Any DVD I rent from the red box or at the library my 27"iMac and my MacBook Pro will not operate.

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Any DVD I rent from the red box or at the library my 27"iMac and my MacBook Pro will not operate.

Any DVD I rent from the red box or at the library my 27"iMac and my MacBook Pro will not operate. The Mac's take the DVD's and it sounds like it's trying to run the DVD. After about 10 seconds the Mac just spits it out. I am using the newest version of the Beta Yosemite OS X 10.10.3 Version. I'm a little more than a novice user, just to keep in mind... Can anyone help me fix this problem?

Apple Watch-OTHER, iOS 8.2

Posted on Apr 7, 2015 3:34 PM

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Answer 1

Old Toad

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Apr 7, 2015 4:16 PM in response to peacealina

Check the disk in another Mac or DVD Player to verify the disk is good. It could be a dirty laser so you may have to ran a cleaning disk in the optical drive, one with just brushes and no liquids.

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SeaPapp

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Apr 7, 2015 4:26 PM in response to peacealina

BETA software is a bad place to start.

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babowa

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Apr 7, 2015 6:10 PM in response to peacealina

Aside from running the beta (and not being allowed to discuss anything at all about it anywhere including these forums), I have found that some commercial DVDs (and actually also music CDs) are coded such that they will not play in any device that could ostensibly be used to copy the content due to DRM/copyright issues. The DVDs played just fine in both of my DVD players hooked up to my TVs and the music CDs worked in my stereo system.

Have you tried to play those in a regular DVD player?

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