Entire Backed Up Library UNABLE TO BE READ...

I have a huge problem. I regularly purchased a considerable amount of music from the iTunes store for use as a dj and subsequently backed up my library on DVDs (a little over 100). For some reason about 2 months ago, I was unable to access the music from the any of the dvds. I thought all was lost and after calls to Apple and trying the dvds on several macs (as well as PCs), I was able to see the files on my home DVD player. I have 2 questions....
1. Has this happened to anyone else and 2. How do I get my music back?
P.S.
It is extremely disturbing that I spent a LOT of money on something I now can no longer access. No wonder people pirate music.
Thoughts...

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
It sounds like you opened the Library on the old Mac with the New Version from the new Machine somewhere along the way.
There really isn't much to do. An early version of iPhoto cannot open a later Library.
You could try Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

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