playing dvds on MBP

[mck_tj05]

hey all mac noob here. got another quick question
so i stuck a few dvds in, some copied and some not. none would play in either front row or dvd player. said something about format not supported. how do i do it?

 

[MaDDoG]

Which ones would not play....the copied ones? I would have a look in system preferences, CD's/DVD's and make sure it has DVD player optioned for when you insert a video DVD.

I too are new to Macs, but other than making backup copies I have not had a problem playing any DVD's, including backsups made on my PC. On the MBP use Midia Fork, Handbrake, or Mactheripper....all free downloads. I have Toast 8 also, it has issues with DVD encrytion.

Hope that is of some help.

P.S. Generally we do not discuss copying DVD's etc on this forum as it could breach forum rules.

 

[mck_tj05]

i tried both and neither would play. i realize that copied dvds are illegal, but when a purchased one wouldn't play my dad suggested a copied one.


regardless, neither played. i have it set to open dvd player and they open dvd player. yet i receive invalid format error messges still... what gives?

 

[bobtomay]

Have you tried several DVD's? If not, re-boot and try at least 3 or 4 comercial DVD's, not copies.
Will the drive read the OS X disks that came with the MBP?
Have you tried playing a CD? Does it work?

 

[the8thark]

Try doing a full hard drive permissions repair. I had a similar problem and it worked for me.

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On a side note I've noticed similar "dvd not being read" problems by many users. Maybe apple should look into it.