TruStreet Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 (edited) I thought I would up date my reference lib, with the new Dillion DVD for the 650 but I can't get it to play. I've tried Windows Media Player & Quick Time and neither worked. I get an error msg that tells me it's in a format not know to my system. I'm running XP-Pro. TIA Manny (the other Manny not the famous one ) Edited September 23, 2009 by TruStreet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinbaker Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I thought I would up date my reference lib, with the new Dillion DVD for the 650 but I can't get it to play.I've tried Windows Media Player & Quick Time and neither worked. I get an error msg that tells me it's in a format not know to my system. I'm running XP-Pro. TIA Manny (the other Manny not the famous one ) here ya go http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html it will play damn near anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruStreet Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 I thought I would up date my reference lib, with the new Dillion DVD for the 650 but I can't get it to play.I've tried Windows Media Player & Quick Time and neither worked. I get an error msg that tells me it's in a format not know to my system. I'm running XP-Pro. TIA Manny (the other Manny not the famous one ) here ya go http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html it will play damn near anything Maybe I got a dud. I got the following msg. Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd://C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC'. Check the log for details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinbaker Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I thought I would up date my reference lib, with the new Dillion DVD for the 650 but I can't get it to play.I've tried Windows Media Player & Quick Time and neither worked. I get an error msg that tells me it's in a format not know to my system. I'm running XP-Pro. TIA Manny (the other Manny not the famous one ) here ya go http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html it will play damn near anything Maybe I got a dud. I got the following msg. Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd://C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC'. Check the log for details. so did you go to media...open disc....? will it play in a regular dvd player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruStreet Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 Yes, It worked in my Media-Center, just not on my laptop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic_jon Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Yes, It worked in my Media-Center, just not on my laptop! Making a guess here: Some copy protections have issues with specific DVD drive manufacturers, especially if said drive is a DVD-RW. I have two DVD-RW's in my desktop and the old Sony 2x one will read anything and the newer OEM one won't. I looked into it and sure enough other people have reported the same thing because of copy protection/DRM. I have also seen it happen if you have a software DVD player and not a hardware one for the same reasons. Suggestion: If someone else has a laptop or desktop with a DVD drive or DVD-RW try it in there and see if you can narrow it down to just that particular laptop/drive or if it is something else. Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruStreet Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 Yes, It worked in my Media-Center, just not on my laptop! Making a guess here: Some copy protections have issues with specific DVD drive manufacturers, especially if said drive is a DVD-RW. I have two DVD-RW's in my desktop and the old Sony 2x one will read anything and the newer OEM one won't. I looked into it and sure enough other people have reported the same thing because of copy protection/DRM. I have also seen it happen if you have a software DVD player and not a hardware one for the same reasons. Suggestion: If someone else has a laptop or desktop with a DVD drive or DVD-RW try it in there and see if you can narrow it down to just that particular laptop/drive or if it is something else. Good Luck! I think you hit the nail on the head, I took out my old laptop with win2000 & just a DVD player & it worked. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic_jon Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Yes, It worked in my Media-Center, just not on my laptop! Making a guess here: Some copy protections have issues with specific DVD drive manufacturers, especially if said drive is a DVD-RW. I have two DVD-RW's in my desktop and the old Sony 2x one will read anything and the newer OEM one won't. I looked into it and sure enough other people have reported the same thing because of copy protection/DRM. I have also seen it happen if you have a software DVD player and not a hardware one for the same reasons. Suggestion: If someone else has a laptop or desktop with a DVD drive or DVD-RW try it in there and see if you can narrow it down to just that particular laptop/drive or if it is something else. Good Luck! I think you hit the nail on the head, I took out my old laptop with win2000 & just a DVD player & it worked. Thanks NP, When you run a computer shop for a while... you see some *weird* things!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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