When I try to play a DVD in my iMac using the external CD/DVD player I bought in the Apple store for that purpose (Model A1379), the player tries to load maybe seven or eight times and then ejects the DVD. What can I do to make it work? Here are the settings in my CD preferences:
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Niku wrote:
Here are the settings in my CD preferences:
What does "CD preferences" mean? Where are these preferences?
My preferences look very different. These are in iTunes > Preferences > General.
My model of iMac does not have a slot for loading CDs/DVDs. They stopped including such slots several generations ago. That's why I had to buy the external player.
Yes, I understand that.
I have a MacBook Air, which also lacks a CD drive. I use a SuperSrive with no issue.
FWIW, your CDs & DVDs preferences seem to be correct, however…
1. You can't play Blu-ray DVDs without special software.
2.. DVDs have Region codes so if the DVDs are from a different region than your drive they won't play. Although you should get a message asking if you want to change regions. You can only do that 5 times.
3. If the DVD is a copy of a commercial movie it may not have been formatted correctly.
that's all I can think of at the moment.
I've only tried two DVDs so far. Neither of them is a Blu-Ray. I say this because the boxes they came in do not mention Blu-Ray, and I think they would if they were Blu-RAY. One of them is the musical 1776, and the other one is a set of DVDs on the Founding Fathers (I was getting prepared for the 4th). I purchased both of them from Amazon. I was using my computer because my TV is not working now.
Did you follow all the steps in the link sberman posted for you?
SOLVED! To my way of thinking, the external CD/DVD player is designed upside down (the shiny metallic surface is intended to be on top, and the black surface with the Apple logo is on the bottom). Anyway, when I inserted the DVD the upside down way that Apple intended, the player worked. Now I can celebrate the 4th properly.
It happens quite often as it turns out. Happy 4th.
I hadn't really expected much of the musical, so its music, what little there was, didn't disappoint me. However, the music wasn't the important part. The important part was the message, our message, and I found it to be powerful and inspirational. In fact, I went on to order another patriotic musical that I hadn't heard of before tonight. It's "Dearest Enemy" by Rogers and Hart. It was one of their first musicals and I look forward to seeing it.
Apple icon in menu bar>System Preferences>CDs & DVDs.
Niku wrote:
Apple icon in menu bar>System Preferences>CDs & DVDs.
OK, thanks. As I said, I have a MacBook Air which has no built-in CD drive (just as your machine does not either). I only connect my SuperDrive when I use it (rarely), so I have not paid attention to a "CDs & DVDs" category under System Preferences. To see it, you must either have a built-in CD drive, or have a drive connected to your Mac.
I'm very glad your issue got resolved. dialabrain deserves a lot of the credit.
Enjoy your Apple gear.
Playing DVDs on iMac with external CD/DVD player
