I have a Compaq PC, Windows XP, pentium III
2006-08-28 05:58:15 · 7 answers · asked by mnl318 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Can you watch a dvd in a cd player? It's all about hardware. Where you put the cd in, while the drive is closed, look at the writing on it.
CompactDisc : Plays CDs
DVD Video : Plays DVDs
DVD Rom : Plays DVDs
there are lots more logos, which also include burning cds, dvds, etc, but basically if it says DVD anywhere, you can play a DVD, if it doesn't you cant. You need to buy another cd/dvd drive.
Many computers old enough to have a Pentium III dont come standard with this capability
2006-08-28 06:07:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a DVD drive and not a software, you can buy various DVD player software or down load some basic DVD player software from Internet.
If you have both the drive and software, some DVD may be scratched, or burned in slightly different format. they simply wont play and you might get some type of 'read error'
2006-08-28 06:09:10 · answer #2 · answered by John D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean it shows a blank DVD as not being inserted into the drive, this is normal. Use Nero to burn to a blank DVD.
I don't know what is going on if you insert a DVD with stuff already burned on it but cannot see it. Sorry.
Do you have a DVD player? CD players don't read DVDs.
2006-08-28 06:04:45 · answer #3 · answered by Zelda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you've a decoder deploy on your computer it really is a dvd decoder corel is the organization that taken over intervideo win dvd,living house windows media participant actually have a area that you'll receive a dvd decoder the great i got here across became intervideo windvd 7 works large
2016-12-05 19:39:43 · answer #4 · answered by barras 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not the software, but the hardware. you need to have a DVD drive. You may only have a CD-ROM, which will read roms, not DVDS...might be time for an upgrade
2006-08-28 06:02:02 · answer #5 · answered by mlb0328 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are these burned dvds? because they might not have been burned correctly. windows media player should read normal dvds. you might want to try updating your version of the player.
2006-08-28 06:02:14 · answer #6 · answered by rchilly2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i use VLC for all formats of files including dvd's u can download it from http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
2006-08-28 06:02:22 · answer #7 · answered by Paultech 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋