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MelodyL 05-13-2010 08:09 PM

I can't play my Avatar dvd
 
Help Please

I never had any trouble playing any DVD's before my computer went into the shop and got a new motherboard about two months ago.

So my husband got me Avatar as a present and tonight I popped it in my DVD LightScribe DVD Writer thing and all the prompts came up asking me which option I wanted to open up the DVD with.

I chose Windows Media Player (because that's what I did in the past).

Well, I get a message "Windows media player cannot play DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is not installed on your computer".

It then gave me a "web help thing", and I clicked on it and it took me to a Microsoft thing that said it could check my computer and see if I have a decoder installed, but I have to click on continue and get validation.

It prompted me to download something that would, I guess, tell me if I have this decoder thing or not.

I have a HP Media Center PC. I NEVER have had a problem playing dvds.

When I pop in this Avatar it gives me other options besides Windows Media player. I tried all of them.

Nothing works. I clicked on the "Real Player" option and I got this screen saying there are two versions. A $39.99 real player and a free two week version".

What the heck is going on?

All I want to do is play my Avatar.

Help pulllleeeeeze.

Melody

P.S. I pulled out my old portable dvd player and I'm watching Avatar. I don't care how small the screen is, I ADORE THIS MOVIE. It puts me in a whole different zone. Very calming

But I WOULD really like to know what happened to my lightscribe dvd player thingee

Jomar 05-13-2010 11:24 PM

You probably do need to get the decoder - most likely due to the new parts that got installed. Whatever you had before that worked must got removed during the changes.

bernclay2 05-14-2010 01:00 AM

Having the motherboard changed would almost certainly cause this kind of issue. Not just with this but I am sure other things you used to do will be effected too and may need to be reloaded.

For a computer person the fix would be relatively easy. They would just get on the internet and download whatever decoder was needed. The best thing to do is get a friend who is into computers to take a look, it should not be hard for them to fix. If that’s not possible, you may want to call or go to the place that did the motherboard work and see if they will help you out. Since you already paid them they may be willing to help.

Some decoders cost money and some don't. Someone into computers should be able to download a decoder for free.

I hope this was helpful.

Bernclay- :holysheep:

mrsD 05-14-2010 05:46 AM

When our laptop died, so did the stuff that came with it. If you didn't have system rescue discs, and/or they were not installed when you had your fixes, then the decoder is gone. (when you buy a computer there are things like decoders already installed on them as part of the package). Sounds like your computer fix gave you a bare bones unit back.

We downloaded one from the net. It was free. (our son's advice)
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

This works INSTEAD of Windows Media Player. It works fine.

Hubby says you have to right click on "play with" command that comes up when you put the DVD in and CHOOSE VLC or set it as your default.

MelodyL 05-14-2010 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrsD (Post 654539)
When our laptop died, so did the stuff that came with it. If you didn't have system rescue discs, and/or they were not installed when you had your fixes, then the decoder is gone. (when you buy a computer there are things like decoders already installed on them as part of the package). Sounds like your computer fix gave you a bare bones unit back.

We downloaded one from the net. It was free. (our son's advice)
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

This works INSTEAD of Windows Media Player. It works fine.

Hubby says you have to right click on "play with" command that comes up when you put the DVD in and CHOOSE VLC or set it as your default.


Aha!!! I just went to the site, and decided to download the first option. Something about videolan.

So it gave me a message saying "you already have Videolan something or other on your computer (now last night, when I tried to play my dvd, it got like 6 options to choose from to play the dvd. When I had no luck with the real player or the Media center thingee, I clicked on the option that said Videolan (so yeah, it DID give me that option). but I couldn't play the dvd.

So fast forward right now, and when I was prompted "do you want to overwrite the videolan software and install this NEW thing, I simply said "yes", and clicked on Uninstall, and then it did it's thing and then it INSTALLED this videolan thing.

I am now going to attempt to play my Avatar dvd.

let's see what happens.

be right back.

And THANKS MUCH, IF THIS THING WORKS.

lol

Melody

MelodyL 05-14-2010 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrsD (Post 654539)
When our laptop died, so did the stuff that came with it. If you didn't have system rescue discs, and/or they were not installed when you had your fixes, then the decoder is gone. (when you buy a computer there are things like decoders already installed on them as part of the package). Sounds like your computer fix gave you a bare bones unit back.

We downloaded one from the net. It was free. (our son's advice)
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

This works INSTEAD of Windows Media Player. It works fine.

Hubby says you have to right click on "play with" command that comes up when you put the DVD in and CHOOSE VLC or set it as your default.


Well, I put in the dvd of Avatar (which plays perfectly on my dvd player by the way).

So up comes all the prompts that I can choose from to play a dvd.

I chose the VLC thing.

This is what I got on the screen.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file "dvd:E:\".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:E:\'. Check the log for details.
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Okay, WHAT DO I DO NOW???

lol

Melody

mrsD 05-14-2010 10:32 AM

Did you reboot after installing it?

MelodyL 05-14-2010 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrsD (Post 654612)
Did you reboot after installing it?

Oh!!!!!!!

lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

Be right back

lol
Melody

MelodyL 05-14-2010 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrsD (Post 654612)
Did you reboot after installing it?

Nothing worked.

I rebooted it, I inserted the dvd.

Got the same message

---------------------------------------------
File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file "dvd:E:\".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:E:\'. Check the log for details.
-----------------------------------------------------

What exactly does this message mean anyway?

I'm doomed, DOOMED I SAY!!
lol
melody

mrsD 05-14-2010 11:23 AM

On our computer, the DVD is assigned to the D drive. Go into my computer and look to see where yours is.

I can't ask my son as he is at Disney World until late Sunday.

E is typically for external harddrives or backups.

I have no idea what is going on with yours, or the E drive business. Our use of that program was simple. Hubby did it and he is no whiz by any means!

Jomar 05-14-2010 11:26 AM

maybe a bad download or install of that one.. might have to remove it and try again
or

try something on this page-
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...r/plugins.aspx

Do you have everything updated? XP, win media player etc?

MelodyL 05-14-2010 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrsD (Post 654633)
On our computer, the DVD is assigned to the D drive. Go into my computer and look to see where yours is.

I can't ask my son as he is at Disney World until late Sunday.

E is typically for external harddrives or backups.

I have no idea what is going on with yours, or the E drive business. Our use of that program was simple. Hubby did it and he is no whiz by any means!

I LOVE YOU!!!!!!

Even before I read your latest post, I went to my computer, I saw Avatar was in Drive E. I right clicked and it asked me what I wanted to open with, I saw VLC and I clicked on that.

I AM NOW WATCHING AVATAR.

I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


lol

melody

MelodyL 05-14-2010 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jo*mar (Post 654634)
maybe a bad download or install of that one.. might have to remove it and try again
or

try something on this page-
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...r/plugins.aspx

Do you have everything updated? XP, win media player etc?

Well, I'M STILL DOOMED!!!

I still love ya Mrs. D,

BUT.

I was in the middle of watching my beautiful avatar when the screen froze, and then it changed and when I went to play it again (I took out the dvd and put it back again), it told me
'
VLC MEDIA PLAYER JUST CRASHED, DO YOU WANT TO SEND A BUG REPORT.

I clicked on Send.

Then I tried to watch it once again, and here's what I got on the screen

----------------------------------------------------------------

File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file "dvd:E:\".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:E:\'. Check the log for details.
File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file "dvd:E:\".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:E:\'. Check the log for details.

--------------------------------------------------------------

So do I uninstall the vlc thing and re-install it?

Thanks much

I'm going to give up soon.

lol
Melody

mrsD 05-14-2010 01:04 PM

Try another DVD.... Avatar may be pushing the envelope with data. That is a complex movie, etc.

If the other DVD crashes, then yes, I'd reinstall. Make sure you have enough RAM for this?

Otherwise we wait for my son to get home. See what he thinks.

mrsD 05-15-2010 06:47 AM

There is a site on the web my husband really likes and this link is from Kim's Komando site for another player...

http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=2187

You might try this one, Mel. Sometimes it is slow, so be patient.
If you click her bio link first, then often you can get into the downloads section more easily. This is a very popular and well thought of website for tech help. Her bio is very interesting too and worth reading.

MelodyL 05-15-2010 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrsD (Post 654866)
There is a site on the web my husband really likes and this link is from Kim's Komando site for another player...

http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=2187

You might try this one, Mel. Sometimes it is slow, so be patient.
If you click her bio link first, then often you can get into the downloads section more easily. This is a very popular and well thought of website for tech help. Her bio is very interesting too and worth reading.

Okay, first I'll try and play another dvd. then I'll go to your link.

And we have 2 gigs of ram. That should be plenty.

Will update and I thank you.

Mel

MelodyL 05-15-2010 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrsD (Post 654659)
Try another DVD.... Avatar may be pushing the envelope with data. That is a complex movie, etc.

If the other DVD crashes, then yes, I'd reinstall. Make sure you have enough RAM for this?

Otherwise we wait for my son to get home. See what he thinks.


Okay Mrs. D.

Tried a different DVD, a Disney one. Clicked on the VLC option to play and I got this message.

-----------------------------------------------------
File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file "dvd:E:\".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:E:\'. Check the log for details.
--------------------------------------------------------

I shall now try that link you provided.

Mel

MelodyL 05-15-2010 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrsD (Post 654866)
There is a site on the web my husband really likes and this link is from Kim's Komando site for another player...

http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=2187

You might try this one, Mel. Sometimes it is slow, so be patient.
If you click her bio link first, then often you can get into the downloads section more easily. This is a very popular and well thought of website for tech help. Her bio is very interesting too and worth reading.

Okay, here's what happened. I went to the komando .com link that you provided and downloaded MPlayer for Windows. It's there on my screen as a desktop icon. I can open it up, (so I know it's installed).

I put in my avatar dvd, and all the options came up, Real Player, Windows Media Center, VLC, etc, BUT NO MPLAYER.

So I went to my computer, found Avatar and right clicked and it did not give me the option of opening this up in MPlayer

So how can I have Mplayer on my computer but it doesn't give me the option of using it?

And I tried to play the Avatar again using the VLC, and guess what? It worked. I played Avatar, BUT....when I went to find the chapter that I had left off (right in the middle of Avatar), the whole screen changed, (with lines on it) so no more avatar.

THEN I FOUND THIS SITE.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Now can I download this thing, and will it replace the media center I have, is it free, and will it THEN allow me to view my dvds.

I also tried to play the disney dvd in VLC, and sure enough, it played for 5 minutes, but then it stopped and the whole screen went off.

I have no idea what I'm doing.

Melody

I'm going to try and uninstall the VLC and try re-installing it.

But please ask your son what the heck I can further do to watch Avatar.

thanks much

Melody

MelodyL 05-15-2010 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrsD (Post 654866)
There is a site on the web my husband really likes and this link is from Kim's Komando site for another player...

http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=2187

You might try this one, Mel. Sometimes it is slow, so be patient.
If you click her bio link first, then often you can get into the downloads section more easily. This is a very popular and well thought of website for tech help. Her bio is very interesting too and worth reading.


Okay, new news.

I went to the computer place where I had my motherboard replaced, told the guy what happened, and he said "oh, what probably happened is we didn't install a decoder". So I said 'well, can you give me disc with it on, and tell me how to do it?

He said "no, you don't need to do that, I'll show you, you need to download CODEC. And he took me over to his computer, went to this site

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

and told me that they will validate that I have authentic windows software and it will prompt me to download a codec decoder.

I told him to copy and paste this link and email it me.

I returned home, checked my email, saw what he sent to me, clicked on it. I got validated, I downloaded whatever it said to download

Initially I got this message


"'windows Media player 10. This version of Windows Media technology is incompatible with this version of Windows. For more info view the info at Microsoft website".

So I checked to see what version of Media player I had by going to Control Panel and looking at add and remove programs and it indicated I had Windows Media Player 11.

So I then went back to codec and downloaded

FFDShow which is a codec pack.

I have no idea what this means, but I assumed I was downloading a dvd decoder thingee.

Well, I did the installation, it installed, I rebooted.

And when i put in Avatar and chose Windows Media Center, I get "you have no decoder".

And when i click on the option Windows Media Player, WELL IT COMES UP, but it tells me to check my resolution and lower it. I did this.

Nothing happened, so I restored my resolution to what it was before.

So what do I do now.

the guy said I needed a codec decoder. I downloaded a codec decoder. So what did I do wrong?

I'm still DOOOOOOOMEEED

lol

Melody,

P.S. I really am trying here.

mrsD 05-15-2010 06:29 PM

A friend of ours has a new in Aug 09 Dell laptop with Vista.
She cannot play certain things on it and gets that same message.

3 people have tried to fix it and cannot. I'll ask my son when he gets home (he is out of town now), and see what he says. Probably won't be until Monday or after, as he has to get back to work etc. He'll most likely be exhausted from Disney World! ;)

I have to wonder however, if your drive is not working right. Playing for a while and then stopping is kind of suspect about the drive.

Jomar 05-15-2010 10:53 PM

I wonder if you copy the dvd to your hard drive and play it from there....:confused:
if it will copy anyway...
the dvd drive could be dirty /dusty inside or going bad as mrsD mentions.

the dvd disk itself is clean and not scratched or smudged up?

bernclay2 05-16-2010 01:46 AM

Since you went back to the shop and they were willing to help, and since you’re having so much trouble, it may be worth it for you to go back with your computer and let the guy fix it on the spot with you there. Make sure to bring your Avatar DVD with you so that you can test it before you leave. Again, I would say if you know a computer person having them come over is still your best option.

From what you have been saying I think it is a good possibility that you are having compatibility issues and someone with some experience just needs to sort it all out.

However, I would agree with one of the previous posts that it is also a possibility that your drive is physically failing. It could even be both issues together.

I hope this helped a little, sorry I can’t do more. God Bless You.

Bernclay- :holysheep:

Jomar 05-16-2010 02:11 AM

well I grabbed one of our dvd movies and mine won't play anything either - i don't get any pop ups or notices - nothing.

tried it on both xp & Linux Ubuntu 10.05 or whatever the version # is..

but didn't reboot yet.
I'll try it in the morning after the restart if I have time.

MelodyL 05-16-2010 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrsD (Post 655013)
A friend of ours has a new in Aug 09 Dell laptop with Vista.
She cannot play certain things on it and gets that same message.

3 people have tried to fix it and cannot. I'll ask my son when he gets home (he is out of town now), and see what he says. Probably won't be until Monday or after, as he has to get back to work etc. He'll most likely be exhausted from Disney World! ;)

I have to wonder however, if your drive is not working right. Playing for a while and then stopping is kind of suspect about the drive.

Okay, something new has developed.

I uninstalled the VCLan thing and re-installed it.

I then tried to play ALL OF MY DVDS. and when I pop in a dvd, the options come up and I try and select VLC thing and it get the failure message.

However!!!

If I pop in the dve, and I x out the options, and I go to my computer, and I see 'AVATAR in the E drive, I right click on it and select "open with VLC" and it opens and then it it is a (I don't know how to explain this), but dvd plays but it sounds like people are gargling when they talk, and the dvd moves slowly, in spurts.

This happens with ALL of my dvds.

So VLC works but it doesn't work.

I am now going to go online and find another dvd player thing.

If I succeed, I succeed, if I don't, and I don't know how I can test my dvd lightscribe thing to see if it's actually the lightscribe thing or the VLC player itself.

Well, maybe when your son comes home, he can give a few tips.

I only wish I had a better relationship with my own son, the computer genius. If I told him this, he would say "See, I told you life sucks and why do we exist??"

sigh!!!

Melody

mrsD 05-16-2010 12:22 PM

Can you play music on that drive? Try that too.

What does my computer say is on the D drive?

Did the drive work before your repair person touched it?

Jomar 05-16-2010 02:33 PM

I updated to WMP 11 last nite and am getting a lot of Microsoft updates for it today..
so maybe mine will play after those are all done.

Mel - what version windows media player do you have?
maybe you need to upgrade & update too.

I just don't use mine much so haven't kept it up to date.

in the WMP settings there is a tab with check box to get codecs automatically .

I have 2 cd/dvd drives and neither one will play the movie - but they read/write just fine - so it is the something with the WMP settings or the codecs on my system...

MelodyL 05-16-2010 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jo*mar (Post 655261)
I updated to WMP 11 last nite and am getting a lot of Microsoft updates for it today..
so maybe mine will play after those are all done.

Mel - what version windows media player do you have?
maybe you need to upgrade & update too.

I just don't use mine much so haven't kept it up to date.

in the WMP settings there is a tab with check box to get codecs automatically .

I have 2 cd/dvd drives and neither one will play the movie - but they read/write just fine - so it is the something with the WMP settings or the codecs on my system...



Hi. I just went to control panel, to add/remove programs just to see what version of Windows media player I had. Windows Media Player 11


Should I update this? How do I update this? Where do I find WMP settings. I did try and download the codec thing but it said it's not compatible.

And I never thought of putting in a cd to play music. I have two rom thingees. One is the dvd lightscribe thing, and the other is a plain old cd rom thing.

I can put a regular music cd in the dvd lightscribe thing and see if it plays music?

thanks much

Melody

I am doomed.

P.S. I don't have any CD's to put in this thing. I never use cds. I have my ipod

MelodyL 05-16-2010 10:24 PM

Jo and Mrs. D.

I decided to do a search on my computer for the codec thing that I downloaded the other day. I found it and clicked on install and I got this message:

THE CODEC PACKAGE FOR 7+ PLAYER HAS BEEN INSTALLED SUCCESSFULLY.

Then I get the following message:

WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 10
This version of Windows Media Player is incompatible with this version of Windows.

Then it gives me a link to go to a specific website.

I went here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...Downloads.aspx

Now here's my dilemma. I obviously have Windows Media Player 11 because when I went to Control Panel, add and remove programs, that's the only media player that was there and it said "Windows Media Player 11".

So what is this little message telling me about Windows Media Player 10? Is it telling me I should have 10, and that' why this codec thing is not working. Did I download the wrong codec player? What is 7+

I am thoroughly confused.

But I am going to do what Jo suggested and go and try and fine this WMP settings and try and find where it says "get codec automatically"


UPDATE, UPDATE UPDATE.

I found the Tools, Options, and where it says "get codecs automatically", and it WAS checked. It also asked me when I wanted updates and I checked 'daily", instead of once a week.

Now how do I go about getting the correct CODEC?

THANKS MUCH
Melody

And Mrs. D. Before the computer guy changed my motherboard, everything worked FINE. I played dvds just fine.
thanks much

mrsD 05-17-2010 06:26 AM

Try putting the DVD in the CD drive. I have only one drive and it plays both. (in the D drive). Since your prompts are for the E drive, the D drive might work.

I don't know why you have two drives. The E drive might be a "write only" one?

I would look up your computer in Help and put in an E drive search.
See what it says about it.

I looked up Lightscribe: This is a BURN program. I think it is for copying DVDs to another disc. IF it is on your Edrive...that is an "external" drive, and maybe your players are only designed for the D drive. So please do try to play your movie off the D drive other CD rom.

MelodyL 05-17-2010 10:08 AM

Okay, NOW GET READY TO REALLY BE CONFUSED.

I tried to play my dvd in the regular CD rom drive (which is located right under the lightscribe thing). By the way, before I changed motherboards, I ONLY PLAYED DVDS in the lightscribe thing and I never had a problem

so just now I did as you suggested. I took a Disney DVD and put it in the CD rom drive. NOTHING HAPPENED. I then went to my computer and it didn't even register as being in the CD from drive.

This is what it says on the My computer screen.

Local Drive - C Local Drive D

Devices with removable storage

DVD-RW DRIVE E CD DRIVE - F REMOVABLE DISC - G

REMOVABLE DISK-H REMOVABLE DISK - I REMOVABLE DISC - J

So essentially I have two local drives. C and D
A dvd rewritable drive, a cd drive

and 4 Removable disc drives (whatever the heck this is I have no idea).

I do remember one thing. When I did the motherboard thing and the guy put everything back so I would not have to re-format my hard drive, he told me I partitioned your hard drive, you now have two hard drives.

I have no idea what this means, or what it does.

I go on the internet, with no problem. I go into my word processing software with no problem. I use my webcam with no problem.

But I cannot play dvds anywhere (because I don't have a dvd decoder codecs thingee).

that much I know.

So I want to know exactly which codecs thingee that I have to download so it will hook up with my Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center (or wherever codecs belongs), so I can once again play my AVATAR.

Thanks much
Melody

mrsD 05-17-2010 10:14 AM

I betcha your player info is in the other partition!

I don't know how to partition drives, or access the other side!

I betcha your info is there, someplace!

What did he do that for? I'd call him up and ask how to get to the other partition!

MelodyL 05-17-2010 10:24 AM

Well, guess what I did. After putting in the movie in the CD Rom drive and NOTHING happened, I found one of my husband's old Stock Training DVD's . On this cd it says "place the Cd-rom in your CD-rom drive. Video menu should appear automatically. click any chapter title to view movie.

IT WORKED. I did this in both drives. The C and the E.

It worked in both drives. At the top of the screen (as the thing was playing), it said "Quick Start.avi-Camptasia Player (which I then looked up on the internet and it's an avi file player. So what I get from this is that my computer can play avi files but not MOVIE DVD's???????????????????

I still have to download a codecs player. They want $14.99 for some codecs pack. I'm not paying anything because this all worked fine BEFORE i went to the computer guy.

I'm going there now and get more info. But what I really don't want to do is unplug this whole computer, carry it into the store, have him do whatever he has to do, lug it home, re-hook it up.

I mean, really?? just to play dvd's.

I'll buy a dvd player and hook it up to my living room tv.

Oh, in my bedroom, I have a regular tv without the red yellow and white inputs.
Can I hook up a dvd player to a tv that has a vcr, and cable box, but the front and back of my tv has no red, white and yellow inputs?

If I bought a dvd player and brought it into my bedroom, how would I hook it up?

Thanks to anyone who knows. You guys know WAY more than I could ever know.

BUT I CAN LEARN.

lol
melody

Jomar 05-17-2010 11:45 AM

partitioning the hard drive- if you have a large one it is nice to have it divided up for safety, backups etc.

my 320gig is in 3 sections - 1 for Linux ubuntu {the dual boot part of my system}, 2 is a copy/clone of my XP on the other hard drive for backups and if a major crash, 3 is blank but I can use it for storage or add another Linux prgm if I want to.

Usually the partitioning adds drive letters
by default -
c is main drive unless someone changes that
d & e are the cd/dvd drives
f,g,h etc are the other partitions
if you plug in a usb drive that adds more drive letters also


a dvd player should plug in to the vcr or possibly the cable box -
most likely the VCR - if not in the front the hookups are in the back.

Jomar 05-17-2010 01:47 PM

well I am giving up on getting mine to play DVD movies for now.

I don't know what the problem is.
Mel when you click your drive letter whehn there is a dvd in it does it show the files or anything??
mine doesn't even "see" that a disk is in it.
I tried 3 movies/dvd

none will even show anything file wise when they are in the drives.

my drives all function for data/music/burning
I checked the properties on them, checked the MWP settings/options so i am stuck on this one.

MelodyL 05-17-2010 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jo*mar (Post 655608)
well I am giving up on getting mine to play DVD movies for now.

I don't know what the problem is.
Mel when you click your drive letter whehn there is a dvd in it does it show the files or anything??
mine doesn't even "see" that a disk is in it.
I tried 3 movies/dvd

none will even show anything file wise when they are in the drives.

my drives all function for data/music/burning
I checked the properties on them, checked the MWP settings/options so i am stuck on this one.


Jo:

I know EXACTLY what you are talking about. My dvd doesn't show up in the my computer thing either. The only time a dvd shows up is when I insert Avatar. Then if I go to my computer....there it is ....on Drive E.

If I insert any other dvd, nothing comes up in my computer. Doesn't matter anyway because I CAN'T PLAY ANYTHING.

Oh, I went to the computer guy earlier. He listened, said "bring it in, I'll fix it for you". I said "I gave you plenty of money already, and he said "yeah, don't worry, I'll fix it for you".

I told him "if you think I'm unplugging everything and lugging that stupid computer here, and then he laughed and said: "oh, I REMEMBER YOU NOW, YOU CAME IN WITH YOUR COMPUTER IN THAT WHEELY THING".

I said "that's me" and he said "bring it in".

I said 'when I get the chance, but don't hold your breath."

I laughed, he laughed, my computer is laughing.

And Jo: you said:

my 320gig is in 3 sections - 1 for Linux ubuntu {the dual boot part of my system}, 2 is a copy/clone of my XP on the other hard drive for backups and if a major crash, 3 is blank but I can use it for storage or add another Linux prgm if I want to.

Usually the partitioning adds drive letters
by default -
c is main drive unless someone changes that
d & e are the cd/dvd drives
f,g,h etc are the other partitions
if you plug in a usb drive that adds more drive letters also


I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT YOU WROTE.

lol lol lol lol

Partitioning, linux prgm, copy/clone, etc. etc.

I STILL USE VCR's.

lol
Melody

Jomar 05-17-2010 05:50 PM

That other part was about Partitions of the hard drive.

basically you can make smaller sections {partitions} on a large hard drive and it makes the system think they are separate drives.

MelodyL 05-17-2010 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jo*mar (Post 655647)
That other part was about Partitions of the hard drive.

basically you can make smaller sections {partitions} on a large hard drive and it makes the system think they are separate drives.

And what does one do with these separate drives? Because I went into my computer, right clicked on FGHIJ, and each time, THERE WAS NOTHING.

So why do I have all these drives?

Melody

allentgamer 05-18-2010 03:39 AM

Wow! This is a pretty bad problem LOL!!

Mel you can hook up your DVD player to your tv. Use the yellow, red, and white RCA plugs. Just make sure your using the video and audio out on the DVD, and video, audio in on the tv.

Sounds to me that your computer guy partitioned your hard drive which will give you another drive making 2 or more on one hard drive. A lot of times I do this for people also, and what I put on the partitioned drive is an image of the C drive. This way if anything happens to the C drive you can go to the partition and bring your C drive back to what it was on day one.

You should ask the computer guy if this is what he did, and have him show you how to use it. Some computer guys dont like to let that info out because you have to bring it in every time something goes wrong, and then he just uses the information stored on the partition to bring back the C drive to the image he installed. Which is what you had when you turned it on the first day after bringing it home. Then they charge for fixing it again.

One thing you can do is uninstall media player 11, then install media player 10, then use the link he gave you for the codec which works for media player 10. Just remember you did this so when your windows has updates, make sure you dont just let windows update automatically. First see what the updates are and uncheck the media player 11 update. Usually you will only have to do this one time, but each time you look at what windows wants to update you will see it, but it should remain unchecked.

I never let windows update automatically because there is a lot of things you do not really need. The most important things you do want is the defender updates, and any that would update your explorer if you use that.

You might try this media player
http://majorgeeks.com/Best_Media_Player_d6220.html

You can also browse the multimedia selections at that website, but I would definitely go see your computer guy and ask
1. Did he put a image of your C drive, or recovery information on one of those partitions. If he didnt then..
2. Ask him if he would image the c drive on one of the partitions, and show you how to use it to recover your C drive.
3.Ask him how many partitions you now have, and what are on those partitions if anything.

allentgamer 05-18-2010 03:48 AM

I forgot to add that having partitions is a good thing. If he made the partition big enough you can save all your photo's, music, or any information you want to keep that could be potentially lost if you lose drive c from virus etc.

The reason is that the c drive is the only drive affected when windows crashes, or a virus, or corrupted file etc. The only thing that would cause you to lose the information on the other partitions is if the hard drive does go out. So even though you have these things saved there it is still a good idea to back up anything you want to save, but it will be safe there as long s the hard drive works.

MelodyL 05-18-2010 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allentgamer (Post 655778)
I forgot to add that having partitions is a good thing. If he made the partition big enough you can save all your photo's, music, or any information you want to keep that could be potentially lost if you lose drive c from virus etc.

The reason is that the c drive is the only drive affected when windows crashes, or a virus, or corrupted file etc. The only thing that would cause you to lose the information on the other partitions is if the hard drive does go out. So even though you have these things saved there it is still a good idea to back up anything you want to save, but it will be safe there as long s the hard drive works.

Hi.

Okay, let me begin with THANK YOU!!!
Lots of info. Didn't understand most of it.
BUT....lots of info. lol

Now, I clicked on the link you gave me (for the media player).

I can't find where I'm supposed to download the media player.

There is so much info on that website, exactly WHAT am I supposed to download.

So if you could just be a bit more specific, let's say, "melody, go to that site, you'll this this link....blah blah blah, just click on it, and follow download instructions'. that much I CAN follow".

And you want to hear something funny?

The people around the corner and next door to me, think I'm a computer genius. When their stuff acts up, I get a phone call, I rush over there, (this happened last night). No computer, no electric, no nothing. I simply walked over to the extension cord with the 5 outlets, I reset the button, I turned on the computer AND MOSES PARTED THE RED SEA.

You should have seen them whooping and hollering as if I did something INTELLIGENT. I looked at them, laughed and said "don't give me any credit for this, I just re-set your surge thing". They didn't care.

Then they said "we got mom the Jitterbug, how do we use this'.

I saw the new Red Jitterbug phone, and said 'oh wow, I always wanted to know how this gizmo works", only we don't even know your phone number".

So I turn it on, I look at the accompanying paperwork, I look at the box it came in, no phone number.

I call the customer care number and the guy says 'Hi this is Mitchell, how may I help you with your Jitterbug today"? and I said 'how do we find what the phone number is?" and Mitchell goes

"Open the phone, and I said 'yeah, it's opened". He said "look at the screen", and I said 'yeah, I'm looking at the screen". He said

"IT'S THE FIRST NUMBER RIGHT ON TOP, IT WILL ALWAYS BE THERE WHEN SHE OPENS THE PHONE".

I burst out laughing and pointed to her phone number (she's 78) and she needed her first cell phone to be easy and A LOUD VOLUME RINGER.

So I thank MItchell, hang up, and now we test the ringer.

She could NOT hear it. I phone back the guy, and I follow simple instructions and we set the volume on MAX, and BAM, she can hear it.

So if anyone is interested in getting a JITTERBUG,

THIS I CAN HELP YOU WITH.

lol


Now, Allentgamer, if you could be so kind and to help me out with what I am downloading from that site,

I SHALL BESTOW THOUSANDS OF BLESSINGS UPON YOU.

I JUST WANT TO PLAY MY AVATAR DVD.

lol

Melody
P.S. Thanks ever so much

Melody, (the new Jitterbug expert)


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