![]() ![]() Alternatively you can copy the ripped DVD to a thumb drive and stick the thumb drive into the Apple TV USB port. If you do not get any DVD drive on Mac, just download the Windows version of this software on your Windows computer, which has a built-in DVD drive. 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. ![]() None of these solutions worked in my case. If changing the volume in DVD Player doesnt work: Choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click Sound in the sidebar. Regardless, I tried the typical solutions suggested in this forum, (1) pressing the eject keyboard button while starting the machine, (2) starting the machine with the mouse button pressed in, (3) clearing the PRAM. Instead of using the Apple DVD player to watch the movie, use VLC. To the best of my knowledge there's no disk inside. 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) While your computer restarts, press and hold the mouse or trackpad button until the disc is ejected. If you still can’t eject the CD or DVD, choose Apple menu > Restart. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > Log Out, then log in again. 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. If you can’t eject a CD or DVD from an external optical drive. 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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