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DanielB

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DVD drive
« on: November 30, 2007, 08:32:37 PM »
I just hooked up a DVD drive and it will do everything BUT play DVDs....does anyone have any ideas as to the problem or the solution? I would appreciate the help.
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Re: DVD drive
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2007, 08:37:00 PM »
'Play' DVDs, so I assume you mean movies?

If that's the case, you most likely need a DVD codec, required to play movies. Some drives come with them, some don't.
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Re: DVD drive
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2007, 08:42:21 PM »
What Windows version?
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Re: DVD drive
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2007, 08:56:31 PM »
I have ME and how do I get a codec? I think I need somthing to do with decoding?
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Re: DVD drive
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2007, 09:11:21 PM »
Get VLC player: http://www.videolan.org/
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Re: DVD drive
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2007, 09:24:12 PM »
I need it on another PC so will the link still help me?
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Re: DVD drive
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2007, 09:44:35 PM »
Yes, write it down.
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    Re: DVD drive
    « Reply #7 on: November 30, 2007, 11:09:06 PM »
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    Re: DVD drive
    « Reply #8 on: December 01, 2007, 07:58:37 AM »
    I always have to ask...but what kind of DVD's are these ? ?
    Factory?
    DLoads burned to DVD ?
    Copies ?
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    GX1_Man

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    Re: DVD drive
    « Reply #9 on: December 01, 2007, 02:24:58 PM »
    Or downloads burned to CD's?
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    DanielB

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    Re: DVD drive
    « Reply #10 on: December 01, 2007, 07:31:01 PM »
    Ok so the PC I need it on doesnt have Internet but can I download it on this one and load it onto a CDR and download it onto the other one?

    The movies are standard DVDs from the store...
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    GX1_Man

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    « Reply #11 on: December 01, 2007, 08:19:55 PM »
    Yes, you can use VLC, but here is another (and I think better) option. Download The Codecs from here:

    http://www.theorica.net/download.htm

    and download "The Codecs 5.0 - 9x/ME/2000/XP (English) "

    Unzip it and run the program. I have never had it fail.

    You do not need to download the language packs.  ;)
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    DanielB

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    « Reply #12 on: December 02, 2007, 01:34:14 PM »
    So I downloaded the Codecs onto a disk put it in my other PC (the one with the problem) and it didnt auto run it so I went to my computer and opened it and it trys to open it in PDF form....which doesnt work and doesnt do me any good.....(sorry I am a computer idiot) :)
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    Re: DVD drive
    « Reply #13 on: December 02, 2007, 01:38:19 PM »
    Does VLC recognize your CD?
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    DanielB

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    Re: DVD drive
    « Reply #14 on: December 02, 2007, 01:44:32 PM »
    Sorry, whats VLC?
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    Re: DVD drive
    « Reply #15 on: December 02, 2007, 01:54:45 PM »
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    Get VLC player: http://www.videolan.org/
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    Re: DVD drive
    « Reply #16 on: December 02, 2007, 01:57:24 PM »
    And then once I have this VLC player I can recognize the Codec disk?
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      Re: DVD drive
      « Reply #17 on: December 02, 2007, 02:06:08 PM »
      Quote from: DanielB on November 30, 2007, 08:32:37 PM
      I just hooked up a DVD drive and it will do everything BUT play DVDs....does anyone have any ideas as to the problem or the solution? I would appreciate the help.

      When you say your DVD drive does everything...What is it that it doesn't do? Are you saying it loads games ok? And movies are the problem. Please be abit more precise and i am sure i could help.
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      Re: DVD drive
      « Reply #18 on: December 02, 2007, 02:08:38 PM »
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      And then once I have this VLC player I can recognize the Codec disk?
      I don't know, try it.
      What do you mean by "codec disk"?
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        Re: DVD drive
        « Reply #19 on: December 02, 2007, 04:57:09 PM »
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