DVD player on Macbook pro will not work

I have a couple of problems with my Macbook pro:
1. it will not recognise any devices all of a sudden i.e my camera
2. DVD player will not work and keeps coming up with an error message.
please help

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MacBook Pro variant and screen size (there have been many since the MBP was introduced 8 years ago)
Mac OSX version
If the DVD failure with burned disks or commercial DVDs? Will it mount a commercial CD?
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