How to Play DVD on Mac?

There are several choices for you to play DVD on Mac computer, the best of choice if freeware of course, such as VLC player. This article show you how to play DVD on Mac with free DVD player VLC player. It includes two parts:
Part 1: DVD Regions
Part 2: How to Play DVD on Mac

Part 1: DVD Regions

Everybody knows that an error may occur when playing a DVD disc with a region code setting different than that of the drive. DVD region codes is a DRM technique designed to allow motion picture studios to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and especially, price, according to the region. DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played. The commercial DVD player specification requires that a player to be sold in a given place not play discs encoded for a different region. There are six different regions on the DVD:
Region 1: North America; U.S. territories; Bermuda
Region 2: Europe; Western Asia; Kingdom of the Netherlands; Egypt, Japan, Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland; British overseas territories, French overseas territories; Greenland
Region 3: East and Southeast Asia
Region 4: Oceania; Central and South America; Caribbean; Mexico
Region 5: Africa, Central and South Asia, Belarus, India, Mongolia, North Korea, Russia, Ukraine
Region 6: Mainland China

Part 2: How to Play DVD on Mac

VLC is part of a remarkably sophisticated suite of VideoLan applications available for a wide range of operating systems, ranging from Linuxes to Windows and, of course, Mac OS X. With it, how to play DVD on Mac OS is no longer a problem to you. Just follow the easy instructions below:

Download and install VLC and open it, then select File > Open Disc. Click on the Disc tab, click on DVD, select the device, and click OK. Or select File > Open File..., select your VIDEO_TS folder, and voila! You're watching your movie.

How to Play DVD on Mac with VLC Player

Tips: If you want to play DVD Mac with other players, you may need to rip DVD to the format supported by the player first. Wondershare DVD Ripper for Mac is an excellent DVD Rippr for Mac to rip DVD to various video formats (including MP4, AVI, M4V, MOV, 3GP, MPG, FLV) and audio formats (MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, OGG, APE, etc.) for playback on iPad, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, etc.

Related Resources: DVD Player for Mac, Free DVD Ripper for Mac