tomnjan
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Q: How can I play a dvd on my Mac and display it through Apple TV

I want to use my DVD drive on my mac to play back movies through my apple tv2. I notice that on my iPad, iPhone, iTunes on my computer all have the AirPlay option to display the video on my TV through Apple TV. I do not want to burn my DVD onto my Mac and play through iTunes becasue its a hassle.

AppleTV 2, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on May 16, 2013 8:36 AM

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Q: How can I play a dvd on my Mac and display it through Apple TV

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  • by mende1,Helpful

    mende1 mende1 May 16, 2013 8:38 AM in response to tomnjan
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    May 16, 2013 8:38 AM in response to tomnjan

    Welcome to Apple Support Communities

     

    One thing you can do is to play the DVD in your Mac using DVD Player instead of iTunes, and then, turn on AirPlay Mirroring to stream your computer's display to your Apple TV > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5404

     

    If your Mac isn't compatible with AirPlay Mirroring, use a third-party app like AirParrot > http://www.airparrot.com This is the only option, because the Apple TV isn't compatible with discs

  • by Alley_Cat,

    Alley_Cat Alley_Cat May 16, 2013 1:45 PM in response to mende1
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    May 16, 2013 1:45 PM in response to mende1

    mende1 wrote:

     

    Welcome to Apple Support Communities

     

    One thing you can do is to play the DVD in your Mac using DVD Player instead of iTunes, and then, turn on AirPlay Mirroring to stream your computer's display to your Apple TV > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5404

     

    If your Mac isn't compatible with AirPlay Mirroring, use a third-party app like AirParrot > http://www.airparrot.com This is the only option, because the Apple TV isn't compatible with discs

     

    Logical but it won't work - DVD player output will be a grey checkerboard pattern.

     

    Apple apps prevent Airplay of DVD content at low level presumably for some copy protection reason.

     

    VLC player is believed to work.

     

    AC

  • by OrsoGrizzly,

    OrsoGrizzly OrsoGrizzly Jul 29, 2013 2:30 PM in response to Alley_Cat
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    Jul 29, 2013 2:30 PM in response to Alley_Cat

    I have a brand new iMac (compatible with AirPlay Mirroring), a new dvd player and a brand new apple TV. If I follow the instructions given by mende1 to watch a dvd I bought, I just see the grey checkboard pattern. What is the apple solution for this? I cannot believe I cannot watch a DVD using appleTV. I understand the issues with DVD regions,etc but I have also changed the region of the apple TV to be London as is my dvd player.

     

    By the way I tried VLC player but it just crash.

     

    Thanks for any help

  • by vazandrew,

    vazandrew vazandrew Jul 29, 2013 4:55 PM in response to OrsoGrizzly
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    Jul 29, 2013 4:55 PM in response to OrsoGrizzly

    There is no solution for the native DVD player, VLC is the only workaround I am aware of at this time. The issue looks to be with copy protection.

  • by Pete Gravy,

    Pete Gravy Pete Gravy May 2, 2014 2:57 AM in response to tomnjan
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    May 2, 2014 2:57 AM in response to tomnjan

    Thanks vazandrew.  I downloaded VLC, took 2 minutes and was free.  Instantly played all my DVD's streamed perfectly onto Apple TV.

    I am using MacBook Air (10.9.2), external DVD player and Apple TV.

     

    Simple and free

     

    Thank you.

  • by Rich Rydalch,

    Rich Rydalch Rich Rydalch Jul 4, 2014 4:44 PM in response to OrsoGrizzly
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    Jul 4, 2014 4:44 PM in response to OrsoGrizzly

    OrsoGrizzly

    Am I missing something here?

    Why wouldn't you just hook your external DVD player to your TV?

  • by Rudegar,

    Rudegar Rudegar Jul 5, 2014 1:16 AM in response to Pete Gravy
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    Jul 5, 2014 1:16 AM in response to Pete Gravy

    don't upgrade vlc though people report that the fact that vlc works mean they are breaking the drm encryption of the dvd which is not really legal

    so newer versions may result in back to chess

     

    it's drm laws which cause it and apples solution would not be likely to break the law

  • by lobo lady,

    lobo lady lobo lady Nov 3, 2015 2:21 PM in response to tomnjan
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    Nov 3, 2015 2:21 PM in response to tomnjan

    the vlc would be a great solution, but it took forever to download and after all of that time when i tried to open it it said that apple di not support this i i could not open it. now what