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| 469568 | 2006-07-09 06:55:00 | Hi have a DVD that only seems to be playable on the tv, is there any way I can watch it on my PC / Laptop. tks George |
Erger (10062) | ||
| 469569 | 2006-07-09 07:15:00 | Does your PC / Laptop have a DVD drive? If yes, do you have DVD playing software installed (such as Power DVD etc) If you don't have a DVD drive installed, it will not play in a CD drive. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 469570 | 2006-07-09 08:51:00 | Yes I have played DVD's with both Media Player and InterVideo WinDVD George |
Erger (10062) | ||
| 469571 | 2006-07-09 20:39:00 | What region is the dvd you are trying to watch? Also check the region setting on the pc. To check that... open "my computer"> right click the dvd optical drive> properties> hardware tab> then from list of drives double left click the dvd drive> then click on the dvd region tab to reveal which region it is set to. |
Nyuuji (5460) | ||
| 469572 | 2006-07-10 06:26:00 | Followed the instructions above and tried to set the regional settings to the US as that is where the DVD came from but recieved an error message telling me it could not do so and that I should either insert media from region 1 (dont know what the DVD is) or that I might not have Administration rights when I do. - so no luck. Tried playing a couple of other DVD's one which is Region 4 and one which is all regions with no problem. It is intersting that with the DVD inserted and going to My computer and the D: drive and selecting all files - there is nothing there ?? George |
Erger (10062) | ||
| 469573 | 2006-07-10 06:39:00 | Sounds like you've made too many changes for the DVD. And since you can play region 4 DVD's its locked at region 4. Which is why it wont play region 1 DVD's. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 469574 | 2006-07-10 06:42:00 | Well you will need to either 1. get an administrator to change the region for you (this is usually set to a maximum of 5 changes though) or 2. Download and install "Anydvd", "Region killer" or another similar program that removes the region limitations of dvd drives or 3. upgrade/update the dvd drive firmware to a region free version by flashing it (is rather risky though and not to be done lightly). I recommend the first option as it is the easiest and safest. |
Nyuuji (5460) | ||
| 469575 | 2006-07-10 08:08:00 | You could try and give VLC Media Player (www.videolan.org) a go. It works as a region free dvd player. | bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 469576 | 2006-07-10 11:06:00 | Sounds like you've made too many changes for the DVD . And since you can play region 4 DVD's its locked at region 4 . Which is why it wont play region 1 DVD's . I have never changed the region, before today I did not know you could George |
Erger (10062) | ||
| 469577 | 2006-07-10 11:09:00 | Well you will need to either 1. get an administrator to change the region for you (this is usually set to a maximum of 5 changes though) or 2. Download and install "Anydvd", "Region killer" or another similar program that removes the region limitations of dvd drives or 3. upgrade/update the dvd drive firmware to a region free version by flashing it (is rather risky though and not to be done lightly). I recommend the first option as it is the easiest and safest. I am the only user and only administrator on my PC so I guess that is me :), I have never changed the region before so it cant be locked. I will look into the 'Anydvd' option tks George |
Erger (10062) | ||
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