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!
Message was edited by: ZestyOne
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*
Message was edited by: ZestyOne

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?

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