DVD Player Broken after 10.5.4 Security Update

After the recent Software Updates, my DVD player no longer works. I've tried a variety of disks, and none plays properly. Symptoms: first, there is no audio. Second, the playback stutters and stalls. Third, the application beachballs and eventually stops responding, requiring a force quit.
The disks play in VLC.
I did all the normal DIY troubleshooting stuff like checking the disk, repairing permissions, running maintenance scripts.
This seems related directly to the software updates, because I was able to play DVDs before installing them.
--thalo

Hi thalo,
I have the same problem and this user has it, too:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1676773
It only occurs on my Intel Mac mini. On the PPC Mac mini with also all updates and almost the same software installed the DVD player runs without problems. Which is strange as in your and the other user's cases it happens on PPC machines.
I tried creating a new user, reinstalling the DVD player from a pre-update backup, and uninstalling all Quicktime codecs (which wasn't a big hope as the DVD player doesn't use Quicktime afaik), but nothing helped.
I'm sorry I can't help you. Did you find a solution? Hope Apple can fix it in the next update.
Simon

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