Sounds to me it's not a software problem anymore since that one blow fixed it for once.but I'm no expert on this. so in total it only worked once right after the first compressed air try. I put back the one that worked and it didn't work neither. I thought i fixed the problem so and took that DVD out and put in another one.

The spinning sound didn't go as fast as normal but the DVD icon popped up on the desktop, and the DVD player started to play the movie. I used the compressed air into the DVD drive, then I insert a DVD that didn't work yesterday. The only thing i had with me was the compressed air. but i don't think this has anything to do with the player not playing movie DVDs. every part says yes Except the last one 'Media'. I also checked the Disc Burning, and everything is fine. ist and were there but not the DVDplayer. I went into the Preferences folder and DVDPlayer wasn't there. Alternatively you can copy the ripped DVD to a thumb drive and stick the thumb drive into the Apple TV USB port.The first tip about the throwing out the ist. You need to do this before you watch the movie and it can take up to an hour or two. You can then drop the movie into iTunes and access it from your Apple TV.

(Handbrake is free.) In Handbreak select ‘Apple TV’ as the preset. RIP the DVD to your computer using Handbrake. (VLC is free.) VLC does not have the greyed out problem. Instead of using the Apple DVD player to watch the movie, use VLC. Here are two ways to watch a DVD on Apple TV:ġ. I believe it is legal to watch a DVD you have purchased or rented. “The licensing from the DVD technology owners generally prevent video DVDs from being streamed, mirrored, or otherwise displayed on anything other than the device for which the player has been licensed.” ( Apple support thread) You can do this with movies you have hired or purchased from the Apple store, but when you try to view a DVD, it comes out grey. To play a DVD on an Apple TV you need to load the DVD into another computer then ‘stream’ it to the Apple TV. Here are two ways to get around Apple’s DVD viewing protection. This thread claims that you cannot play a DVD on Apple TV due to copyright. I just set up my Apple TV and was very surprised that when I played a DVD from my Macbook it came out all grey on the Apple TV.

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