Having problems reading commercial dvd movies - Club CDFreaks

md343 · 10-01-2005

I have a lite on dual layer burner, and it reads my dvd r media and cd r media fine. Will burn anything fine also, I just have problems reading dvd movies. I have the ati dvd decoder installed that came with my radeon. I will attach my nero infotool text that tells you all about my drive and what I have installed. I really need help or this drive is gonna be sent back. Thank you so much for your time.

Agent_007 · 10-01-2005

Exactly what sort of problems - please describe in more detail.

md343 · 10-01-2005

I have tried playing my Dvd movies That I have bought which are region 1. I have tried about 10 different ones and had luck with 2 of them loading up and being reconized under my computer. My drive just acts very inconsistent and wont read movies for some reason. It will read dvd r disks fine and even play a movie that I have burned on a dvd r. Also It will play audio and burn audio disks fine. I dont know what else I really can go into detail about, this is my problem.

Agent_007 · 11-01-2005

OK, this is the sort of detail I'm talking about - DVD playing software, any error messages, what happens when you hit play (error message, freezeup, etc), movies which play up.

What happens if you try to view any of these problem discs in Windows Explorer?

md343 · 13-01-2005

When a dvd is inserted it will either load up with auto run and start playing in the ati media player. But I have only had luck with two movies I own. With disks that wont load after being inserted my drive makes a interesting noise that only results from the dvd's that dont boot or show up under my computer. I have a the ati dvd decoder installed and that hasnt helped. But before installing the decoder dvds did not play any better or more consistent.

Agent_007 · 13-01-2005

Have you tried starting Windows Media Player & opening the disc manually?

10-01-2005	#2 (permalink)
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10-01-2005	#3 (permalink)
md343 CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 39	Re: Having problems reading commercial dvd movies I have tried playing my Dvd movies That I have bought which are region 1. I have tried about 10 different ones and had luck with 2 of them loading up and being reconized under my computer. My drive just acts very inconsistent and wont read movies for some reason. It will read dvd r disks fine and even play a movie that I have burned on a dvd r. Also It will play audio and burn audio disks fine. I dont know what else I really can go into detail about, this is my problem.

11-01-2005	#4 (permalink)
Agent_007 CD Freaks Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Posts: 240	Re: Having problems reading commercial dvd movies OK, this is the sort of detail I'm talking about - DVD playing software, any error messages, what happens when you hit play (error message, freezeup, etc), movies which play up. What happens if you try to view any of these problem discs in Windows Explorer? __________________ The more I learn, the less I know... *AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200* *Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939* *512Mb PC3200 DDR-RAM* *Seagate Barracuda 120Gb ATA100* *Western Digital Caviar 80Gb ATA133 8Mb Buffer* *Lite-On SOHW-1673S DVD-RW JS0B* *PIONEER DVR-A09XLB DVD-RW (1.57)* *Antec TruePower 2.0 480W* *ATI Radeon 9600XT 128Mb AGP* Club CD Freaks RULES

13-01-2005	#5 (permalink)
md343 CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 39	Re: Having problems reading commercial dvd movies When a dvd is inserted it will either load up with auto run and start playing in the ati media player. But I have only had luck with two movies I own. With disks that wont load after being inserted my drive makes a interesting noise that only results from the dvd's that dont boot or show up under my computer. I have a the ati dvd decoder installed and that hasnt helped. But before installing the decoder dvds did not play any better or more consistent.

13-01-2005	#6 (permalink)
Agent_007 CD Freaks Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Posts: 240	Re: Having problems reading commercial dvd movies Have you tried starting Windows Media Player & opening the disc manually? __________________ The more I learn, the less I know... *AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200* *Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939* *512Mb PC3200 DDR-RAM* *Seagate Barracuda 120Gb ATA100* *Western Digital Caviar 80Gb ATA133 8Mb Buffer* *Lite-On SOHW-1673S DVD-RW JS0B* *PIONEER DVR-A09XLB DVD-RW (1.57)* *Antec TruePower 2.0 480W* *ATI Radeon 9600XT 128Mb AGP* Club CD Freaks RULES

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