cd/dvd rom wont play movie dvd's

[khienluong]

well i can play cd's and some old dvd's, but i can not play most movie dvd's, what is the problem???

[hot dog]

Have you run any lens-cleaning software in the drive lately?  You know, the CDs you put into the drive that has brushes on it, that wipe the laser lens...

Have you tried updating the driver for the drive lately?   Click Start, type Device Manager, when it appears in the menu, click on it..  When Dev. Manager opens, click on the "+" sign next to CD/DVD rom drives.. Right click on the problematic drive in the submenu, and click "update driver software"........If there is an updated driver available, let windows install it and try some DVDs again..

[Broni]

What player?

[khienluong]

my cd rom/dvd rom in my lap top.  i tried updating the cd rom already. what i did was removed the cd rom, then installed it back in, then i went to device manager and uninstalled the cd drive and then reinstalled it. but still same problem

[patio]

I believe Broni was inquiring what video player are you running...

[khienluong]

o ok, its a tsst corp cd/dvdw ts-l632m ata device

[2x3i5x]

and what media player are you playing the dvd's on? (windows media player or something else?)

[khienluong]

windows media

[truenorth]

Did it ever work properly? What (if you can remember) was the last thing you did immediately before it stopped playing other DVDs (if it ever did) ?Have you added any new software (particularly audio/video software) coincident to this failure? If you don't already have it download a free VLC media player and see if that makes any difference. truenorth

[Broni]

VLC Player: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

[khienluong]

nope didnt work, sounds like it wants to crank and spin, but fails to get momentum. after like a minute of hearing it wanting to spin, the cd just ejects. again, cd's work fine and i can play some old dvds, but not many.

[Broni]

I'd say, the drive is dying.

[Quantos]

I'd say, the drive is dying.

I would have to agree.  Unless the same disks DON'T play on other hardware.