I can explore the drive, even in media player. This is an older laptop that can pretty much only run win 98. But theres no reason it shouldnt be able to play it. It had a crappy trial version dvd player and that worked. (but not good enough to use)
Whats the problem with media player?
If it wont, what dvd players will work in win98?
2007-11-28 14:28:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
And I have all updates for win98 and media player on here, all it says is no disc in D: yet I can explore it from media player if i hit open. But there are no files that are able to be open by media player on the any disc Ive tried.
2007-11-28 14:30:06 · update #1
Its not an issue of codecs, it doesnt show that anything can be open.
2007-11-28 14:34:28 · update #2
I recieve no such error message that it doesnt have enough video ram. Wrong.
2007-11-28 14:35:17 · update #3
Cirric>Can we not read? It DOES work on a trial version of a program. Why wont media player run it?
2007-11-28 14:36:14 · update #4
Parv>Divx will not run under 98. That was the first thing i thought of.
2007-11-28 14:36:56 · update #5
Cleo>Do you know how to read? It will only run win98!
2007-11-29 10:03:08 · update #6
Media player doesn't do DVD's out of the box. You have to BUY the codec from Microsoft. here is the link:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/plugins.aspx
I say screw that! There is a free alternative, and it runs smoother as far as I can tell. It's called VLC Media player. It's free, it's legal, and it will play your dvd's.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
2007-11-28 14:37:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
as the person above said, download the vlc media player. It can play any video format on the internet and even repair corrupted videos:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
2007-11-28 14:42:40 · answer #2 · answered by terry n 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi. A DVD requires quite a bit of speed to play. Your machine may just be not fast enough.
2007-11-28 14:34:00 · answer #3 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
update a new window , that could help. Mine is wind98 too. It gets fine whenever i update a new windows.
Good Luck!!
2007-11-28 20:19:38 · answer #4 · answered by cleopatra 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
download thishttp://www.divx.com/ and will never see the problem and you don't have to buy it. just download it.
2007-11-28 14:34:01 · answer #5 · answered by parveen_bansiwal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
get codecs dude...from free-codecs.com
eBRo
2007-11-28 14:31:59 · answer #6 · answered by sys admin 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not enough graphic memory to support it .
2007-11-28 14:32:07 · answer #7 · answered by Murtagh 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋