Then you might be wondering why my burned DVD won t play. Then again, it is advisable to ascertain if the disc is encoded for your geographical region since a DVD meant for another region will never play on another drive that is meant for a different player. On the other hand, compatibility issues, which are more common, can cause the problem and many people never realize it. When such problems occur, sometimes it is advisable to check if your DVD has been burned correctly. If the cleaning is not effective and most of your DVDs are behaving in a similar way, know that the problem is in your DVD drive’s lens.Ĥ.Ĝlean your lens using a DVD lens cleaner. It is important to clean the disk using the correct procedure, which is to rub lightly from the center of the disc to the edge in straight.ģ. Preferably, you can use a lint-free optical cloth similar to the one used for cleaning glasses.Ģ. Alternatively you can copy the ripped DVD to a thumb drive and stick the thumb drive into the Apple TV USB port.Basic troubleshooting DVD Player techniquesġ. You need to do this before you watch the movie and it can take up to an hour or two. You can then drop the movie into iTunes and access it from your Apple TV. (Handbrake is free.) In Handbreak select ‘Apple TV’ as the preset. RIP the DVD to your computer using Handbrake. (VLC is free.) VLC does not have the greyed out problem. Instead of using the Apple DVD player to watch the movie, use VLC. Here are two ways to watch a DVD on Apple TV:ġ. I believe it is legal to watch a DVD you have purchased or rented. “The licensing from the DVD technology owners generally prevent video DVDs from being streamed, mirrored, or otherwise displayed on anything other than the device for which the player has been licensed.” ( Apple support thread) You can do this with movies you have hired or purchased from the Apple store, but when you try to view a DVD, it comes out grey. To play a DVD on an Apple TV you need to load the DVD into another computer then ‘stream’ it to the Apple TV. Here are two ways to get around Apple’s DVD viewing protection.

This thread claims that you cannot play a DVD on Apple TV due to copyright.

I just set up my Apple TV and was very surprised that when I played a DVD from my Macbook it came out all grey on the Apple TV.

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