Re-Installing DVD Player (Panther)

Hello: I need to re-install DVD Player into my Panther OS laptop. I can not find it in my Panther OS discs. I can not find it at Apple Downloads ... only for Tiger OS and Jaguar OS. Thank-you, MLR

I can not find it in my Panther OS discs.
It's on there, but you can't install it by itself using the Installer. However, there is a utility called Pacifist that allows installation of individual "packages" that are on the Mac OS X Installation Disk.
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    Message was edited by: ZestyOne
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