DVD Player gets stuck on some discs

I'm not sure how to solve this, right now I'm just watching the DVDs on the TV (no problems on the TV)
Some discs in a few Star Trek series I bought do not work on the computer. When I put them in, they start in the middle of the disc and play. The rotating rainbow wait cursor is active the whole time. I can't do anything with the DVD -- I can't stop, pause, menu, etc. The only way to stop is force quit.
I've tried verifying and repairing permissions.
I think it has something to do with the fact that DVDs save the last played location so that when you put them in the computer they start from that point, and it's stuck there. But these were brand new, unopened packages and I know nothing about how these DVDs are made.
I've tried letting it play to the end but once it gets there it starts from the beginning again or just goes black and I still can't do anything. It's the most recent version of DVD player that I'm using.

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Usually you get a dialog asking if you want to resume from where you started off, or play from the beginning if it was played on the machine before. If you aren't, it might be hiding behind your player window. Try to reduce its size to see if it is hiding. If you've never played those discs on your computer before from any other vendor, and this a machine you bought from Apple, dust might have gotten on the lense in the drive to cause this problem. Take it in for service in that event.

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