Re: DVD player refusing to play in 10.3.9

Hylton Boothroyd wrote:
> Can a drive with specs
> 
>   Model:    MAT****A CD-RW CW-8123
>   Revision: CA0T
>   Drive Type:   CD-RW/DVD-ROM
>   Disc Burning: Apple Sup****ted/****pped
> 
> be expected to play a French film on a commercial DVD?
> 
> The specs are for the CD/DVD that came in a G4 PowerBook with 10.3, now
> at 10.3.9.
> 
> When I insert the DVD I can see that there is an audio folder and a
> video folder on the disk (which means it's being looked at as data).
> 
> But the DVD Player promptly terminates when I launch it.

Sorry to be a bit pedantic, but have you used the Mac to play DVDs 
before or done anything to necessitate a OSX re-install?

I had a problem with my MBP refusing to play DVDs after a drive 
replacement and it turned out that it was set in System Preferences to 
do nothing with DVDs. Try that.

Also, as other people have suggested, it could be some bonkers region 
switching, though France is the same region as UK - however, that's 
assuming you're from the UK or Europe even....
> 
> I would be grateful for any pointers -- software, limits to region
> switching ... thanks
> 
> (In the normal way of things we rely on a cheap all-region DVD player
> with a scart socket to the TV set)
> 
Like Jaimie said, if all else fails I'd be inclined to try VLC (it's 
Freeware). That usually plays anything I find.