hi just bought a gateway laptop with vista on it and an external hard drive and this dvdfab program and i am trying to copy to the external hard drive i have tried this a bunch of different ways I cannot seam to make them play it give me an error (Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file.) I just want to be able to make the darn thing work also this did not come with a manual that I could find any help is appreciated

regards martinator

hi me again I am hopomg anyone can help me I am new to this software and cannot find any instructions on how it works I am trying to copy to my external hard drive and play movies I have tried it a few different ways and am getting nowhere I tried coping it 6 times mostly to generic mobile device as it make the most sence to me I also tried to copy just the movie but that seams like i am supposed to copy to a blank cd on that one I am not sure what i am doing wrong one time I got it to play but it was only audio that was on the mp3 file any help is apprecdiated thanks
martinator

also got thid off the internet help (You've encountered error message C00D119A while using Windows Media Player. The following information might help you troubleshoot the issue.
Cannot play the file
Windows Media Player cannot play the file. You might encounter this error message for one of the following reasons:
A required codec is not installed on your computer. A codec is software that the Player uses to decompress a file before playing it.
Typically, the Player automatically downloads and installs required codecs as needed. However, the Player was unable to download and install the required codec for this file, most likely because a codec is not available for the content that you want to play, or because the Internet security settings for your browser are set too high and do not allow you to download the codec.
Try adjusting your Internet security settings to allow codecs to be downloaded to your computer.
The file that you are trying to play might not be supported by Windows Media Player. For a list of file types (formats) that are supported by Windows Media Player, see Supported file types.)


thats all I can find out I do not know what to do I keep trying different things but same results either i get ony audio or i get a error message

thanks

this is my 4th posting today I do not think anyone is going to heop me at this point i can see that you all are looking but know one seams to want to post back please help if you can if you cannot at least give me any advice you can on this issue I am trying to copy to an external hard drive and all I get are errors any advice is welcome

Nobody is answering your posts because you have not given us any imformation to help you. Posting 4 times is not going to get you a better response. Please give us detailed information of what Fab product you are using, what kind of Hard drive (USB) you are using as your destination and your computer specs would help also. We have a dedicated forum here for DVDFAB products. You will find it here.

Hello Martinator
Welcome to CDS Freaks
Sorry just logged on and saw your post, try this

How to copy a DVD to your Hard Drive
1.) Open DVDFab Platinum
2.) Put the DVD movie you want on your Hard Drive into your DVD drive
3.) In the target drop down window choose the location by clicking on the button with a folder on it, the browse for folder window will appear on your screen choose the location you want the movie files to be located on your Hard Drive and click OK to close the browser
4.) To start the process click the Start button at the lower right corner

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hi storm jumper I just bought a gateway laptop with vista on it and an external hard drive and this dvdfab program and i am trying to copy to the external hard drive i have tried this a bunch of different ways I cannot seam to make them play it gives me an error (Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file.) I just want to be able to make the darn thing work also dvdfab platinum did not come with a manual that I could find any help is appreciated I have it copied on the external drive now but it will not play it just opens the folder and shows a bunch of files that i cannot open some people are computer smart some are just dumb that would be me

oh by the way what option do i copy from full disk or main movie or what?

hi alan1476 it is dvdfab platinum and it is an external drive 120g as for the computer specs i an not sure how do i find that I do kow it is a gateway laptop with 1042 ram and 120 g hard drive as well oh and it is a duel processor sorry I dont know any more without help

thanks martinator

You really want to say you are trying to rip a DVD Video into your hard drive, so for that use DVD Shrink to rip the DVD Video to your hard drive that rip and encode even shrink if needed then use programs like Nero Burning ROM or ImageBurn to burn from H/D to DVD disc .

Thanks for the help Tcas I want to be clear if I buy this dvd shrink will I be able to play the movies I rip from the external hard drive my goal is to not have to take the dvds wiht me when I travel just to take a few external hard drives and play all my moies

thanks
martin

@martinator: please do not create any more new threads on this problem. Just have some patience and we will try and help you with it in this thread. Your other one in the DVD Fab forum will be closed.

Transferring to the DVD Fab forum...

DVD Shrink is FREEWARE if some one trying to sell it to you DON'T do it

Think he ment DVDFAB Platinum

DVDShrink will not be able to decrypt and copy many new movies. The copy protection schemes have changed and DVDShrink has not been updated in several years. Yes, it is free and yes at one time it was the best, but that is no longer true.

TCAS recommended DVDShrink. I think that is the post the OP was replying to.

Think he got confused from TCAS's post #10 about using Shrink when he does have DVDFAB and that was what his orignal question was about

Also in referance to your #1 post you will need a DVD playing program like VLC Media Player (free) or Power DVD or any others WMP is just not a good DVD player

If you look, into original poster and his post #2, he is very new to DVD burning and copying, that is why he is asking for simplest way to rip movie to his hard drive and then play it from his H/D for viewing that is the main concern he has. The complicated issue of movie protection and how to remove it is kind of early for him and he is not concern with that at this time. At least this is my understanding form his post.


Edit:martinator if you are taking about buying DVD Shrink as other members indicated DVD Shrink is free and you can download and install itf or free.

I also bought a gateway with vista, the ONLY way I could get the thing to "work" properly was to remove mcafee protection. All of a sudden all programs from my old computer worked, and a lot of newer stuff. Be sure to put on a different protection.

Hi again every one thanks for all of your help I ended up tring the dvd shrink didn't work either I was going to use the power dvd then i got to thinking about this guy I know here in town So I called him and explained every thing that i had going on when he heard about the errors i had he suggjested that i download k-lite codec mega pack it on has lots of codec files (I think they help read diferent files types) It also came with media player clasic so what I am doing is coping to a generic mobile device it is on the bottom left of the window on top of Ipod and psp (this was how I started to copy at first) and now it reads the files great I still havent tried to copy dvd to dvd so I do not know if thsi works or not but I just want the movies on my external drive for traveing without a bunch of dvd in tow I am not one to frequent chat rooms(fourms) very often so I do not know when I will be back or if I will however if i do have any more problems i will however I thaought I would pass this on so if you all have anyone else whith a problem like mine you can share it with them to make there life a little easier thanks so much

Martinator
P.S. to the moderators sorry about opening so many threads I will know better in the future

extreamly gratefull
martin

Also I found the free dvd shrink thanks again you guys saved me $27.95 people will charge you for anything these days huh? lol

take care
martin

What is obvious from reading his post #2 is that he already has DVDFab. He is trying to put a movie on his HDD that might be a Sony release, at which point the complicated issue of movie protections becomes very important if he is trying to use DVDShrink.