DVDs and My B&W G3...

   Playing DVDs on our computers are something that we all take for granted. Sometimes it is nice to just sit back in a reclining office chair and watch a movie or even some episodes of your favorite TV show.
   Unfortunately, something this simple isn't something to be taken for granted on my computer. I did enjoy a nice time watching DVDs under the OS 10.3s. Once I upgraded to Tiger (10.4.x), though, this became a lesson in anger management.
   The problem was mainly that Apple's DVD Player became choppy and unreliable when playing a DVD, especially when viewing the DVD menus (for some reason). I eventually came to the conclusion that it had to do something with the subtitle on some of my anime DVDs. For instance, it played Escaflowne fine when I watched it dubbed (menus were still choppy). I had to fall back on the unpolished, but still useable, VLC.
   That was, of course, until I decided to upgrade to the latest version of VLC for no apparent reason. Well, it didn't even show the videos anymore. Sometimes it would let audio through but that was it. So, even VLC had failed me.
   Here I am now, unable to watch a simple DVD on my own damn computer. Figures. I do have my suspicions on what the cause could be. For Apple's DVD player, at least. I just need to find a previous version of VLC to get it working again.
   I suppose I'll eventually fix this problem, but I suppose I'll be without the convenience of watching DVDs on my computer for a while.