Paolo wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2010 4:18 pm You're not putting the DVD's in upside-down are you?

I put them in right-side-up, upside down, Hell I'd try it sideways if I thought it would help

Go to

bobover3 (imported) wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:54 pm http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html

Look down the page and try Package for Power-PC Based Macs.

I just thought, and no insult intended, once you download the software, you have to install it. A restart of the computer may be necessary.

Paolo wrote: Fri Dec 31, 2010 6:56 am I just thought, and no insult intended, once you download the software, you have to install it. A restart of the computer may be necessary.

Yes, I sometimes have to remind myself to install what I have downloaded. --FLO--

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:08 pm I've tried both of Paolo's ideas to no avail. I assume the problem is with my computer.

If you have a data DVD, see if the computer will read it. If it will, then your DVD drive is working correctly.

If you can't read the data DVD, then there is probably a hardware problem. DVD drives use a different laser for CDs and DVDs so it is possible for a drive to partially fail so that it can still read CDs but not DVDs.

Good point, CG.

Mine has problems with reading CD's, but not DVD's, when I can GET the door open!

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:42 pm Ken_SD was kind enough to send me several DVD's of the old western series, Have Gun Will Travel.

I inserted one of the DVD's into my computer but it wouldn't play and no disc icon appeared on my desktop.

Apparently, this computer didn't come with a movie player.

Which one do I look for to download.

My computer is a Mac OS X 10.4.11

10.4 does come with a dvd player. It's called DVD Player and it's in your Applications folder.

If there's no disc icon on the desktop then the computer isn't even recognizing the disc. Downloading a program from the internet won't help. Your computer may just have a cd drive, the drive may be damaged or the disc may be bad. Does the computer just sit there after you put in the disc or does it eject the disc after a while? If it ejects it after a while then it's a bad disc. If it just sits there then you probably have a cd-drive and not a dvd-drive.

I looked in the Applications folder. There is nothing for CD or DVD.