Why won't DVD play on Apple DVD player?

I put a DVD of a TV show into my MacBook but it won't play.  The DVD was made in 2005 and has played in the past, although I haven't tried to play it in years.  How can I make the DVD play?  The error message I get in the Apple DVD player is "Supported disk not available"

VLC Player... it will play just about any format under the sun.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html
If you can't get it to play from the disc directly, try copying the entire contents to the desktop and trying to run it from there.  If it refuses to copy the disc, it usually means the disc is not readable.  Could be dirty or damaged.

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