Symptom
1. DVD Player 3.0 is not installed by the Mac OS X 10.1 Installer.
2. DVD Player 3.0 does not open if copied to the computer from another.
Solution
Watching DVD-Video discs in Mac OS X 10.1
DVD Player 3.0 requires an Apple computer originally equipped with a built-in DVD-ROM drive and AGP graphics. It is installed and will open on computers that meet this requirement.
The following computers may meet the DVD Player requirements:
- iBook - see Notes 1 and 4
- iMac - see Notes 1 and 4
- PowerBook (FireWire)
- PowerBook G4
- Power Mac G4 Cube - see Notes 2 and 4
- Power Mac G4 - see Notes 3 and 4
Notes1. Models equipped with DVD-ROM drives also include AGP graphics.
Not all computers in this category include DVD-ROM drives.
2. Some models do not include DVD-ROM drives.
3. This refers to all except the Power Mac G4 (PCI Graphics) model.
Some computers in this category do not include DVD-ROM drives.
4. You can open the Apple System Profiler and click the Devices and Volumes tab to see if the computer has a DVD-ROM drive or AGP graphics.
Watching DVD discs in Mac OS 9
Other computers with DVD-ROM drives have hardware decoders, which DVD Player 3.0 does not work with. To play a DVD-Video disc on these computers, restart the computer using Mac OS 9. Follow these steps:
1. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.
2. Click Startup Disk.
3. Select your Mac OS 9 System Folder.
4. Close System Preferences.
5. Choose Restart from the Apple menu.
6. Insert the DVD.
7. Open Apple DVD Player.
After watching the movie, use the Startup Disk control panel in Mac OS 9 to select your Mac OS X System Folder, then restart the computer.
Also see technical document 60975 "
DVD Player 3.0.1: Compatible Computers."