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Nugz

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    No Video Playback
    « on: July 02, 2009, 10:37:49 AM »
    Hi everybody,

    Hope that somebody can help with a video playback problem that I’m having.

    Basically, upon inserting a DVD movie disc into the drive, it doesn’t play and the following message comes up:

    Error:
    Playback Failure: DVDRead could not open disc “E”.
    Your input can’t be opened: Unable to open the MRL “dvd:” //E:”.
    Check log for details.[/b]

    However, although the disc won’t auto-play upon insertion as it used to, by going into MY COMPUTER, the drive can see the disc and I’m able to browse it and see the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders on it.
    Opening the VIDEO_TS folder, I am then able to play each of the video files but individually.

    Below is a list of what I’ve tried so far to fix the problem, in no particular order, but all to no effect:

    1 - System Restore
    2 - Software Removal
    3 - Full Anti-Virus and Malware Scans
    4 - Full uninstallation and re-installation of problem video player
    5 - Thorough clean of inside of computer and checking of drive and     
          usb cables

    Would really appreciate your thoughts and suggestions re. the above problem.


    Thanks

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    Re: No Video Playback
    « Reply #1 on: July 02, 2009, 06:53:27 PM »
    What's your default player?

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      Re: No Video Playback
      « Reply #2 on: July 03, 2009, 08:51:40 AM »

      Thanks for the question,Broni!

      By "default player",are you asking me about the player that I'm using and with which I'm having the problem? If so,it's VLC.                     

      However,I don't have this problem with my other player, Media Player Classic! This player will at least play discs although it too isn't functioning as it should.


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      Re: No Video Playback
      « Reply #3 on: July 03, 2009, 05:15:57 PM »
      Apparently, there is a lot of hits on Google about your problem: http://www.google.com/search?q=Unable+to+open+the+MRL&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a, but I can't see any solid solution.
      I think, you may have DVD drive problem.

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        Re: No Video Playback
        « Reply #4 on: July 04, 2009, 11:33:56 AM »
        Thanks for the reply and the link.I'll browse through some of the
        links in the hope that I come across a possible solution.

        However,your mentioning that you think that it could be a DVD drive
        problem may have produced something!

        It turns out that of my two DVD drives,only my DVD/CD-RW Drive(E:)
        actually sees discs and will play them but with Media Player Classic
        only.

        My DVD-RAM Drive (F:),however,neither sees nor plays the discs at all!

        What's my next step,Broni!?



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        Re: No Video Playback
        « Reply #5 on: July 04, 2009, 11:36:56 AM »
        One of these may help:
        1. Uninstall the drive through Device Manager.
        Restart computer. The drive will be automatically reinstalled.
        or...
        2. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
        Restart computer.
        or...
        3. Download, and run Restore Missing CD Drive patch
        Double click on cdgone.zip to unzip it.
        Right click on cdgone.reg, click Merge.
        Accept registry merge.
        Restart computer.
        or...
        4. Go to Device Manager, click a "+" sign next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.
        You'll see two items:
        - ATA Channel0 (or Primary Channel)
        - ATA Channel1 (or Secondary Channel)
        Right click on each of them, and click Uninstall. Confirm.
        Restart Windows. They'll be automatically reinstalled.

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          Re: No Video Playback
          « Reply #6 on: July 05, 2009, 12:48:06 PM »
          Appreciate the speedy reply,Broni,and apologise for not being able to
          do the same.

          Of the four recommendations that you mentioned in your last post,I
          opted to begin with the last,namely,the Primary/Secondary Channel
          Uninstall.This appears to have solved the "problem"!Let me explain!

          Prior to the sudden appearance of my video player problem,I would
          insert a disc into either of my two drives and VLC would automatically
          open and play the disc without any problems whatsoever.After the
          problem appeared,however,VLC would still open automatically but
          wouldn't play discs and would give the error message mentioned in my
          initial post.

          What's happening now - post Primary/Secondary Channel Uninstall - is
          exactly the same.I'm still getting the same VLC error message upon disc
          insertion but - and I came across this purely by accident - by going
          into VLC's task bar > Media > Open Disc > Disc Device F:\,
          DISCS WILL PLAY!Result!!

          The important point here is that I had to change the Disc Device manually
          before VLC would play.Shouldn't VLC be able to see the drive in which the
          disc is inserted and then adjust the Disc Device automatically rather than
          my having to do this manually!?Is this a configuration or settings issue?
          Would appreciate your feedback as to how I might go about correcting this.

          As I mentioned above,this is very different from how VLC used to open and
          this is what threw me.

          Anyway,sorry for rambling on and many thanks for your help and advice,Broni.



          Many Thanks

           

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          Re: No Video Playback
          « Reply #7 on: July 05, 2009, 12:57:10 PM »
          I think, your best bet is to go to VLC forum, and post your current question there.

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            Re: No Video Playback
            « Reply #8 on: July 05, 2009, 01:09:38 PM »

            Will do,Broni,and thanks again for your help.