I’ve watched Lost in Translation, and the movie is so beautiful there are a few places I want to take screenshots. But the problem is, the LIT DVD doesn’t want to play in my DVD+RW (my only DVD drive on the computer).
I’ll get an error in powerDVD that “the tv output on your video card is not functioning properly.” The movie flat-out refuses to play in Windows Media Player. I know it has to be this DVD, since every other DVD I own works beautifully.
What’s the deal?
I don’t know why that’s happening, but I do know that the same DVD wouldn’t work in my Playstation. I suspect there’s some serious copyright protection on it, for whatever reason.
Using the Playstation to play DVDs, it’s something I run across every so often. Another one that just did not work was this tiny independant film called Melvin Goes To Dinner, and I tried two different copies.
So, sorry, this isn’t an answer, just commiseration.
ZJ
There’s a policy with some video card manufacturers that if the card has a video out, they want to prevent you from, I assume, copying the DVD to tape. Or something. Whatever the reason, they have implemented policies where certain copy protected DVDs will not even play.
It’s really stupid.
This may or may not be the cause of your problems, however.
o.o I’m sorry, but what videocard in this world DOESN’T have video-out?!
It can’t be anything that DVDDecrypter can’t handle, as I made a copy of this disc earlier this week - and it plays perfectly on my DVD players (Malata DVP-520 and a Toshiba SD-1600). The copy that is - I never tried playing the original disc in those machines.
ForumBot: Video-out usually refers to non-vga video outputs, like composite or s-video output (which could be used to output to a TV).
AFAIK there is no copy-protection scheme other than Macrovision used on DVDs, and there are no differing amounts of Macrovision. It is not something that can be encoded into the film itself. A Macrovision flag is set on the DVD and the player is required to deal with the output in a compliant manner. Until someone can prove otherwise, I would suspect it’s just coincidence that this disc did not play in the Playstation (it may have just been a dirty or defective disc).
With regards to the OP, if all you want to do is take screenshots, you should have no trouble if you deactivate your tv-out before starting PowerDVD (this may require a reboot).
well i know on my apex player theres a copy protection signal in the player itself that sends out a signal causing lines across the screen, all macrovision does is the fade in/out. it may be a specified copy protection in the drive/video card in which case a firmware flash might fix the problem.
Well, first of off, Apex players are notorious for being able to have their copy portection schemes turned off. Secondly, the only two protection schemes used on DVDs are Macrovision and CSS. Macrovision should only be an issue if the OP is running their DVD player through the VCR instead of directly to the TV. If CSS was an issue, they probably wouldn’t be able to watch the DVD at all. I don’t know of any “player side” protections other than the two I mentioned (aside from regioning)… Maybe it’s just a bad disc??
OK, It’s definately not a defective disc. Every single DVD I own works, except the ones by Miramax. (most notably Amelie)
Miramax is next to useless when it comes to getting help–I’m calling their telephone number on Monday. I bought the movie–I have the right to watch it whever I damn well please. I don’t much appreciate the fact that they’re punishing me for having a tv-out.
Oh and guys, it works just fine in a standard DVD player. The problem, however, is that it doesn’t work in my computer.