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leofox
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I have bought a DVD-Drive from a friend, but it can't play DVD's  . It works okay if i put a CD in it, but when i inserted the 8 Mile DVD it just loaded for a few minutes and then acted like the drive was empty .
Is this a software problem? If i just need to install the drivers than it's okay, but if the DVD player is broken, it would suxzzoorrz 
Does anyone know how i can fix this? |
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Arcane Wizard
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leofox wrote: If i just need to install the drivers than it's okay And you haven't installed the drivers because you figured all hardware needs drivers to work, except this dvd-rom drive?
Quote: but if the DVD player is broken, it would suxzzoorrz Did it work at your friend's place?
Test with other dvd's, maybe it's just the dvd that's scratched.
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leofox
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Arcane Wizard wrote: leofox wrote: If i just need to install the drivers than it's okay And you haven't installed the drivers because you figured all hardware needs drivers to work, except this dvd-rom drive?
Quote: but if the DVD player is broken, it would suxzzoorrz Did it work at your friend's place?
Test with other dvd's, maybe it's just the dvd that's scratched.
well, it has drivers, but they're the standard drivers from windows XP. maybe i need to install an other driver for this player. |
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Arcane Wizard
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If you don't know exactly what kind of dvd drive it is, use aida32, it'll probably also give a link straight to a website hwere you can download the latest drivers.
aida32: http://www.webattack.com/get/aida32.shtml |
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JoeImp
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And once you find out what it is, post the name of it here. XP home or pro? What are you using to view the dvd? have you tried launching powerdvd or something and trying to read from disc?
Btw Leofox, whats teh avatar from
Imp
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Jeremiah Walgren
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| You probably need a DVD decoder. At least, I think that's what it's called... |
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leofox
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JoeImp wrote: And once you find out what it is, post the name of it here. XP home or pro? What are you using to view the dvd? have you tried launching powerdvd or something and trying to read from disc?
Btw Leofox, whats teh avatar from
Imp
o, i already know what the name is, it's Samsung SD-608. I found it in Windows Device Manager (or whatever 'apparaatbeheer' is in English).
I tried opening it from My Computer, but that didn't work. I also tried PowerDVD and DVDecrypter.
And my avatar is XP-tan from the OS girls. |
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Arcane Wizard
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The way I see it there are at least 3 possible problems:
1) You still haven't installed the correct/latest drivers.
2) It's the disc, not the drive.
3) You dropped it during transport and broke it. (CD/DVD drive's can't take much)
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leofox
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Arcane Wizard wrote: The way I see it there are at least 3 possible problems:
Quote: 1) You still haven't installed the correct/latest drivers.
probably yes, i couldn't find them
Quote: 2) It's the disc, not the drive.
DVD players are supposed to play DVD-video are they? The disc i tested was 8 Mile.
Quote: 3) You dropped it during transport and broke it. (CD/DVD drive's can't take much)
it still works for regular CD's. |
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Arcane Wizard
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leofox wrote: probably yes, i couldn't find them
Download aida32, just do it.
Quote: Quote: 2) It's the disc, not the drive. DVD players are supposed to play DVD-video are they? The disc i tested was 8 Mile. |
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leofox
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Arcane Wizard wrote: leofox wrote: probably yes, i couldn't find them
Download aida32, just do it.
I have already downloaded it. Where is the link to the drivers?
Quote: Quote: Quote: 2) It's the disc, not the drive. DVD players are supposed to play DVD-video are they? The disc i tested was 8 Mile.
I have the right region, and the disc plays okay in the DVD player that's connected to the TV. |
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Arcane Wizard
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leofox wrote: Arcane Wizard wrote: leofox wrote: probably yes, i couldn't find them
Download aida32, just do it.
I have already downloaded it. Where is the link to the drivers?
Try using the program (for more than 2 seconds), look around, read what it has to say about your hardware, you'll find it. |
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Jeremiah Walgren
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| Guys, DVD drives need decoders to play DVDs. If it works with regular CDs, then it's not a hardware or driver problem. |
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Arcane Wizard
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Jeremiah Walgren wrote: Guys, DVD drives need decoders to play DVDs. If it works with regular CDs, then it's not a hardware or driver problem.
To play it yes, but a decoder won't make the OS see that there are files on the DVD, that can very well be a hardware problem (yes, even when CD's work perfectly) or a driver problem.
Quote: It works okay if i put a CD in it, but when i inserted the 8 Mile DVD it just loaded for a few minutes and then acted like the drive was empty |
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Jeremiah Walgren
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Quote: To play it yes, but a decoder won't make the OS see that there are files on the DVD, that can very well be a hardware problem (yes, even when CD's work perfectly) or a driver problem.
What has been tried is a DVD movie, not a DVD with data files on it. |
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leofox
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yeah, i don't have a data DVD here.
But if you put a DVD movie in the DVD Drive, you should see some files in Windows Explorer. |
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