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    I Cant play dvd's on my laptop. help

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Casums420, Nov 19, 2006.

  1. Casums420

    Casums420 Notebook Guru

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    ok so heres the deal. my lappy s not letting me play dvd's for some reason. and i cant figuare out why. does anyone know of a software or driver that can help me out.
    i have the hp DV5000 and when i got it i tryed reformating it. and after that i could never play the dvd's. i messed up.

    thanks in advanced for the help.
     
    Casums420, Nov 19, 2006
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  2. madroxinide

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    i don't think the software would do this, in most cases anyways, make sure you have a DVD optical drive, if you do and it doesnt work there could be a problem with it. You might have to replace it.
     
    madroxinide, Nov 19, 2006
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  3. Malia

    Malia Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    We need more info to help you...

    a. what drive do you have? you can find out from device manager
    b. what happens when you try to play a dvd? with what software?
    c. did you try playing dvds before you reformatted?
    d. can you play cds?
    e. do dvds that you try to play match the region of the drive?

    Malia
     
    Malia, Nov 19, 2006
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  4. vespoli

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    You probably need some kind of DVD decoder. Fill out Malia's questionnaire and we can further help.
     
    vespoli, Nov 19, 2006
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  5. Jesusfrk611

    Jesusfrk611 Notebook Consultant

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    You probably need to install a DVD program such as VLC. Your notebook should have come with a DVD program. My DV4000 came with Intervideo WinDVD, so imagine yours probably did too. Install it and it should work.
     
    Jesusfrk611, Nov 19, 2006
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  6. Casums420

    Casums420 Notebook Guru

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    We need more info to help you...

    a. what drive do you have? you can find out from device manager
    HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4244n. that is the drive

    b. what happens when you try to play a dvd? with what software?
    with inter actual dvd it says that playback failed because of screen resolution and color amounts.

    c. did you try playing dvds before you reformatted?
    i never played dvds before

    d. can you play cds?
    yes
    e. do dvds that you try to play match the region of the drive?
    all the regions are good.

    what would you recomend
     
    Casums420, Nov 19, 2006
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  7. coriolis

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    Have you tried installing any codecs?
     
    coriolis, Nov 19, 2006
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  8. JadedRaverLA

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    It sounds like you just need to make sure you have the correct video driver installed from HP. If this is already done, make sure your display settings are correct -- resolution: 1280x800, color depth 24-bit. If you are using the generic VGA driver you will get that error message... same if your color depth or resolution are set too low.

    Oh, yeah and the Interactual player is for playing PC-specific content founf on certain DVD movie disks. Use the main WinDVD software for standard playing.
     
    JadedRaverLA, Nov 19, 2006
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  9. Zellio

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    Try reinstalling windows media player.
     
    Zellio, Nov 19, 2006
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  10. iza

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    iza, Nov 19, 2006
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