PC CD/DVD Help

[craigwatanabe]

Re: PC CD/DVD Help

But VLC will play stuff that media player won't, like some of those weird extension video formats you find on certain P2P sites.

[Konaguy]

Re: PC CD/DVD Help

Aaron...DVD playing software is Power DVD and WinDVD. They allow you to play DVD's. The codec allows you to decoded the 5.1 surround sound otherwise it'll only play 2-channel stereo.

I'm still trying to find free software that'll allow 5.1 channel decoding. But if your system is utilizing only the two front speakers, then what the heck who cares. Run the bundled software without buying their "upgrade".

You want a good media player that'll play DVD's try this: http://www.download-zone-free.com/vlcplayer/ This media player will play virtually all file formats for audio and video but no surround decoding.

WinDVD and PowerDVD also have DVD decoder that decrypts the DVDs. As
they are encrypted to prevent piracy. All OS's out of the box need that
DVD decoder codec to play movie DVDs.Hence why its a good thing
to install WinDVD PowerDVD. The VLC Player won't play all DVDs

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...spx#DVDDecoder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content-scrambling_system

[craigwatanabe]

Re: PC CD/DVD Help

Its not software that is question, but the codec that decrypts the DVD.
Power DVD and WinDVD have that codec bundled. I've only run into one
free software that has DVD codec bundled.

Aaron...DVD playing software is Power DVD and WinDVD. They allow you to play DVD's. The codec allows you to decoded the 5.1 surround sound otherwise it'll only play 2-channel stereo.

I'm still trying to find free software that'll allow 5.1 channel decoding. But if your system is utilizing only the two front speakers, then what the heck who cares. Run the bundled software without buying their "upgrade".

You want a good media player that'll play DVD's try this: http://www.download-zone-free.com/vlcplayer/ This media player will play virtually all file formats for audio and video but no surround decoding.

[Konaguy]

Re: PC CD/DVD Help

But in Serenity's last post, she said that she has a DVD burner (unless she didn't install it and just has it collecting dust outside of the computer.)

It sounds like that drive in question is collecting dust and is not in her computer.

[Konaguy]

Re: PC CD/DVD Help

Yep Aaron is correct that you need some sort of DVD playing software, but you can download quite a few for free from Tucows nowdays. You don't necessarily need to install the dvd bundled software that came with your burner.

Its not software that is question, but the codec that decrypts the DVD.
Power DVD and WinDVD have that codec bundled. I've only run into one
free software that has DVD codec bundled.

[adrian]

Re: PC CD/DVD Help

I'm not sure if that will help...It sounds like she is trying to play a DVD in a
CD-R/RW drive ?

But in Serenity's last post, she said that she has a DVD burner (unless she didn't install it and just has it collecting dust outside of the computer.)

[craigwatanabe]

Re: PC CD/DVD Help

Yep Aaron is correct that you need some sort of DVD playing software, but you can download quite a few for free from Tucows nowdays. You don't necessarily need to install the dvd bundled software that came with your burner.

[Konaguy]

Re: PC CD/DVD Help

sounds like a codec problem. Download this. If you want, I can come by and check it out, but I stay sick - I no like spread what I have.

I'm not sure if that will help...It sounds like she is trying to play a DVD in a
CD-R/RW drive ?

[adrian]

Re: PC CD/DVD Help

sounds like a codec problem. Download this. If you want, I can come by and check it out, but I stay sick - I no like spread what I have.

[Konaguy]

Re: PC CD/DVD Help

Also with XP you should be able to run DVD's once you install the DVD burner onto your computer without having to install the software. Windows Media Player (built into XP) should be able to play it.

Not necessarily. To play DVD's on any OS, you need the DVD codec to watch
any movies on your computer. If the DVD-RW drive comes with WinDVD, PowerDVD etc then it will have the DVD codec to decrypt the DVDs for viewing.

[craigwatanabe]

Re: PC CD/DVD Help

Also with XP you should be able to run DVD's once you install the DVD burner onto your computer without having to install the software. Windows Media Player (built into XP) should be able to play it.

Before you install the DVD burner in your computer you should check the specs on your computer to see if you have enough system resources to play DVD movies with little or no problems.

With XP you should have at least 512Mb of RAM Memory to run glitch free video. A stand alone graphics card will also help unload some of the video processing off the motherboard's onboard graphics chipset/motherboard processor. By upgrading these two elements (if not done so already) DVD playback will be decent.

[Konaguy]

Re: PC CD/DVD Help

CD-R/RW/CD-ROM drives only play CDs
DVD-R/RW drives play DVD/CDs.

[admin]

Re: Muay Thai Kick Boxing

Move it if you wish, just let me know if have moved it or not. Thanks.

Serenity, I've split messages about your computer from the Muay Thai Kick Boxing thread. Hope folks here at the 'Threads can help you sort things out.

[Serenity]

Re: Muay Thai Kick Boxing

Serenity...

Just because your computer can play CD's... it won't play DVD's unless you have a DVD Player on your computer.

When you purchased your computer...did is say it had a CD/DVD player?

I probably got my computer a few years ago maybe 2002/2003(?) some where around there.

Well, I guess it didn't say .

On my computer it just says: (top) hp cd-writer (bottom) expansion|bay.

But, I do have this other portable dvd player I found at home while I was cleaning one day which I forgot I had : Polaroid 8 inch portable DVD player (# PDV-0800)

& a friend of mine sold us this really cool one: Super DVD Writer 16x: DVD+RW/+R/CD-RW by pc/mac which I haven't had the chance to download the software to make it work. Maybe eventually I will.

(I don't know if this is the right website for it: iomega)

I think that will work with my HP/WindowsXP computer so that I can download movies into my IPOD?.

Message back when you can.

Aloha.

[damontucker]

Re: Muay Thai Kick Boxing

Sorry for the confusion.. My cd player on my computer is the one that doesn't play any Movies at all, only plays & down loads music.


One time, I actually tried to play a cd game on my computer, that worked, & that was many months ago.

I also tried (many months ago) to play a cd rom that came with my signlanguage book, on my computer, that worked,too.

What puzzles me the most, is that I can't play any movies on my computer.

I have no idea if I am doing anything wrong on my computer, or my computer is the one that doesn't play movies??

Well, hope that cleared up some confusion.

Aloha.

Serenity...

Just because your computer can play CD's... it won't play DVD's unless you have a DVD Player on your computer.

When you purchased your computer...did is say it had a CD/DVD player?