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02-11-2007, 07:26 AM
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No response trying to play DVD movies
I wasn't sure where to put this, but this isn't hardware related. I can read the DVD on either DVD drive in Windows (2k), but I can't play any movie.
I had PowerDVD installed, but had issues (unrelated) with it so I uninstalled it manually since I couldn't do do from add/remove programs (received error message). I searched the drive for all the file names associalted with the program (PowerDVD & Cyberlink). Then I used a Regestry Crawler to do the same. I did check the names to be sure there wasn't anythging that shouldn't be removed the best I could (there was a couple of hundred). I installed a older DVD program (that I used before), but it won't play any DVD on either drive. These are orginal movies, not backups. I can read the DVD on either drive, so it's not a hardware issue. I can read other DVDs' and burn DVDs' (including movie backups) with no issue. Any ideas? (BTW, I don't want to re-install PowerDVD again). Last edited by videobruce; 02-11-2007 at 07:33 AM. |
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02-11-2007, 07:44 AM
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Come to think of it, I did have a related issue with PowerDVD. I tried to get rid of that nagging registration screen by typing in a fake e-mail address and it locked the program. I couldn't play anything afterwards. It just would keep either freezing up or just not playing the DVD, so I uninstalled it.
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02-11-2007, 08:03 AM
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What is the older program you installed? You can probably play them in WMP 9 if you can get the required codecs installed. This may be part of your problem - PowerDVD installs those codecs and you may have busted them with your forceful uninstall.
I'm flirting with the forum rules here, but the *full* K-Lite Codec Pack has the right codecs - and I do believe it can scan your system for broken codecs during the install and fix them. You could also try the open source VLC Media Player - it supposedly can play audio and video without depending on codecs. |
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02-11-2007, 09:42 AM
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I looked under computer management and found this;
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02-11-2007, 09:48 AM
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I have about 12 of those all X'd out - that shouldn't be affecting anything.
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02-11-2007, 10:28 AM
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Why are they??
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02-11-2007, 10:46 AM
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No clue.
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