DVDs won't open and play

[ericcc]

Dear All, Thanks so much for your help, in advance! I have installed VLC on my mac, and can play DAT and other files from my hard-drive with VLC. However, I cannot figure out how use VLC to open and play DVDs. I go to both "open disk" and "open file", and select "DVD", and then click "ok", but nothing happens. What to do? Thanks again for any help! - Eric

[jenntello]

I've been having the same problem. I've been using VLC in my Mac for a while, for video files from my hard drive and dvds from other regions than the US (I study in Italy). I installed the latest version 8.6.c or whatever on my MacBook which was purchased Jan '07, therefore fairly new, and I haven't been able to watch DVDs from region 2. This is the first time I have this problem, and would appreciate any help given. Thanks.

[brightred]

I have a Mac OSX Tiger and have the same problem. I have followed the instructions as best I can and when I try to open and play my DVD-R I get a message that
reads "no suitable access module". I do not have any idea what that means. If someone who knows what is going on would please answer these questions it would
be greatly appreciated.

[fm105]

I am having the same problem. I have a PowerBook G4 running 10.4.8 I bought in the US. I have since moved to Mexico, and DVD Player will not play legal DVDs bought here. Unfortunately, neither will VLC. Any ideas?

Thanks

[Sailor]

And so I too join the list of those who can not get this to work.
I keep getting a message: no suitable access module for 'cdda:no suitable audio files' `main: dvdread:///dev/rdisk1@1:1-' when I select play disk
I have tried to play a segment of the actual disk (region 2) and I get a 'access-file: read failed (Permission Denied) error message
I downloaded this puppy as I am traveling globally with my MAC and have lots of various region DVD's.
I'm on a MAC OS X Verison 10.4.11 with a 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
My VLC is version 0.8.6d Janus (Intel)
Any help folks? Thanks

[fkuehne]

Folks, please search the forum before asking questions. This was answered millions of times before. NO, there is NO way to play DVDs from a different region than your drive is set to in case that your Mac is less than 3 years old. This is no bug in VLC and cannot be solved by us. It's due a different firmware implementation, which prevents the region code circumvention.

Edit:
Hint: Search for RPC1 vs RPC2..

[Sailor]

Thank you for that - I did search the forum with each of the error messages and received no response.

[aborel]

Folks, please search the forum before asking questions. This was answered millions of times before. NO, there is NO way to play DVDs from a different region than your drive is set to in case that your Mac is less than 3 years old. This is no bug in VLC and cannot be solved by us. It's due a different firmware implementation, which prevents the region code circumvention.

Edit:
Hint: Search for RPC1 vs RPC2..

And as written a couple of times in the past ( viewtopic.php?t=39930 ), YES, there is a way to play DVDs from arbitrary regions on a recent Mac. It's a bit technical, it will void your warranty and some discs still refuse to work, but it exists. Unfortunately, the main reference site for that question is down at the moment.