Why won't my DVD play

Hi I am a new Macbook Pro owner. I don't know how to play a DVD. when I put one in, it spits it out. Not sure what to do. I also have DVD's that I created from VHS tape and my Apple thinks the disc's are blank - Help!

Saving as mov or m4v allows you to play it in QuickTime Player on your Mac or PC or through a Web Browser. It can also be played on an AppleTV or an iPod/iPhone.
A DVDProj file can only be opened by iDVD.
To play on a DVD player, you need to create an iDVD project and author the movie to a DVD.
You need to share your movie to iTunes or to the Media Browser (or by export using QuickTime). You drag this movie in to iDVD using the Media Browser in iDVD. Then you set up menus, etc. and burn your DVD.

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I had the same problem took me several hours to try and sort it out but nothing worked.
I then went to the following apple link
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Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 525 MiB
Duration : 20mn 59s
Overall bit rate : 3 494 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-08-19 08:38:05
Tagged date : UTC 2009-08-19 08:38:35
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ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 20mn 59s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 3 333 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Minimum frame rate : 23.810 fps
Maximum frame rate : 24.390 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.151
Stream size : 501 MiB (95%)
Writing library : x264 core 66 r1114 a933a3e
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Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
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