Chapter 29. Playing a DVD
Almost everyone loves watching movies and collecting their favorite films on DVD. In the old days, you had to play your DVDs in a DVD player hooked up to your television set. Now you can also play DVDs on your Macintosh, which can be especially handy when you want to keep yourself amused on the road such as when you’re stuck in an airport terminal.
By learning to watch DVDs on your Macintosh, you can turn your computer into your own personal movie theater. Plug in headphones and you can watch movies wherever you happen to be. (If you have a Macintosh computer that doesn’t have a DVD drive, you can buy the optional SuperDrive and plug it into a Mac mini or MacBook Air so you can play DVDs on it.)
Project goal: Watch a DVD, ...
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