Comments on: Is DVD Player temperamental? http://theubergeeks.net/2007/01/29/dvd-player-fickle/ Three geeks talking about what they love. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:10:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Daniel Nicolas http://theubergeeks.net/2007/01/29/dvd-player-fickle/#comment-203529 Daniel Nicolas Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:07:32 +0000 http://theubergeeks.net/2007/01/29/dvd-player-fickle/#comment-203529 I think this is a software issue. DVD Player is terrible. The worst Apple software I've ever used. Buggy, crash-happy, and never reliable for any dvd. I'm sure you have a reason why you're not using VLC (front row maybe?) but the experience is ++ so much better. I think this is a software issue. DVD Player is terrible. The worst Apple software I’ve ever used. Buggy, crash-happy, and never reliable for any dvd.

I’m sure you have a reason why you’re not using VLC (front row maybe?) but the experience is ++ so much better.

]]> By: Doug J http://theubergeeks.net/2007/01/29/dvd-player-fickle/#comment-204074 Doug J Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:49:44 +0000 http://theubergeeks.net/2007/01/29/dvd-player-fickle/#comment-204074 While I don't regularly watch DVDs on my MacBook Pro, I recently had the opposite experience with DVD Player. I had a DVD that was pretty scratched, certain chapters of which refused to play in my Samsung DVD player. I popped it in my MBP and the same chapter played fine. I guess it depends on the nature of the scratches. That said, a DVD view definitely should not crash from hitting a few scratches. Apple should fix that problem. While I don’t regularly watch DVDs on my MacBook Pro, I recently had the opposite experience with DVD Player.

I had a DVD that was pretty scratched, certain chapters of which refused to play in my Samsung DVD player. I popped it in my MBP and the same chapter played fine.

I guess it depends on the nature of the scratches.

That said, a DVD view definitely should not crash from hitting a few scratches. Apple should fix that problem.

]]> By: Colin D. Devroe http://theubergeeks.net/2007/01/29/dvd-player-fickle/#comment-204083 Colin D. Devroe Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:18:20 +0000 http://theubergeeks.net/2007/01/29/dvd-player-fickle/#comment-204083 Daniel Nicolas: I have VLC but rarely use it for DVD playback. Probably because I've not had this issue until recently. Maybe I'll give it a shot with the same DVD and see how it comes out. Doug J: Interesting, perhaps the scratches or disc-type might have something to do with it. Thanks for the feedback. Daniel Nicolas: I have VLC but rarely use it for DVD playback. Probably because I’ve not had this issue until recently. Maybe I’ll give it a shot with the same DVD and see how it comes out.

Doug J: Interesting, perhaps the scratches or disc-type might have something to do with it. Thanks for the feedback.

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