My DVD-Rom drive has recently decided to not let me watch video discs. CD-Roms, Audio CDs and DVD-Roms all work fine, but Video CDs and Video DVDs fail to even register in my computer - just says the drive is empty.
Anyone got any ideas?
Could be a laser misallignment. But I don’t know, sounds different to that.
What brand of DVD is it ? Have you played aroudn with reflashing the regions ?
You have looked for updated drivers and are using " NON BACKUP" DVD’s ?
What’s the difference between a “Video-DVD” and an ordinary DVD?
NB re Trader_of_shorts comments: Be extremely careful with anything to do with firmware flashing. I recently trashed a perfectly functional DVD/CDR combo drive while trying to flash it so I could switch regions more than 6 times.
Don’t mess with the firmware unless you can afford to buy a new drive.
I did have something that changed the region sometime ago, but it has definitely worked since then - I had actually forgotten I’d done this, so thanks for the reminder - i’ll check and see if this might be causing it - in any case, though, this wou;dn’t affect vidoe CDs, would it?
Atarian - by Video-DVD, I do mean normal DVD, I was just making a distinction between that and DVD-Rom (which works fine)
tech hat
YES YES YES … sorry i should have been more clear - i am not indicating you to flash anything - for the love of god and all the is holy DO NOT FLASH… It was a question because flashing can do some very strange stuff.
I think by Video DVD he meant VCD which where you legally burn your moviedo not read naythign nasty into this and copy it to CD’s - it was very popular last year due to thew lack of DVD burners.
The technology is different as is the software required to run it.
Thanks trader, I’m aware of the dangers of flashing. (the police frown on it for a start :D)
and as I said above, Video DVD means normal DVD. But Video CDs don’t work in the drive either
ShadowWarrior - I have never had much luck with VCD’d myself i’l running a standard OEM Panasonic DVD 52 on XP
ShadowWarrior, you didn’t say what drive you had This link may apply to you:
i don’t actually know the drive make - it was a while ago, so I can’t remember, and it’s not on the front. I think XP picks it up as a generic DVD.
I’m at work at the mo, so I can’t check it.