my laptop doesn't even detect the discs, but they work fine on the other com. these discs are from a box set of 18 discs. a lot of them cannot work on my standard dvd player.
2007-03-14 05:02:02 · 5 answers · asked by Greg 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
ron c, i've tried that and it don't work.
lapy these are supposed to be movie dvds, but they could be burnt for all i know.
dogpoop i think u've got the best solution. not much i can do.
2007-03-15 00:24:20 · update #1
you probably need toi install addl codecs for your laptop to be able to read them. also you didn't specify whether you were referring to movies or data dvd's. If it's data that you're referring to... then there are different types of dvd drives and discs. Perhaps the discs that are not capable of working on yours are DVD-RAM's and you don't have a dvd-drive capable of reading those. (versus your friend's laptop which can)
2007-03-14 17:55:15 · answer #1 · answered by lapyramid 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason for this is because there are soo many different types of compressors that change the format of the video and for every different compressor there is something called "codecs" and you need a different "codec" for every type of video file..my suggestion to you is to try using widows media player to watch the DVD and be online when you do so..usually widows media will ask you if you want it to search for the proper codec to view the video file..and ofcourse you are going to say yes..if by some chance the video was done with some second generation software chances are windows media player will not find a codec for it.if that be the case i suggest you use software like windvd creator to change the dvd file to an AVI file ..good luck .and also there could just be a chance that the dvd is no good...i've bought boxes of blank dvd's where i had a few that were just junk..
2007-03-14 05:15:58 · answer #2 · answered by rcbrokebones 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, the Lasers in DVD drives are screwey, and some will read one kind of dye on the discs but not another, others will read exactly the opposite. I have three DVD burners, and sometimes a disc I burn will play in two but not three, sometimes only one, sometimes (mostly) all three. My only hint is to buy good blank media and burn at less than the maximum speed if possible. Maybe you could reburn the ones that won't play on your laptop to new media on another machine? If it would be worth the trouble, anyway.
2007-03-14 05:41:19 · answer #3 · answered by dogpoop 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This happen to my Dell too, after I change my DVD drive working fine. I will say your DVD drive going bad
2007-03-14 05:23:03 · answer #4 · answered by Glen H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
download a vlc player. i had this problem and it worked it practically plays every format imaginable.. just go to http://www.videolan.org/vlc/.
2007-03-14 06:24:50 · answer #5 · answered by trekkie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋