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    Media Direct/autoplay problem?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Alemaker, Sep 22, 2007.

  1. Alemaker

    Alemaker Notebook Consultant

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    Don't know where to turn on this one, so maybe someone here has a suggestion?
    Here's the issue.
    When I try to play a dvd with wmp11, even with autoplay set to play dvd's from wmp, Media Direct pre-empts everything and plays the dvd.
    Any help?
    :err:
     
    Alemaker, Sep 22, 2007
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    blendin Notebook Enthusiast

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    uninstall mediadirect in windows. use it only outside windows. it works for me
     
    blendin, Sep 22, 2007
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    Alemaker Notebook Consultant

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    ahh, ok then
     
    Alemaker, Sep 22, 2007
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    blendin Notebook Enthusiast

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    few quick question off the topic

    1. did you got the media direct on the 3G MD pattition instead of 2G?
    2. on your new m1330, what is the battery health? i got mine 9% wear as new, and life time is around 2 hours.
     
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  5. Alemaker

    Alemaker Notebook Consultant

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    basic uninstall of MD from control panel/add/remove-now get an error sayin the partition is missing, maybe 1330's are different. thx for trying.:smile:
     
    Alemaker, Sep 22, 2007
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    Alemaker Notebook Consultant

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    1) 3G-yup

    2) Have a 1520, not a m1330, sorry, but with Vista, the battery time is definetly shorter thn XPee.:laugh:
     
    Alemaker, Sep 22, 2007
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    how did you got it 3G? I used the disk and it does not give me option to chose the size at all.
     
    blendin, Sep 22, 2007
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    I'm media direct 3.3 on a 1520, they are different, i tried using the m1330 MD disc before, and always got a : "not supported on this machine" error when trying to use the MD disc for the m1330
     
    Alemaker, Sep 22, 2007
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    smeg36 Notebook Guru

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    This is a really annoying problem for me as well. I was using my Vostro 1400 to play a DVD in a class I was teaching the other day, and Media Direct came up even when I chose to use WMP11. I thought ok, no problem. I'll just use this. Then I closed the lid of my PC to save some battery while it player over a projector, and the image disappeared from the projector as well. Very inconvenient. I ended up using VLC, but would prefer if WMP11 would work without having to completely remove the MD partition (I'd still like to use it when the PC is powered off completely).
     
    smeg36, Sep 22, 2007
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