Downloaded and tried vlc

[Florian G. Pflug]

On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 12:17:15AM -0800, Jesse Shanks wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I downloaded and tried the MacOS X binary of vlc. I am researching software
> options in playing DVDs. The opeion to ?open disc...? Is grayed out and
> nothing I try allows me to open a disc.

Open a terminal, change to the dir containing the binary and type:
./vlc.app/Contents/MacOS/vlc dvd:/dev/rdisk1

or, depending on your system, you may have to use /dev/rdisk2.

greetings, Florian Pflug