as well for

[Keynes]

Using Verbatim DVD-R blank media. I have a pack of 100. I have successfully used about 70 of them with zero failures previous to this.


I retried a DVD that had worked before. This time, the DVD player says "unable to read disc." I am assuming the reason is the same. I am currently trying another previously successful DVD and will report the results when I have them.

[GregiBoy]

What happens when you re-rip one of the ones that worked before?

[AGJ]

OK what is the blank media you are using?

[Keynes]

Installed the new beta version, retried one of the DVDs, and came up with the same result (region issue).

What region do you live in? U.S.A/Canada or another area? Where did you pick these DVDs up? Check the back of the DVD case it will tell you if it Region 1 or another regiona as well In common settings Protection-DVD make sure the remove RCE is set to the area the DVD is from as that I think is the problem

I am in the US. The original DVDs are from a major American store. They are not from overseas or wherever you get non-correct region DVDs. Also, the originals will play in the DVD player so that wouldn't seem to be the issue.

All of the boxes under Protection -> DVD are checked. The "Remove RCE" region is set to 1 US/Canada.