Windows 7 says DVD is wrong region and will not play

[gplracer]

I can play a DVD with the media player classic but not wmp. It says it is the wrong region. I live in the USA and in the device manager it says region 1 for the DVD player.

 

[Fox5]

I'd imagine since Windows 7 is a beta OS, Microsoft hasn't paid the licensing fees for it to play dvds.

 

[Nothinman]

I'd imagine since Windows 7 is a beta OS, Microsoft hasn't paid the licensing fees for it to play dvds.

If that were the case one would think you'd get a codec error, not a region error.

 

[darkrisen2003]

silly question. is this a retail DVD or is this a backed up/burned DVD? It does make a differance in a specific situation such as this. If you did not choose to rip the dvd using region free then that may be causing the issue. I may be way off base but its just a thought.

 

[Nothinman]

If you did not choose to rip the dvd using region free then that may be causing the issue.

If you don't choose regionfree and then choose one other than the one you're in or the one on the DVD you deserve what you get.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: Fox5
I'd imagine since Windows 7 is a beta OS, Microsoft hasn't paid the licensing fees for it to play dvds.

Windows 7 RC definitely plays DVDs using the built-in Windows Media Player.

 

[darkrisen2003]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

If you did not choose to rip the dvd using region free then that may be causing the issue.

If you don't choose regionfree and then choose one other than the one you're in or the one on the DVD you deserve what you get.

Now now now. Be Nice!

 

[Nothinman]

Now now now. Be Nice!

Why? The default for just about every DVD ripping and/or burning app is region free, if you change the default and choose a region other than the one you're in you do deserve it.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Fox5
I'd imagine since Windows 7 is a beta OS, Microsoft hasn't paid the licensing fees for it to play dvds.

You'd imagine wrong

 

[gplracer]

Wel........... I feel stupid....... I rebooted and it went away. Now it is fine. Every once in a while it does come up though. This is a retail dvd.