I use a new Mac Mini in my stereo system. It has a monitor but does not have Keyboard or mouse. It is controlled with screen sharing from a Mac Book. My question is related to viewing DVD movies, the store bought kind. With screen sharing active a DVD is inserted into the drive and movie window appears and the sound starts but the playback window is grey. To get the picture to appear I have to turn off screen sharing. Only then can we watch the movie.
How can I continue to use screen sharing and view DVD's.
Best Answer
This is a silly copy protection measure. If you use VLC rather than Apple's DVD Player you get no problem at all.
First, go to
System Preferences
>CDs & DVDs
and change the setting forWhen You Insert a Video DVD
fromDVD Player
toIgnore
or choose other and selectVLC 2
in your Applications folder.Now when you insert a DVD VLC 2 will run and should autostart. No grey boxes.