new problem WMP11 & DVD

[TheButler208]

I have the same problem on Vista 64 and XP x86

I put in a DVD and windows media player gives me this crap. Its Vista Home Premium so DVD decoders are supposed to be installed already. And XP has always played DVDs so I don't get it. I've looked around on the web... maybe not hard enough, but this is for the techies or someone thats fixed the issue. WMP 11 gives me this:

Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder, and video card. Try installing an updated driver for your video card.

I have the latest drivers for my 7950GT, so now what? The DVD is a legal store bought copy by the way. Funny, it plays my Divx stuff no problem.

thanks

[Kradath]

Re: new problem WMP11 & DVD

With Vista it should work normally...did you only try one DVD or more?

[TheButler208]

Re: new problem WMP11 & DVD

every dvd... just tried fast and the furious (terrible movie) it almost played it, like told me the FBI stuff then just skipped out on it.

[Kradath]

Re: new problem WMP11 & DVD

Did you install any codec packs or something what could interfere it?

[=98=]

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Have you got the correct region set on your DVD drive?

[Corkum]

Re: new problem WMP11 & DVD

Just download and install the VLC media player and be done with WMP11 for DVDs.

[=98=]

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Mine is set to "region 2", United Kingdom. Make sure yours is set. Access that menu by right clicking your CD drive and clicking properties.

[TheButler208]

Re: new problem WMP11 & DVD

i thought this was the issue. But I thought a while a go I flashed my DVD drive to be universal but maybe thats causing the issue. I played a movie fine like a week ago. I just don't get it.

[=98=]

Re: new problem WMP11 & DVD

i thought this was the issue. But I thought a while a go I flashed my DVD drive to be universal but maybe thats causing the issue. I played a movie fine like a week ago. I just don't get it.

Flashing DVD drives is a bad, bad idea. They brick so easily, and, i fear, it may have broken compatibility with WMP.

[TheButler208]

Re: new problem WMP11 & DVD

Flashing DVD drives is a bad, bad idea. They brick so easily, and, i fear, it may have broken compatibility with WMP.

I flashed it like well over a year ago. And CD/DVD RW drives cost what... 35 bucks. Its not quite the same as flashing a video card. I don't get why it would jsut start doing this.

[sava700]

Re: new problem WMP11 & DVD

Install something like PowerDVD to give it the proper system files it needs to read the DVD.

http://www.softpile.com/Multimedia/Video/Review_17968_index.html

[=98=]

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Yeah, but new updates can mean they become incompatible easily.

[TheButler208]

Re: new problem WMP11 & DVD

Yeah, but new updates can mean they become incompatible easily.

btw, my whole family lives in Surrey and Hampshire, so I get a lot of DVDs that aren't NTSC. Thats why I always try to universal my DVD players, no matter how illegal it supposidly is.

[=98=]

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It can be done via software, rather than flashing.

[Corkum]

Re: new problem WMP11 & DVD

Seriously download and install the VLC media player. Just try it.