I have been trying to get my new iMac to play CDs and DVDs that have been created on a PC. All I can get it to do is say "Supported disk not available" Is there something I am not doing right? Or do I have to download some other program to get it to interface with the PC or what. I am brand new to the Mac world.
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iPhone 3G, iOS 5.0.1
I just got my computer back from having the hard drive replaced and now every time I try to put a DVD in, it spins for a minute and then just spits the dvd right back out. They play fine on the dvd player and ps3 but not the imac.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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I found a script to do so, but I get an error message about audio tracks every time.
tell application "VLC"
activate
OpenURL "dvdnav:///dev/rdisk1"
play
next
fullscreen
end tell
Anyone know of a sure-fire way to have inserted DVDs automatically play in VLC?
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VIDEO_TS.VOB
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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imac 2.66 i5 4g, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
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iMac (27-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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