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Come Inside... => The Computer Room => Topic started by: Grumpmeister on May 22, 2007, 09:42:04 AM
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This is probably going to sound like a minor gripe but its bugging the hell out of me at the moment. I can't play DVD's on my PC any more but the software I use to convert my DVD collection so that I can watch them on my PDA when I'm travelling shows them in the preview screen.
Surely it should be a simple thing, if pqdvd can show the film as its converting then why the hell cant media player powerdvd or nero. I've reinstalled directX, graphics drivers, have gone through every single codec pack I can find, hell I've even reinstalled Windows twice and all that happens is that the player will look at the DVD, freeze, fart and fall over. Banghead
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Travel with a portable television. The rest I fail to understand at all! confused:
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This is probably going to sound like a minor gripe but its bugging the hell out of me at the moment. I can't play DVD's on my PC any more but the software I use to convert my DVD collection so that I can watch them on my PDA when I'm travelling shows them in the preview screen.
Surely it should be a simple thing, if pqdvd can show the film as its converting then why the hell cant media player powerdvd or nero. I've reinstalled directX, graphics drivers, have gone through every single codec pack I can find, hell I've even reinstalled Windows twice and all that happens is that the player will look at the DVD, freeze, fart and fall over. Banghead
Win XP is it?
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XP SP2, there is no way in hell I'd even consider touching vista for at least another 6 months. I'm letting all the muppets who bought it up in the initial frenzy pay to beta test it for me whistle:
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What if you tried loading WinDVD?
Also, have you checked the Event Viewer? It can be your best friend in such situations?
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Media player, WinDVD, PowerDVD, Nero Home Cinema, TCPMP desktop version and Realplayer.
The events log indicates a problem with the codecs but I've gone through god knows how many codec packs starting with the one I had installed before I upgraded my machine which initially worked.
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What if you remove all the codecs in Device Manager?
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Then it farts, falls over and reboots itself.
I'm starting to think its something to do with my graphics card, I'm planning on ordering an upgrade when I get paid anyway so I'll see if that has any effect.
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Then it farts, falls over and reboots itself.
I'm starting to think its something to do with my graphics card, I'm planning on ordering an upgrade when I get paid anyway so I'll see if that has any effect.
Take her to the cinema you cheapskate. ::)
"Lets sit in the back of my car and watch the movie on my PDA". noooo:
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Then it farts, falls over and reboots itself.
I'm starting to think its something to do with my graphics card, I'm planning on ordering an upgrade when I get paid anyway so I'll see if that has any effect.
That was my next suggestion?
Even if you have a cheap VGA card or something ? replace your current card with it and let the system sort out the drivers.
Then put the other card back ? might well fix it. happy088
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sleep021
Me falling asleep during this terribly dull thread. Do carry on.
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Then it farts, falls over and reboots itself.
I'm starting to think its something to do with my graphics card, I'm planning on ordering an upgrade when I get paid anyway so I'll see if that has any effect.
Take her to the cinema you cheapskate. ::)
"Lets sit in the back of my car and watch the movie on my PDA". noooo:
Hardly Darwin, but if I'm on the train (or in the office when I have the place to myself whistle: ) its far easier to have half a dozen memory cards wih a decent collection of films on than to get a portable dvd player and lug that and the DVD's round.
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Try a book. They seldom fail
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I tried that, but each time I'd get interrupted by someone who wanted to talk. Watching a film with my headphones on seems to say sod off to everyone. eyes:
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I tried that, but each time I'd get interrupted by someone who wanted to talk. Watching a film with my headphones on seems to say sod off to everyone. eyes:
Try wearing headphones while you read a book?
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That's what I do. Really I think he is just an illiterate, geeky, woosie boy. point:
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That's what I do. Really I think he is just an illiterate, geeky, woosie boy. point:
whistle:
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That's what I do. Really I think he is just an illiterate, geeky, woosie boy. point:
whistle:
I'm guessing that being literate means reading stories about children running round in pointed hats waving magic wands then m'dear point:
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censored: oof! redface: Only 59 days to go!!!
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Hey you call me a geek and a wuss then you have to expect some kind of retort Wench point:
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I know. I can dole it out, just not very good at taking it. sad24:
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I know. I can dole it out, just not very good at taking it. sad24:
Not this week anyway... ::)
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Did your problems start at the same or after you upgraded M$ Media Player?
I had that problem, it was to do with digital rights management getting out of hand.
I solved it by deleting Media Player and setting Winamp as my default player.
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Dont know yet but my new card is en route so I'll see what happens when I slot that in.
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Ok new card is in, I can now play the DVD's I've converted over to watch on my pda so I'm half way there. Now it just tells me that my resolution and colour settings are too high to play DVD's but lowering them still brings up the error message. pcwhack:
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Ok new card is in, I can now play the DVD's I've converted over to watch on my pda so I'm half way there. Now it just tells me that my resolution and colour settings are too high to play DVD's but lowering them still brings up the error message. pcwhack:
crash:
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I've spent too mch cash and taken too much time in building this machine the way I want it to try that approach Barman noooo:
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I've spent too mch cash and taken too much time in building this machine the way I want it to try that approach Barman noooo:
I imagine your new card to be quite high end so either the memory is being withheld or diverted or a mechanism is in place denying the rescources needed. It doesn't need much to play DVD's. about 16k
What architecture do you have PCI-E or AGP?
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Ok problwm solved although I'm buggered if I know why. I tried installing media player classic and now I can play DVD's on the other programs as well. As far as I know there arent any codec updates in the install. Having said that I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth. happy088
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Ok problwm solved although I'm buggered if I know why. I tried installing media player classic and now I can play DVD's on the other programs as well. As far as I know there arent any codec updates in the install. Having said that I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth. happy088
Hooray ? I will be able to sleep tonight at last? cloud9:
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I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth.
No, that's at the other end. whistle:
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I told you! It was the DRM thingys that was the trouble.
General Warning.
If you use Media Player. DO NOT UPGRADE.
Or: Use WinAmp Pro instead.