Fresh installation-no DVD player (application)

How can I install the DVDplayer on my iBook even it doesn't have a DVD drive? I have an old iBook which I upgraded a little, so now it's got a really huge HD, where I could copy the DVD's before watching them (this works fine on my Powerbook, and it might just work on the iBook, at least I'd like to try it...). I think that the OS 10.3 installer doesn't install the application by default because there's no built-in DVD-drive, but is there any way to do that manually? Or are there any other applications besides VLC (which I have already, but it is very slow and crashes a lot) that can play DVD's on OS 10.3?
Thanks for any suggestions
Kurt
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An iBook G3 300 Mhz does not have the graphics card horsepower to run a DVD player built-in, nor is the processor enough for software decoding. It wasn't until the 500 Mhz models that it was fast enough to run software based decoding. Before then, Macs either included a hardware decoder onboard, or you had to use an expansion slot decoder.

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Hey,
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How do i get it back?
Plz help!
Thanks

Search www.versiontracker.com for Pacifist, and use it to extract a new DVD Player from your OS X install disc.

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This is an insanely dumb question, but I accidentally dragged the DVD Player application to the trash and deleted it. I thought i was getting rid of the shortcut on the desktop, actually deleted the program. Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to reinstall that program, perhaps somewhere on the Apple site i could download it from, or from a start-up disc. If possible, without having to reinstall OS X. I know this question makes me sound dumb, but i haven't watched a DVD in months and i miss it.
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Welcome to Apple Disucssions
You can download DVD Player 3.1.1 from here. Then upgrade to the newest one for your system.
I hope that helps,
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Hey everybody!
So I finally made the witch and got myself a nice new macbook pro about a month ago! Everything is going well with so far, but I may have just run across a bit of a small problem.
I'm an animator, and I like to be able to study animations frame by frame. I can't really seem to do this in Front Row. Or if I can, I can only go forward frame by frame. I need to go back and forth, one frame at a time. Am I missing a shortcut in Front Row for this?
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-Pete

So it seems I fixed most of my problem(s)!
I found a way to extract DVD Player from my install disks (Pacifist). So at least I have that working now. But I still can't frame step backwards... Annoying, but that just seems to be the way, I suppose.
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-Pete
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Deleting DVD Player Application?

Hi
I have a PowerMac 6.4 running OS X 10.4.11
The computer doesn't come with a DVD player, maybe it had an external one in the past. Anyhow when it boots now there is an error message about the DVD drive not initializing.
I'm guessing this comes from software, there are 2 DVD programs listed in Applications: DVD Player v4.6.5 and iDVD v6.0.4
Will deleting either application stop the error message popping up? Will it do this without affecting the CD_ROM drive that is fitted?
Is there another reason the initialization error could be generating (error code is -70020 iirc)?
It's not a huge problem but it's nicer to have clean operations.
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DVD Player is listed in the Login Items window, but putting a tick in the Hide box doesn't get rid of the error message at startup, just hides it in the Dock
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insert a blank disc - ask what to do
          music CD - open iTunes
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there is no disc in the CDROM drive when I startup.
If I put an audio disc in, iTunes starts - if I put a DVD disc in it just spits it back out.

Reinstalling DVD Player Application

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Other applications that use DVDs play them just fine. Is there a way to reinstall ONLY the DVD player from the OS disk?
Thank you

As you are still running Panther I am not sure what version you need, but take a look here:
http://search.info.apple.com/?search=Go&lr=lang_en&kword=&type=kbdload&newstype= &q=dvd%20player
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Installation without DVD player for a MAC

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Sure. The DVD is probably an outdated version anyway.
Download the latest Lightroom 5.3 from the Adobe website.
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Playing DVD Crashes MBP (no matter what dvd player software I use)

Current specs:
OSX 10.6.6
2.8 GH Core 2 Duo
8GB DDR3 RAM
512MB GeForce 9600M GT
I first got my mac book pro from a friend and did a fresh install of OSX. I dont believe I ever tried to play any dvd's on it until now (months later).
Originally when I got installed, I went through and deleted a lot of the default mac apps using appzapper that I didn't want cluttering up my install, and that included "DVD Player".
Fast forward a few months, I try to play DVD in vlc and it crashes vlc. I cant open the file on the disk directly, nor can i just go to "open disc". if i click it it spins up and then it stays at zero and wont play. If i try to view the file right on the dvd with vlc it either crashes or plays a garbled 2-10 seconds and then crashes
I ended up figuring this was because i deleted dvd player and must have deleted some codec or something along with it... after googling i remember people saying they deleted dvd player and had problems. So i got Pacifist and installed dvd player directly onto the computer
Same issue, vlc crashes, and now when i put in a dvd, DVD Player stops responding immediately. if i start up dvd player first with no disk in, it loads fine. when i put the dvd in it just stops responding and wont play.
so far I have
1. deleted preferences in dvd player
2. I'm POSITIVE it's not the dvd. i just watched the dvd in my friends older mac laptop. Likewise, every dvd i rent from redbox will do this so i know its not just this particular dvd
3. CD's load just fine from the player, just not dvd's
4. ive tried changing the display interlace quality from the view menu in dvd player
5. I tried making a new admin account and playing it with dvd player from there and the same thing happened, just stopped responding
6. I just tried zapping PRAM and NVRAM (command option P + R), still no dice
7. Okay, i just tried opening in VLC media player with 'no dvd menus' and it didnt crash.. it still didnt play but it at least allowed me to see the error output (see down below the post)
The only thing i can think of is i somehow corrupted some basic fundamental/hardware-software interface driver or soemthing that allows dvd's to be read (codec? i have no idea), as it crashes any dvd app I have tried. (so far only vlc and dvd player). I tried in quicktime but couldnt find how to open a dvd
Thanks!
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heres the message generated by vlc
main debug: Activated
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 0 items, index -1
macosx debug: using Snow Leopard AR cookies
main debug: looking for services probe module: 5 candidates
main debug: no services probe module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 176.370 ms - Total 176.370 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 176.370 ms)
macosx debug: notification received in VLC with name VLCOSXGUIInit and object VLCEyeTVSupport
main debug: looking for services probe module: 5 candidates
main debug: no services probe module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 3.340 ms - Total 3.340 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 3.340 ms)
main debug: adding item `RED' ( dvdread:///dev/rdisk1@1:1- )
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1
main debug: processing request item RED node Playlist skip 0
main debug: resyncing on RED
main debug: RED is at 0
main debug: starting new item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'RED'
main debug: thread (input) created at priority 22 (input/input.c:214)
main debug: thread started
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB
main debug: using timeshift path '/tmp'
main debug: `dvdread:///dev/rdisk1@1:1-' gives access `dvdread' demux `' path `/dev/rdisk1@1:1-'
main debug: source=`/dev/rdisk1' title=1/1 seekpoint=-1/-1
main debug: creating demux: access='dvdread' demux='' path='/dev/rdisk1'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate
macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface
main debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null))
dvdread debug: VMG opened
dvdread debug: number of titles: 9
dvdread debug: title 0 has 2 chapters
dvdread debug: title 1 has 19 chapters
dvdread debug: title 2 has 1 chapters
dvdread debug: title 3 has 2 chapters
dvdread debug: title 4 has 1 chapters
dvdread debug: title 5 has 1 chapters
dvdread debug: title 6 has 1 chapters
dvdread debug: title 7 has 1 chapters
dvdread debug: title 8 has 1 chapters
dvdread debug: open VTS 1, for title 1
dvdread debug: title 1 vts_title 1 pgc 1 pgn 1 start 4 end 3 blocks: 42278
main debug: ESOUT_RESETPCR called
main debug: selecting program id=0
dvdread debug: audio position 0
main debug: using access_demux module "dvdread"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 7153.023 ms - Total 7153.023 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 7153.023 ms)
main debug: looking for decoder module: 32 candidates
avcodec debug: libavcodec initialized (interface 0x346c00)
avcodec debug: trying to use direct rendering
avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (MPEG-1/2 Video) started
main debug: using decoder module "avcodec"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 2199.493 ms - Total 2199.493 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 2199.493 ms)
main debug: looking for packetizer module: 21 candidates
main debug: using packetizer module "packetizer_mpegvideo"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 484.746 ms - Total 484.746 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 484.746 ms)
main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 0 (input/decoder.c:301)
main debug: thread started
main debug: looking for decoder module: 32 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "a52"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.419 ms - Total 0.419 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.419 ms)
main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 22 (input/decoder.c:301)
main debug: thread started
main debug: looking for meta reader module: 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Users/Zesty/Library/Application Support/org.videolan.vlc/lua/meta/reader
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Applications/Utilities/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/meta/reader
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/Utilities/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/meta/reader/filename.l ua
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Applications/Utilities/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/share/lua/meta/reader
*main debug: no meta reader module matching "any" could be loaded*
*main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.035 ms - Total 1.035 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.035 ms)*
*main debug: `dvdread:///dev/rdisk1@1:1-' successfully opened*
*main error: Invalid PCR value in ESOUT_SET_(GROUP)PCR !*
*dvdread error: read failed for -1/4 blocks at 0x05*
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Having tried to re-install the DVD Player application it might be worth applying the 10.6.6 combo update (not the update via Software Update). From the threads I've read here it can often help with issues in this kind of area. Other than that it might be worth backing up your files and consider starting with a fresh copy of OS X. For all the space these apps take up I'd probably recommend leaving all the Apple ones alone.
I take it you have the same problem in Front Row too?

DVD Player - lost

Hi there,
I don't know how this happened, but my DVD Player icon now shows as a grey question mark on the dashboard. I have search for the App and it is not to be found on my system (MBP).
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I have a similar problem. Just updated an iMac 700 MHz Flat Panel to 10.3.9. It has no DVD player. After the fact I took and old Super Drive I had from my old iMac Flat Panel 800 MHz machine and installed it in the iMac 700 MHz flat panel. All is well and the drive works, but no Apple DVD Player. I tried installing DVD player 3.1 and it starts but quits immediately. I tried DVD player 4.6 and it requires Tiger or up to install. I need player 4.0 apparently. I tried to use Pacifist on the 10.3.9 updater and the player is not listed as a stand alone item. I ran the updater and no DVD player appeared. I also tried to run the installer from the 10.3 disk set and there is no option to install the player seperately.
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Where has my DVD Player Software gone

Folks, little trouble:
A few months ago, I bought this new MacBook Pro (2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo). The biggest change that I noted, compared to my old G4 Powerbook: My DVD Player Software is GONE.
Ok, it's not that much trouble, I use the VLC to open my dvds, but I'm still wondering: What has happened. When I try to download the dvd player software from the apple support page, the installer says that the programme cannot be installed, because there's already a newer version. But believe me, there isn't.
The hints from the help-application of os x didn't really give me a clou...

The DVD Player should be in your Application Folder?
Go to: "Apple / System Preferences / CDs & DVDs" you see the 5 "When you insert a." Go to the last one "When you insert a video DVD" and select "Open DVD Player" then insert a DVD to see if DVD player opens.
If you do a Spotlight search for DVD Player, you should see it as:
Top Hit (DVD Player)
Application (DVD Player)
System Preference (CDs & DVDs)
Doc (com.apple.DVDPlayer.plist)
1 or 2 Images (com.apple.DVDPlayer.tiff)
If you park the mouse pointer on each one you will see the path to it and it's location. Maybe you moved the Doc .plist or Image .tiff? Let us know what you find?
Also a good idea to repair disk permissions, look half way down this article:
"Repair Disk Permissions"

10.4.4 won't install due to non-existant DVD Player software?

Hello all,
The 10.4.4 update fails on my machine with the following message:
There were errors installing the software.
Please try installing again.
The installer log shows the following error.
BomFileError 28: No space left on device - ///Applications/DVD Player.app/Contents/MacOS/DVD Player
This is a bit odd as my machine only has a CD-RW and the DVD Player software is not installed.
I have repaired disk permissions, restarted in Safe mode with no more success with installing.
I also attempted in install the DVD Player software, but that gave me the error message that my machine does not have any supported DVD hardware.
Any ideas?
G4 733Mhz Mac OS X (10.4.3) CD-RW

Hello, thanks for the reply.
The error message implies to me that the device to
which you were installing Mac OS X had insufficient
space for the installation.
How much free space do you, in fact, have on that
device?
42.79 Gb. So I don't think that is the problem.
Your message is confusing.
A CD-RW drive is capable of playing DVDs.
However, it cannot burn to blank DVDs.
A Combo drive can read DVD, but a standard CD-RW can't. This one certainly doesn't read them.
Is your CD-RW drive the one that came with your G4,
or is it a third-party model that you added?
The one that came with it.
What makes you think that DVD Player is not
installed?
It should be in the Applications folder.
It's not in the Applications folder. I'm pretty sure the MAC OS installer only installs the DVD Player software if it detects a DVD-ROM drive. I could be wrong. I'm pretty sure I didn't manually delete it.

What is the correct version of DVD Player for OSX10.3.9?

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Hopefully someone can point me to the correct version for Panther.
Thanks,
Jon

Welcome to discussions Jonathan,
The DVD Player that come with Panther is version 4.0 as is part of the iLife package that comes with your installation CD's.
You can reinstall it from the installation CD using Pacifist
And to avoid any problems in using it, read the documentation here:
Pacifist Documentation

DVD from iDVD won't play on DVD player

I have made a movie in iMovie with pictures and videos from a vacation. When I was finished in iMovie, I exported the movie to iDVD.
In iDVD I made a menu for my DVD.
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It sounds like a burn error-rate problem. Unfortunately, iDVD doesn't directly give you the option to burn a disc at a low burn rate to greatly reduce such errors.
What you must do is a two step process:
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