DVD Player in Leopard

Hiya guys I am a recent switcher and just got a mac with Leopard - I wondered if you could help me out.
When playing DVDs the quality is good - however if I put the computer to sleep whilst a movie is paused when I wake up my mac the movie resumes and after a while the video stutters replaying a second over and over again although the audio continues.
I have tried closing DVD player and restarting it as well as ejecting the disc (it happens to all of them by the way) and re-inserting it and trying it again.
The only way I have found of solving it is to restart the mac - this obviously isn't ideal.
Any other suggestions?

Curious I have no problems with the using of DVD player per se. However, if it tries to sleep when a DVD is playing (never did that under Tiger) then upon pressing key/moving mouse all is ok accept that the dock is missing and the only way I can get it back is to restart the machine. Anyone any ideas please?

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