Lost DVD Player Application

Hey,
I must have accidently deleted my 'DVD Player' application,
I've looked in my 'Applications' folder & done a spotlight search & it doesn't show up, except a folder called 'DVD Player' in the 'Library'.
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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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
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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 !*
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