[sdkwok]

I have a one year old Macbook running Leopard. I tried to play a DVD (region 1) using VLC media player. Nothing happened.

I've always been able to play my DVDs with VLC without any problems. I downloaded the newest version of VLC and tried again. Same problem. I put in an audio CD to see if VLC would play that and it worked fine.

I don't know whether this is a physical problem with the drive, or a problem with VLC. If it is a problem with the drive, how can I diagnose it? And if not, what could it be?

[minischneides]

sdkwok said:

I have a one year old Macbook running Leopard. I tried to play a DVD (region 1) using VLC media player. Nothing happened.

I've always been able to play my DVDs with VLC without any problems. I downloaded the newest version of VLC and tried again. Same problem. I put in an audio CD to see if VLC would play that and it worked fine.

I don't know whether this is a physical problem with the drive, or a problem with VLC. If it is a problem with the drive, how can I diagnose it? And if not, what could it be?

Have you tried playing a different DVD, or the DVD in a different program?

[sdkwok]

Yes, I've now tried playing DVDs with Apple DVD Player, and they work fine. This must be a problem with VLC then. Any thoughts?

[minischneides]

Perhaps try deleting the Application as well as the Application files that can be found in...

Library --> Application Support

If you can't find it let me know and I can give you better instructions.