DVD Playback Hangs

[ISX]

Hello,

I've just installed Xp pro on a PC that ran Home edition. Loaded new
motherboard drivers etc but just can't play DVDs. IDE channel is set to DMA.
Got a Radeon 7000 graphics card but running ATI's latest driver. Haven't
tried the original ones yet! The drives reads data, everything Just NO DVD
play back, hangs or crashes the system. I've tried different drives, the
original cable is the normal 40 pin type, tried an 80 pin type no luck,
baffled.

Any help appreciated!

 

[Harry Ohrn]

If you are talking about commercial DVD movies you need to reinstall your
DVD software , such as Power DVD, or at the very least a plug-in for Windows
Media Player. XP has no native decoder for playing movie DVD.
check the info here
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/bridgman02april15.mspx

There are freeware apps that can do this. One program I like is called
GOMPlayer and another is RealAlternative both of which not only enable you
to watch movie DVDs but also add a variety of other codec such as the
ability for Media Player to read .avi files

 

[ISX]

thanks harry,

I uninstalled the ati drivers & presto DVDs play but I can't install the
drivers that came witht he card, Get an inf error. Some ati problem & none
of their older drivers work. I'll keep looking for a solution!

If you are talking about commercial DVD movies you need to reinstall your
DVD software , such as Power DVD, or at the very least a plug-in for
Windows Media Player. XP has no native decoder for playing movie DVD.
check the info here
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/bridgman02april15.mspx

There are freeware apps that can do this. One program I like is called
GOMPlayer and another is RealAlternative both of which not only enable you
to watch movie DVDs but also add a variety of other codec such as the
ability for Media Player to read .avi files

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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

Hello,

I've just installed Xp pro on a PC that ran Home edition. Loaded new
motherboard drivers etc but just can't play DVDs. IDE channel is set to
DMA. Got a Radeon 7000 graphics card but running ATI's latest driver.
Haven't tried the original ones yet! The drives reads data, everything
Just NO DVD play back, hangs or crashes the system. I've tried different
drives, the original cable is the normal 40 pin type, tried an 80 pin
type no luck, baffled.

Any help appreciated!