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    Dvds do not play!

    Discussion in 'HP' started by mr__bean, Nov 19, 2008.

  1. mr__bean

    mr__bean Notebook Evangelist

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    When ever i try to play a dvd on my laptop no matter what o/s dvd play backsoftware e.t.c it does not work.. it skips + has random blocky pixels everywhere. but the drive is perfectly capable at reading dvd roms + cd's e.t.c but it cannot play dvd videos.

    I have the latest video drivers installed too!

    Any suggestions?
     

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    mr__bean Notebook Evangelist

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    P.s. i have put a Lense cleaning CD in the drive to rule out the lense been dirty.
     
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    cpu2k Notebook Consultant

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    Does this happen for all DVDs you play? or just one?
     
    cpu2k, Nov 19, 2008
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    Try VLC media player. It looks like you're codecs are outdated. Try installing K-Lite codecs pack, or CCCP.
     
    Harper2.0, Nov 19, 2008
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    I was using VLC, the codecs were find... it turns out i needed to set the Region of the DVD drive :)
     
    mr__bean, Nov 20, 2008
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    Did you just buy/get it or did you have a corruption issue that cause it to change region? Because if you just got it and said so, someone might of picked that up for you sooner.
     
    S_P_Q_R, Nov 20, 2008
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