Can't play library DVD

Hi,
My computer won't recognize the DVD. Is there anything I can do? It just shows up as a blank DVD. Thank you.

Radiation Mac wrote:
Do you have an App installed on your imac to enable playing the DVD, like iDVD?  You do need an App for this; it will not natively play.
iDVD is NOT for replaying DVDs, it is for creating DVDs from iMovie.
All Macs have DVD Player installed. Alternatively use VLC.

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