Dvd player won't launch when dvd inserted

DVD player has become erratic about launching when I insert a commercial video disc. Sometimes it launches, and sometimes the disc is simply ejected after about a minute, without DVD Player having launched. There's no error message, the disc is simply ejected. When this has happened, I've tried things like repairing permissions, logging out and logging back in, and restarting. These work sometimes, and sometimes not.
Actually, I'm not sure if the problem is with DVD Player, since the disc is not showing up in Finder, either.
Anybody have any suggestions?

and....when i put in a movie dvd it works but not a dvd with files. Help?

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