dvd player does not work after installing mountain lion
Has anyone had trouble playing a dvd after installing mountain lion?
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion
Has anyone had trouble playing a dvd after installing mountain lion?
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion
You haven't indicated if you have tried multiple DVD/CD's or just the one. Look under the "Apple > About This Mac > More Info.. > Disk Burning " do you see the Superdrive? If the system recognizes it but it doesn't work try a
SMC RESET
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
I tried several dvd's with the same response. The black dvd player screen comes up but then goes back to the desktop with a message: "DVD Player quit unexpectedly". I tried the SMC Reset, but that did not appear to help.
Zap the PRAM and try again.
I have the same problem - neither PRM or SMC reset has fixed it.
Anyone else with a similar problem - or alternative suggestion to get it fixed.
I have a similar problem on my Mac Mini. Trying to watch a DVD movie (I use the Mac Mini as a mediacentre, and it HAS to work with DVD, as it is my only DVD player.)
The DVD-player recognises the disc, and are able to start it, but then it goes to a grey/white mosaic picture. I've tried multiple DVDs, and they are all the same. I also tried playing the video file through VLC and Boxee, but it's all mosaic, though I don't get the grey/white mosaic on these - the picture is just messed up, like a bad sattelite signal.
This is the sort of thing Apple need to sort out, and fast! On the Lion update I had trouble with sound falling out, and now this. I have to say I do not care for iCloud and notifications ect. if I can't make very basic functions like this work.
Have exactly the same problem on my 24" imac, the dvd player app goes to a black screen and then unexpectedly quits. Also I can not airplay a dvd to my apple TV, all I get is a checkered grey sceen. Having said this I can do all the above successfully if I use VLC instead of apples DVD player.
Any thoughts or help concerning apples DVD player app with mountain lion would be great.
Im having the same problem, the app starts up, screen goes black like its going to play, but then quits unexpectedly. I have a less-than-a-month-old macbook pro. it could be a problem with the OS, since its more than just one of us. hopefully an update will solve this and other app bugs.
Mine is worse than this - it just will not take the discs in and spits them out. Please See:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4231089
Tried most things and have even ordered a new drive.....
Adrian.
Did any of you Region Free the drive?
Adrian.
I got the same problem dude, my screen became a chessboard ! Just use another player, such as VLC, that u gonna be ok
I have the same problem: white/grey checkerboard on MacMini running OSX 10.8.2. No matter what DVD I tried. Same thing happens when I try to play from disc images.
However, I also use an iMac 27" also running 10.8.2 and DVD player works just fine.
So, whata is going on.
Peter
I had this same problem when I first got my MBP and came here looking for a solution. Absent one, I thought I'd just keep coming back until there was one. In the meantime I brought it to my daughter's house to show her and she told me she'd heard they could play blu-ray. Thinking it wouldn't hurt to give it a try, I put one in and was told it couldn't play it; not by quitting like it did before but through some error message about format (don't remember now). Then I tried a conventional DVD and now it works. Don't know why and it makes no sense, but now it works.
to Jules1857:
I can confirm your finding. After reading your post I tried to play a BluRay DVD which of course DVD player app said: Unsupported Disc. After that DVDs play fine.
That is lame, Apple!
petersmoney wrote:
That is lame, Apple!
Don't waste any time here telling Apple, since these are user-to-user forums. For that, use its feedback pages: http://www.apple.com/feedback/ and http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html, for example.
Wow. Who would have thought. I tried the same thing and it now works. Thanks for your reply.
dvd player does not work after installing mountain lion