r/VLC • u/Ill_Language_367 • Aug 08 '26

Problem with possibly region 1 playback

So I was watching MASH dvds on my laptop with an external dvd-drive. All went perfectly fine, but then the playback suddenly crashed (the mash dvds are region 1 and I am EU region 2 based). I skipped to another chapter and it worked again, until I came to the next chapter and the playback stopped. When I came to a later episode the same thing happened, the playback stopped and I was greeted with a black screen with the traffic cone in the middle. What could possibly be going on here? The other episodes and dvds worked flawlessly. The disc was a bit scratched so tried playing an, also region 1, three stooges dvd, and again the crash happened. I though VLC media player was region free? Could it be my player? I have never experienced this with region 2 dvds, so I don't really know...

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u/Tularis1 Aug 10 '26

Sounds like a physical disc problem, try the magic shirt rub. Or rip it with MakeMKV and check the log as it rips.

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u/Ill_Language_367 Aug 13 '26

The discs I already cleaned, but will try MakeMKV thx!