Did you ever get a resolution to this problem? I am having the same problem
with my DVD player. Some of my DVDs will play, no problem. But others won't
be recognized when I put them in to play. I keep getting a message that
there is NO DVD in the player, when in fact, there is. The DVD player came
with the computer and it's only about six months old. When I put some DVDs
in, I can hear it grinding away, trying to read it, but for some reason it
just won't "see" the DVD.
--
CJ
"Brett" wrote:
> Well, I can't exactly do that since I don't really have the cash to do that.
> I'm 99% sure this drive used to play DVDs. I can't see why it wouldn't play
> a DVD now.
>
> "Chuck" wrote:
>
> > I'd try replacing the drive. (Since other drivers seem to work OK with the
> > DVD in question.
> >
> > I had a similar problem with one of the older Sony DVD RW drives. Turned out
> > that it would work ok in Linux, and not in Win XP on the same PC. Some
> > investigation showed that the drive was being recognized as having a faster
> > interface data mode than it really had.
> > While I don't think that this is the problem in your case, it does
> > illustrate that the drives can cause some really strange problems.
> >
> > "Brett" <> wrote in message
> > news:F8EE4F52-F5D1-4D1F-BA36-...
> > > I don't think you fully understood. I can't even get to the DVD, much
> > less
> > > play it in WMP. So a codec may be something I need (I highly doubt it)
> > once
> > > I can view the DVD; however, the system doesn't even recognize that I've
> > put
> > > a DVD in the drive. It acts as if it's an empty drive, when in reality,
> > it
> > > contains a DVD.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the quick response though.
> > >
> > > "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
> > >
> > > > See if something here will help.
> > > > WMP FAQ A trouble-shooting guide for Windows Media Player problems.:
> > > > http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html
> > > > Also try this:
> > > > Using codecs:
> > > > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...faq/codec.mspx
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> > > > Mark L. Ferguson
> > > >
> > > > .
> > > >
> > > > "Brett" <> wrote in message
> > > > news:C5C2F592-378F-4D64-B82C-...
> > > > > I'm running Vista Ultimate x64 and I am trying to get this American
> > Heart
> > > > > Association DVD to play on it. On my laptop I have Vista Home x86
> > which
> > > > > can
> > > > > read it perfectly fine (it plays in WMP); however, my x64 computer
> > doesn't
> > > > > recognize it as a disc. If I go to "browse" the drive, it asks me to
> > > > > insert
> > > > > a disc.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have no real software differences between the computers. I can read
> > > > > other
> > > > > DVDs (Desperado, etc.) perfectly fine. It's just this one DVD I can't
> > get
> > > > > to
> > > > > run. I'm not sure about the format of the disc, whether it's UDF or
> > not.
> > > > > I'm just perplexed as to why the DVD isn't recognized.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've got a Samsung SH-S182M DVD-RW drive. I've set it to Region 1
> > (US)
> > > > > and
> > > > > still no joy. Any help would be appreciated.
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
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