DVD Player has no picture

I have been using DVD Player 4.0 (OSX10.3.9) for well over a year now without a problem. Tonight I tried to watch a DVD. I placed the DVD in the drive and DVD Player started as normal. The DVD started playing (the counter started counting). However there was no sound or picture, however long you left it. As soon as you ask it to do anything, like scan forwards the application freezes.
I have tried turning on and off, deleting the .plist file, and reinstalling the .app file using pacifist.
I am now out of ideas - can anyone help please?
Cheers
Ian

Hi Gards,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
Was this DVD a commercial DVD? Does it play on a different DVD player? Does your computer still play other media (other DVDs/CDs)? What color is the surface? If it isn't commercial; what type of media is it (DVD-R...).
You may want to try verifying and repairing permissions (Knowledge Base Document #106712 on Troubleshooting permissions issues in Mac OS X).
Jon
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