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DVD AutoPlay (also CD autoplay)
Authored by: corwin on Jan 27, '02 08:03:36PM

Sorry, I meant to post this here... Besides TinkerTool, there is indeed a preference panel that can turn this off, but it's in the respective applications, not in the System Preferences. In Apple's DVD Player Preferences:Disc:Start Up, just uncheck "Start Playing Disc." In iTunes Preferences, under the "General" tab, you can select a number of options, including simply "show songs," which will prevent the CD from automatically playing. Or is there something to this I'm not following (certainly the DVD Player does not start up automatically on insertion on my computer...)



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DVD AutoPlay (also CD autoplay)
Authored by: cowboy on Jan 28, '02 10:42:38PM

I think the problem is the launch of the DVD player is annoying. I have the autoplay option unchecked but the DVD player still launches when I put in a DVD (it doesn't play - just launches). Will this trick stop the DVD player from launching?



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DVD AutoPlay (also CD autoplay)
Authored by: karebma on Jan 08, '10 06:49:16AM

I have exactly the same situation on my iMac running 10.6.2; DVD Player loads up and starts playing no matter what pref I set or where.



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DVD AutoPlay (also CD autoplay)
Authored by: karebma on Jan 08, '10 07:28:33AM
This has turned into an interesting exercise ... First I updated OmniOutliner. Big mistake since the "upgraded" version won't open a plist file now (all grayed out in selection dialog box). No worries since I've used TextWrangler for this sort of thing before. So I added the suggested text and, no joy. I hunted around and found com.apple.DVDPlayer.plist in the user Library/Preferences directory and altered the entry

<key>AutoPlay</key>
	<true/>
to read false/. Also no joy. Immediately beneath it is an entry

<key>AutoPlayOnDiscMount</key>
	<false/>
which I suspect was set to false/ by the application preference panel setting I changed day or two ago. Methinks this is a good old fashioned bug...

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DVD AutoPlay (also CD autoplay)
Authored by: jetak on Mar 10, '10 01:45:28AM

I set both of these keys to false as well as added AutoplayDVD false to com.apple.finder.pref, and DVDplayer still opens. It does not play, but I DO NOT want it to automatically open when I mount a DVD.



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DVD AutoPlay (also CD autoplay)
Authored by: jimmyhoffa on Aug 07, '10 08:22:11PM

The problem is that DVD Player is responding to preferences on what to do once the application is already running. To adjust settings on what to do when a DVD (or CD) is inserted, go to System Preferences -> CDs & DVDs (in the Hardware section) -> and set the drop-downs to "Ignore".

For a more detailed explanation: http://www.macyourself.com/2009/06/02/stop-dvd-player-from-opening-when-a-disc-is-inserted-plus-tips/



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