Front Row crashes loading DVD

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More often than not, I can't play a DVD in Front Row. The disk goes in (or I hit "Menu" on the remote) and Front Row loads up. I select the DVD option, it indicates its loading the DVD, then it crashes to the desktop with no error messages.
This happens with both Mac-made DVDs and regular movie DVDs. They all play fine with just the DVD player app.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.

I've actually been having the same problem.
First of all, my DVD player constantly takes forever to load a DVD and/or spits it out; then more recently, Front Row without fail will crash when a DVD ends. Even worse, lately, it won't even play the DVD after repeated attempts to start it.
It's extremely annoying and I can't figure out what to do.

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