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  • Eddie1506
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Jun 2006
    • 4

    Incompatible Disc And Decoder Regions

    I'm having some problems with playing DVDs on Windows Vista Business RTM.

    I have a decrypted DVD with region/macrovision protection removed and I'm trying to play it with Media Player Classic using latest FFDShow.

    All I get is the message "Incompatible Disc And Decoder Regions". I tried changing codec for MPEG2 in MPC and FFDShow, but that didn't help.

    Same combination (MPC + latest FFDShow + same movie) worked flawlessly in WinXP.

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks!
    Last edited by Eddie1506; 31 Jan 2007, 04:55 AM.
  • Eilonwy05
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Mar 2008
    • 1

    #2
    Almost identical problem here, I have the files from a decrypted DVD in a VIDEO_TS folder, again Region Free/macrovision removed, and have tried the same things as Eddie1506 with no success. I have also opened the VIDEO_TS.IFO in ifoEdit and confirmed that it is indeed Region Free.

    One thing I looked at after a little more Googling, is that my files are stored on an external USB drive -- I don't have space on my internal drives right now to test if they work there, but others have been having this issue when the files were stored on a USB or Firewire drive. Could this be the issue? Who knows.

    Hoping someone can help with this...
    Last edited by Eilonwy05; 6 Mar 2008, 12:46 PM. Reason: More info added.

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    • APOLLOSTEES
      Junior Member
      Junior Member
      • Mar 2008
      • 1

      #3
      I figured this out. I have Vista and I had UAC (User Account Control) turned off. For some reason if UAC is off Vista has problems reading DVD content off of an external hard drive.

      I know, it seems like one wouldn't have anything to do with the other, but, I turned it on and it statred working perfectly. Give it a try.

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      • aposter
        Junior Member
        Junior Member
        • Dec 2012
        • 1

        #4
        @ APOLLOSTEES Well done! That solved it for me too. What a weird interaction that is between UAC and DVD's not playing off an external harddrive.

        Registered just to confirm it solved my problems and thank you for the tip!

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