Dvd's won't play with snow leopard

ever since I installed snow leopard when I put a dvd movie in to play it won't. when the dvd comes up on the desktop and I open it, it opens the dvd audio and video ts files and not the actual movie. has anyone ever heard of this? I can't get the movie to play. thanks in advance.

you have dvd player 5.0.1.
The dvd app version that comes with SL is 5.2. Try doing a custom install of the dvd application from the SL installer disc.
Snow Leopard Installer discs include an Optional Installs installer. Launch this installer.
Just launch the installer and click the Continue buttons until you reach the Custom Install screen. Click the triangle next to Applications, click the box next to the application you want to custom install, and click the Install button to install the application.
If you’d like to reinstall applications that aren’t offered in the Custom Install screen—applications in the Utilities folder or in the Bundled Software folder for example—you can use Pacifist.
To use Pacifist:
Insert your Mac OS X Installer disc. Download Pacifist and launch it. In the window that appears click the Open Apple Install Discs button. A window will appear offering you the single choice to look at the OSInstall package. Click OK.
Pacifist will churn away for a bit and then you’ll see a window titled OSInstall.mpkg. In this window you can dig down through the hierarchy of folders to find what you seek or you can enter the name of what you’re after in the Find field and press Return. A drawer appears that lists the names of matching files.
To install an item click the Install button in the upper-left corner of the window. You’ll be prompted for your administrator’s password. Enter it, click OK, and the item will be installed into its proper location on your Mac’s hard drive.

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