Some DVDs no longer play

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Sirtokalott

I have 2 DVD drives and both have stopped playing certain DVDs, mainly retail
ones but also some DVD games. I have no problem with CDs and most Copied
DVDs. I have tried updating the firmware. I have all the codecs I need and
i'm using power DVD. I have tried a full system recovery, still no joy and I
have not made any changes to the hardware. I used to have no problem using
either drive to play DVDs and both have went at the same time so I don't
think it's a hardware issue. I have looked everywhere for help and no one
has any answers. Can somebody out there please help?
 
Sirtokalott said:
I have 2 DVD drives and both have stopped playing certain DVDs,
mainly retail ones but also some DVD games. I have no problem with
CDs and most Copied DVDs. I have tried updating the firmware. I
have all the codecs I need and i'm using power DVD. I have tried a
full system recovery, still no joy and I have not made any changes to
the hardware. I used to have no problem using either drive to play
DVDs and both have went at the same time so I don't think it's a
hardware issue. I have looked everywhere for help and no one has any
answers. Can somebody out there please help?
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If it's not a bad drive...maybe the following
free player would be worth a try:

VLC media player
http://www.videolan.org/

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
 
If you can't play the physical disc on hardware, try ripping the dvd to an
ISO image and mounting it on a virtual DVD device. I use the freeware
VirtualCloneDrive (slysoft.com). It is excellent under Vista x86; don't see
why it should be any different under XP. Rip your DVD to an iso image and
mount it. This is my preferred way of watching DVDs. I like to keep the
mileage off the laser.

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