DVD Player Troubles

[magnolia1240]

I am having a little problem with my DVD Player (3.1.1) under OS 10.2. Everything was fine with it until I upgraded to 10.2.

Every time I click to launch DVD Player it starts to load and then about 3/4 of the way through it stops and automatically quits. I don't get any error messages. I don't even get a "bleep."

The little arrow underneath the app icon in the dock starts to blink but then tops and the app never loads.

Anyone hear of this problem? Have any solutions? Suggestions? I have tried everything I know to try, even after consulting everything humanly possible in the Knowledge Base, but still come up short.

And all I want to do is watch the "Simpsons Season 2" DVD. Thanks.

Magnolia1240

 

[MacBandit]

If you did a system update that was your first mistake. The only way to install 10.2 properly is to do a clean install.

To fix your problem try booting up on the 10.2 cd and opening Disk Utility. Have it fix permissions and check the disk. This wil probably fix it.

 

[RBMaraman]

Re: DVD Player Troubles

Originally posted by magnolia1240
And all I want to do is watch the "Simpsons Season 2" DVD. Thanks.

I think it's a problem with the "Simpsons: Season 2" DVD. Every DVD I has plays fine, but I can never get "The Simpsons" to play on ANY computer DVD player. It won't play on my mom's Dell, and it won't play on my iBook. I think the DVD is encoded different, and can't be played by some computer players.

 

[MacBandit]

Re: Re: DVD Player Troubles

Originally posted by RBMaraman


I think it's a problem with the "Simpsons: Season 2" DVD. Every DVD I has plays fine, but I can never get "The Simpsons" to play on ANY computer DVD player. It won't play on my mom's Dell, and it won't play on my iBook. I think the DVD is encoded different, and can't be played by some computer players.

Which DVD of the set is it and I will test it in my computer. I also have the Simpsons DVD's.

 

[magnolia1240]

DVD Continued

Thanks for all the responses. I appreciate them.

In reponse to the first post. I tried what you suggested and I was still unable to get the DVDs to play. Same problem as before. I think I may be missing a file somewhere in my "System" folder.

To the other guys who responded. I don't think its a problem with the "Simpson, Season 2" DVD. The same problem exists no matter which DVD I play. I have a sizable collection of about 200 DVDs. I've tried about 50 of them, ranging from production studio to year it was released. I tried some DVDs from people like Fox and Warners and stuff like that. I have also tried DVDs released many years ago, to the "Lord of the Rings" DVD, which we all know is fairly new. None of them work.

I have heard of that problem, since my troubles, with the "Simpsons" DVD on other people's system. It won't play in my roommates Playstation 2 either. I don't know what the problem is with that DVD, you are right, probably encoding issues.

Thanks for your help, guys.

 

[robbieduncan]

Similar Problem in 10.1

I encountered a similar problem when using 10.1.x. I solved it by deleting my DVD preferences file (in ~/Library/Preferences). It will be called somthing like com.apple.dvdplayer.plist.

 

[redAPPLE]

speaking of dvd problems...

i can play commercially sold dvds, but i cannot play my idvd-made dvd.

i tried it on my g4 tower, no go. i tried on my g3 imac (naturally with dvddrive), no got. i tried it on my sister's ibook and it worked!!

someone mentioned, a clean install, all 3 were cleaninstalled.

all 3 macs have dvd player 3.2 installed, all have jaguar installed, i cannot pinpoint the problem out.

anybody with ideas?

thx.

 

[jelloshotsrule]

do the idvd burnt dvds play on other macs? (ie, other peoples')?

if not. you should talk to apple. maybe it's aproblem with the burning process, rather than the viewing process..?

 

[redAPPLE]

i was able to read the idvd video on my sister's ibook 500.

can it be possible that the idvd disc spins in a certain speed and my dvd-drive cannot spin fast enough for the idvd video.

can anyone confirm this?

i have to admit i have a 450 mhz g3 imac and a 400 mhz g4 tower.

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question: does anyone know, if i just could upgrade my dvd drive?

 

[hvfsl]

You can just get a new DVD drive and put it in your Mac. You need to search companies like Sony's websites, to find one that says it will work on a Mac. Toshiba is the only company I know for sure that does Mac drives.