Harwood Butcher Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 For some reason I can't play any of my DVDs on my computer. I have a DVD player, so no need to ask me that. Please help me out ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLlamaLlama Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Do you have any DVD software on your PC? You can try powerDVD, not sure about whether it's freeware, shareware or you have to pay, or w/e. WMP is the obvious, but it's incredibly shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA Don Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 (edited) Yeah, this happened to me before. What are you trying to play it with? Make sure the DVD that you're using is in your region. This is an extreme way of doing it if all else fails, format your PC. Edited July 17, 2008 by GTA Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Butcher Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 Do you have any DVD software on your PC?You can try powerDVD, not sure about whether it's freeware, shareware or you have to pay, or w/e. WMP is the obvious, but it's incredibly shit. I'm assuming since I have a slot for DVDs that says DVD Rom that I could play DVDs. If my computer has that and not the software to play the DVDs, then why would my computer come with a CD Rom drive with software to play the CDs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX22B1998 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 try get VLC player , i think it has all these codecs included or something, but as my friend said, it will play ANYTHING (as long as its a video/audio) that you give to it, I even got downloaded youtube videos (FLV) and opened those and it works fine.... so...yeah get that.. Otherwise as previously said its probly a region issue, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarrem Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Do you have any DVD software on your PC?You can try powerDVD, not sure about whether it's freeware, shareware or you have to pay, or w/e. WMP is the obvious, but it's incredibly shit. I'm assuming since I have a slot for DVDs that says DVD Rom that I could play DVDs. If my computer has that and not the software to play the DVDs, then why would my computer come with a CD Rom drive with software to play the CDs? All about drivers/codecs. Just because you plugged in the drive doesn't mean it's going to magically work, even if it comes with it. Sometimes you just need to install some drivers/codecs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Yeah, download some sort of codec, and player, you can use WMP, I like it, but I much perfer PowerDVD, and I think that's free, if not, well, there are easy ways to get it. Regoins won't really have an effect on computers, maybe a little lag, but everything I use is fine. Get the XP codec pack, has everything you need. If that doesn't work, then you'll need to find out if it's the driver, newer DVD's have different encriptions on it, so it won't work on computer's/DVD players (that's what's happening to me), you you'll need to update the driver and codecs. But, if worst comes to worse, buy a new DVD player/burner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA Don Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 (edited) Or format your PC, that's what kept on happening to me, so I called support and they told me to format it. You could buy a new DVD player or just update your drivers. Edited July 17, 2008 by GTA Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX22B1998 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 (edited) dont format !!! that's like the last resort...if you built your computer yourself it'l prob be ok, since you have the CD's that came with the cd drive / dvd drive + all the drivers for your system etc However if your computer is a brand name (eg HP) which you bought from a shop, you probably wont be able to get this stuff, however there is a recovery partition so your saved sorta, just backup all your files, and make sure you have the original discs for your programs (or any other method of installation) before doing this because your computer will come as it did from the shop Edited January 27, 2008 by WRX22B1998 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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