DVD Player 5.6 and OS 10.8.3

I purchased an LG DVD writer GP60NS50 to go with my MacBook Pro 15" Retina which has no internal DVD player.
When I put in a purchased DVD movie, DVD Player 5.6 starts up and plays the previews, but then it either jams when playing the FBI warning, or it will not let me choose to Play Movie. Once the menu background plays thru its music, DVD Player jams, and I have to force quit.
I can rip the movie to the hard drive, and then DVD Player lets me choose Play Movie, and the movie starts playing.
SO, why does DVD Player jam up on playing a movie from the DVD player? LG says there is no software update on this model, and it is Mac compatible.
I have re-loaded OX 10.8.3 with no change on DVD Player.

Thanks.
The DVD Player problem solver has no problem listed that covers this.
I have opened my (invisible) User Library and deleted the DVD Player preferences.
It didn't change anything.
I have region code 1 (US and Canada) chosen for playing DVD's.
I tried opening a movie with VLC. VLC quit.
I tried using Hand Brake to choose the movie. It quit too.
Playing the movie The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest jams up 5 seconds into a 7 second FBI warning.
Playing the movie The DaVinci Code plays all the previews and plays the 66 seconds of audio with the Play Movie choice on the screen. Clicking on anything gives the "Not Allowed" alert. Once the 66 seconds of audio is supposed to repeat, DVD Player jams up and I have to Force Quit.
I was able to rip both movies to the hard drive, and they both play fine with DVD Player from the hard drive.

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The area you bring up is almost a 'blue pill / red pill' kind of thing, or choosing to turn into a 'grasshopper'..., or something like that. Definitely a rabbit hole. But if you're working for paying clients and are going into mass distribution, i.e., replication, then your question brings up a precisely the kind of multiply connected DVD specification components that are crucial to understand; especially working with an authoring system like DVD Studio Pro.
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