Help! Can't get DVD drive to play discs.

I called Apple care. They refered me to my local Genius bar (Apple store); where they reset something but wouldn't tell me what, and it played for awhile. Now the DVD player just ejects the disc after about 15 seconds. I know I'm a dummie, but I hate to waste another day making appointments with the only Apple store in Houston. Help please.
Powerbook Mac OS X (10.3.9) When restarting, screen blinks a little folder with "Finder" icon on it..??

Hi, not sure it works in 10.9, but...
DVD Player doesn't like external players, use VLC Player...
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100208120847220
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20111107064435227

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