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    Angry DVD Player.app wont play DVDs?!!!

    This has only started happening today, I want to watch a DVD on my iMac, and DVD Player wont play it. I've tried different DVDs and I've also tried playing the movies from Video_TS folders on my HDD, still, it wont play. DVD Player will play a few seconds, then the video and audio will stop and freeze. If I try to click stop, or anything else i get a "Not Permitted" bubble appear, and if I click Pause I get a message "DVD Player has encountered a system error. Error -69889"

    I've tried totally removing DVD Player, its plist's, and folders and restoring a old versions from Time Machine. Still, nothing works. This also happens in Front Row. UPDATE: VLC does not play the DVDs either.

    Please help. Heres the link to a short video screencast that shows exactly what happens: http://j0wkcw.blu.livefilestore.com/...1.mov?download
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    Ok, I watched the video and i can help you.

    does the computer freeze and have to be restarted?

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    no, everything else functions fine afterwards, except for the playing of DVD's

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    can you quit DVD Player?

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    yes, it doesnt even need to be force quitted.

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    Snow Leopard's Avatar Snow Leopard is offline Resident complainer

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    umm.....

    Is DVD Player is up to date (the latest version)

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    yes, there are no updates for my system and DVD Player says it is App Version 5.0.3 and its FrameWork Version is 5.0.6.

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    Snow Leopard's Avatar Snow Leopard is offline Resident complainer

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    ok,

    something similar happened to me when i upgraded to leopard...
    so you may have to do a massive backup and just re-install (and erase) your osx and start again.

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    oh....bummer...

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    ya, its annoying but sometimes it has to be done.

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    Snow Leopard's Avatar Snow Leopard is offline Resident complainer

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    is the mac your on now the one having the trouble?

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    yeah

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    Snow Leopard's Avatar Snow Leopard is offline Resident complainer

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    are you going to erase?

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    no, too much stuff.

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    Snow Leopard's Avatar Snow Leopard is offline Resident complainer

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    you can't time machine?

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    i can, i just couldnt be bothered right now. I'm gonna keep looking for a fix, but if i cant i will restore.

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    sorry if i didn't give you the help that you needed, but thats what worked for me, and i've never had a problem since.


    Jaz

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    i might restore now actually, now VLC wont even play the DVD.

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    Alright then, i'll let you get the restore going (it takes about 2 hours)

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    You never mentioned whether it was the one specific DVD that it wouldn't play, or if it refused all DVDs... ?

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