DVD Player Just stopped Playing DVDs

Just today, the DVD player has stopped playing DVDs on my ibook. I tried putting in a multitude of diferent DVDs, but I always got the same result: the disc image would not appear in the desktop, and the DVD player would open, as if it were in standby, but it would not play. Any idea as to what may have happened/how I could remedy this?

Hello,
Follow these steps and you should be on your way to watching your DVD's:
1) First, Quit DVD Player if open.
2) Eject your DVD.
2) Go to: Home > Library > Preferences.
3) Find the file called: com.apple.DVDPlayer.plist and move it to the trash.
4) Insert your DVD.
5) If necessary, launch DVD Player.
I hope this works!
-Jason
(If these steps do not work, reply back and I will try something else)

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