You may find that after inserting a DVD or opening a music or video file, the media player used is not sufficient.
The following steps will show how you can change the media player or even set it as your default.
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To choose a default player for video file, follow the steps on the two images below.
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To choose the player for a DVD disc, follow the steps on image below.
What to do if a DVD movie or media file fails to play
Choosing a different Media Player (Macintosh)
You may find that after inserting a DVD (only on older Mac Minis that still have optical drives)
or opening a music or video file, the default media player (Apple DVD Player, Quicktime, or iTunes)
doesn't work as expected. The following steps will show how you can view or listen to any media file
or play a DVD using an alternate program.
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Open the Applications folder, scroll to the bottom, and open VLC Player:
Drag the DVD disk from the Desktop, or any movie or audio file and drop it onto the VLC target area:
