Nov 07, 2006 A plug-in called “Flip4Mac” gives Quicktime the ability to play WMV files, VLC is a stand-alone cross-platform media player that can understand your Windows Media Video files, and if all else fails there is an old version of Windows Media Player for Mac OS X. QuickTime Player, bundled with the Mac operating system, is Apple's flagship software. It ensures you to view Internet video, HD movie trailers, and personal media. This best media player for Mac is slick and easy to use. You can quickly export your videos to 4K, 1080P, 720P, 480P (based on original resolution) or extract them as M4A audio.
I am testing out a brand-new External Optical drive ASUS SDRW-08D2S-U for use with my Mac OS X 10.6.8. The Mac recognizes the new drive, and when I insert a DVD into it, the Disk with its title appears on my desktop. Also, QuickTime Player is activated. However, when I click onto the Disk, I get a rectangle with folders AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS. The VIDEO_TS leads me to a large number of .VOB and .BUP choices. The .VOBs lead me to iPhoto where I am told the files are unreadable. The .BUPs lead me to iTunes (Movies), where the video does not appear.
To discover if my Mac has a DVD Player, I followed the Mac Help instructions. I’ve gone to Apple menu>About This Mac>More Info> then to the Hardware list, selected ATA to find “This computer doesn’t contain any ATA devices.”
Pardon the dumb-soundingness of this next question. (I think I already know the answer.) Does this mean my Mac OS X 10.6.8 cannot play a DVD?
Next Question (not quite so dumb): Since I’m mainly interested in burning DVDs, can I proceed on the assumption that the External Optical drive ASUS SDRW-08D2S-U will successfully burn my next masterpiece, even though I cannot view a DVD using it?
If you’ve been charitable enough to read this far, let me tell you the next obstacle I anticipate meeting. After I’ve plowed through iMovie, iTunes, and iDVD – when I’m ready to burn! – how do I indicate that I wish to burn using the new External Optical drive ASUS SDRW-08D2S-U, rather than OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H --which is the original (now non-functioning) burner built into the computer?
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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