# DVD error code question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-error-code-question/635164>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 19, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-error-code-question/635164 "2012-09-19T13:36:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-error-code-question/635164/1 "2012-09-19T13:36:11Z")

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I have one DVD in a series that won’t load although the rest of the series loads and plays. I’ve never had this happen with my DVD player before. I tried cleaning the DVD although it’s brand new and I just removed the factory seal. The screen displays “Cannot play this disc. DVD\_errlog5 0000010800E700FC000701010C00000000000000”. What does that mean?

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-error-code-question/635164/2 "2012-09-19T13:39:50Z")

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Do you have another DVD player, like on your computer, that you can test it on?

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-error-code-question/635164/3 "2012-09-19T13:59:29Z")

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Since this is about hardware, not software, moving from Cafe Society to IMHO, our advice forum.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-error-code-question/635164/4 "2012-09-21T11:20:14Z")

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> [@GreenElf](#):
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> I have one DVD in a series that won’t load although the rest of the series loads and plays. I’ve never had this happen with my DVD player before. I tried cleaning the DVD although it’s brand new and I just removed the factory seal. The screen displays “Cannot play this disc. DVD\_errlog5 0000010800E700FC000701010C00000000000000”. What does that mean?

We’ll likely need the exact name and model number of your DVD player to figure this out. I don’t think different players share error codes.