DVD Player no longer plays a VIDEO_TS folder.

I used to be able to play a VIDEO_TS folder that I had ripped from a DVD into a hard disk. There is still "Open DVD Media" on the File menu, but when I select a VIDEO_TS folder it pops up an error window: "There was a problem opening the media. The media type is not supported." This always worked fine before Mountain Lion.
Any ideas?

Check this post.
Same problem, but more explanation about the issue...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4283008?start=0&tstart=0

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