DVDs from an external drive won't display using AirPlay on a Mac. It plays on the Mac but not through the Apple TV. The image is a gray while playing.
Right. Normal.
If you don't have a DVD player, you might connect a laptop to the TV and play that way.
By design I'm afraid.
The decrypted DVD video stream sent by Airplay could be interecpted and copied so Apple don't allow it, despite it being a compressed poorer quality video than playing a DVD direct to a TV.
You may find VLC Player can play it and Airplay will work, but I've never tried.
Am I missing something here?
Why wouldn't you just hook your external DVD player to your TV?
Sounds as the OP had an external DVD drive, not the same as a DVD player.
dvd video from external drive won't display on apple tv
