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    N56VZ out of box will not play DVD or Bluray... do I need player software?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by pixeldust, Mar 26, 2013.

  1. pixeldust

    pixeldust Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have an Asus N56VZ-RH71 with a factory DVD/Blu ray drive and when I place either a DVD or Blu ray movie in the optical drive nothing happens.

    I can use DVD ROM media like an installation disk or copy files to DVD write blank discs but no movies!

    Should the N56VZ-RH71 out of the box from the factory play DVD or Blu ray movies or do I need some 3rd party software such as PowerDVD or something? :confused:

    Thanks!


    ...Glenn :)
     
    pixeldust, Mar 26, 2013
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  2. Prostar Computer

    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    You need the proper codecs to read media that is encoded for blu-ray. The laptop should have come with a multimedia suite just for that, such as Cyberlink PowerDVD.
     
    Prostar Computer, Mar 26, 2013
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  3. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Windows 8 does not support DVD or bluray playback nativly, you can try using a free DVD player like VLC to test the optical drive is ok.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 26, 2013
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    VLC is good but last I heard, it will not support Blu-Ray playback. Meaker's suggestion is good OP if you simply want to test the hardware. Just keep in mind that in order to test it thoroughly, you'll need different software for a blu-ray disc movie.
     
    Prostar Computer, Mar 27, 2013
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  5. nipsen

    nipsen Notebook Ditty

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    Yes. Has to do with license rights and "optional" encryption on blu-ray. Unencrypted blu-rays can be played easily. But..

    So to get coded blu-rays to play on a pc with the decryption and full rates... you need a licensed player, with it's own (direct) rendering engine.
     
    nipsen, Mar 27, 2013
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    lloydstrans Newbie

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    Mine plays DVDs out if the box, now I'll have to toss in a blu ray and verify that it also works.
     
    lloydstrans, May 21, 2013
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  7. Meaker@Sager

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    Worth checking for any software asus have included.
     
    Meaker@Sager, May 21, 2013
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