My DVD player now quits whenever I attach a projector using Displayport to VGA

hHe player works fine if I disconnect the Displayport from the projector cable-- I can watch the DVD on my computer screen. But can't use a projector. MacBook Pro with Maverick. Is this an OS bug? Is there a fix? I need to be able to project my DVD's!

Hi--thanks for the suggestion to change users. When I did that the same problem happened--the DVD Player quit as soon as I attached the Displayport to the VGA connector for the Projector.
This seems to be clearly an OS problem--or at least a bug in the DVD Player.
When I use the VLC Player instead, I am able to play my DVD's without a problem thru the same projector using the Displayport VGA adapter.
Does Apple know about this bug?--it is not insignificant. I am a teacher and using the computer to play DVD's for my students using an overhead projector is part of the job. This should be a no-brainer for a Mac.
I had no problems with the DVD Player before I did the Maverick Update--it had worked fine. So this seems to be a Maverick problem, and needs to be fixed. Does anyone know if Apple is working on this....?

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