DVD Play Back Issue for Showtime Programs

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EyeoftheIllini

EyeoftheIllini
EyeoftheIllini
Title pretty much says it all. The library consortium my local library belongs to has an extensive DVD catalog that I started tapping into during the pandemic. Other than the occasional dirty DVD or minor skip, I have had no issues until recently.

Week or two ago I was starting season 4 (maybe it was season 5) of Billions and DVD wouldn’t play. Would get the Showtime logo appearing then the anti-piracy warning and that was it. Program wouldn’t start playing and couldn’t get menu to appear. I tried cleaning DVD (no help) and popping in one of the other 4 discs (same problem). Mind you that previous seasons had worked just fine with this cheap DVD player. Other DVDs were also working just fine. I held on to the DVDs and requested same season, ensuring I wouldn’t get same DVDs back from same library. Those new DVDs of Billions didn’t work either. Oh well, time to move on.

Last night I popped in disc 1 of City on a Hill, which coincidentally is also from Showtime and exact same issue. Other DVDs are working (both of movies and a TV series from BBC or Acorn). Anyone have any thoughts to issue/fix? Again, this is a cheap standalone DVD player not a computer. Thanks
 
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AZILL
EyeoftheIllini said:
Title pretty much says it all. The library consortium my local library belongs to has an extensive DVD catalog that I started tapping into during the pandemic. Other than the occasional dirty DVD or minor skip, I have had no issues until recently.

Week or two ago I was starting season 4 (maybe it was season 5) of Billions and DVD wouldn’t play. Would get the Showtime logo appearing then the anti-piracy warning and that was it. Program wouldn’t start playing and couldn’t get menu to appear. I tried cleaning DVD (no help) and popping in one of the other 4 discs (same problem). Mind you that previous seasons had worked just fine with this cheap DVD player. Other DVDs were also working just fine. I held on to the DVDs and requested same season, ensuring I wouldn’t get same DVDs back from same library. Those new DVDs of Billions didn’t work either. Oh well, time to move on.

Last night I popped in disc 1 of City on a Hill, which coincidentally is also from Showtime and exact same issue. Other DVDs are working (both of movies and a TV series from BBC or Acorn). Anyone have any thoughts to issue/fix? Again, this is a cheap standalone DVD player not a computer. Thanks
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Check and see if your library is part of the Kanopy network. Mine is, and I watch a lot of movies/series/documentaries/Criterion releases on it. It is metered via credits so you cannot watch things every single day. In addition check if they have digital versions as opposed to hard copies. I cannot really answer your question as I haven't used a library DVD in years. I might also suggest using a different browser. I mainly use Firefox, but some sources/streams/DVD's I can only watch on Chrome or Edge.... I'm sure you can find a way around the issue, but it may take some interweb sleuthing.....
 
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