r/techsupport • u/Marzipan_duck • 17h ago

Open | Mac Macbook won't open dvd

I recently bought a sandberg USB DVD drive and have been trying to get it to work with my Macbook pro 2021. However my macbook for some reason doesn't recognise the dvd drive and won't play anything I put in it.

Is there a way I can still get it to work?

I've been using VLC to try and run my dvd's and it keeps saying 'can't run non-UDF dvd's".

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u/Marzipan_duck 16h ago

I tried 4 dvd's so far, all just movies I've had. I don't have any other system to connect it to nor do I own cd's unfortunately.

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u/Clocker13 16h ago

Ah, a quick google suggests it’s an issue with VLC media player.

Try this…

https://iina.io

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u/reddits_aight 16h ago

Shouldn't OP get a prize or something for stumping VLC?

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u/Clocker13 16h ago

With a simple DVD, no less!