Alternative "DVD Player" software for OS X Lion? Having issues playing DVDs

[lokiju]

In some google searching it's clear that a LOT of people have/are experiencing issues playing DVD movies no their Mac's and Lion.

I specifically have a 2011 21.5" iMac and it just will not consistently play a DVD movie. I have gotten it to play a movie recently with one attempt but the next time I tried I could not get it to work.

I've tried a few different DVD movies but the results do not seem to change.

I even tried using the latest version of VLC player but I don't know if it's because I attempted initially using Apples DVD Player app since it's set to auto play when a DVD is inserted or because it cannot either.

Is there a solid and well known to work with Lion alternative for just simply playing DVD movies?

EDIT: Sorry was calling Apple DVD Player app iDVD initially by mistake. Have edited post to correct.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

VLC Player. Also know, that iDVD is not for playing video DVDs, but for creating them. DVD Player is the Mac OS X application for playing video DVDs.

 

[lokiju]

VLC Player. Also know, that iDVD is not for playing video DVDs, but for creating them. DVD Player is the Mac OS X application for playing video DVDs.

See edit. Mistakenly was calling the Apple DVD Player app iDVD.

 

[lokiju]

Think I figured it our. Was due to audio output conflict it seems. I found a somewhat related thread on apples support forum and saw that it could cause app issues. I remover everything but my tos link and it seems ok now. Weird that it would cause that.