# Two Towers DVD problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 21, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-dvd-problem/214558 "2003-11-21T19:46:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![emarkp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@emarkp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emarkp)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-dvd-problem/214558/1 "2003-11-21T19:46:34Z")
I picked up The Two Towers: Special Extended Edition DVD’s the other day, and watched a few of the extras on my computer. Then I put disk 3 (first disk of extras) in the DVD player and it wouldn’t start the disk. It seems to be waffling between Title 1 and Title 2, and I can’t get to the root menu. Same problem for disk 4. I have an AIWA XD-DV series player. Is anyone else having this problem? I’m not 100% sure this is the right forum, but I suspect most people who can answer this read this forum. ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-dvd-problem/214558/2 "2003-11-21T22:34:09Z")
My DVD player on the pc wouldnt play my disks so i just downloaded another DVD player and they worked fine. so that could have just been the fault of the other player. However I have read in other forums that lots of people are haing trouble with them… I suggest returning them for a new set if at all possible. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-dvd-problem/214558/3 "2003-11-21T23:49:45Z")
I had no problems loading those disks. I watched the intro and looked at some design galleries on disk 3 I watched the into, the “battle for middle earth has begun” and the music thing on disk 4. Brian ---
**Author:** ![emarkp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@emarkp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emarkp)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-dvd-problem/214558/4 "2003-11-21T23:57:45Z")
Which other forums? I’ve already returned my copy and purchased another at a different store (to avoid a potentially bad lot). I’ll post again after trying the new set out. ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-dvd-problem/214558/5 "2003-11-22T00:44:15Z")
Some of the people in the Two Towers EE thread over at [ringbearer.org](http://ringbearer.org), had problems, and I read somewhere else too, could have been at warofthering, not really 100% sure there. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-dvd-problem/214558/6 "2003-11-22T01:38:48Z")
Have you looked at [TORN](http://www.theonering.net)? I’d bet there’s possibly something non-standard in the authoring of the EE DVD, and that’s what your player is choking on. Another possibility would be that, if there’s a lot of technical coding, that’s giving your player fits. I have a couple of _His and Her Circumstances_ DVDs that give my PS2 fits because of the sheer complexity of the authoring done by Right Stuf. ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-dvd-problem/214558/7 "2003-11-22T05:13:41Z")
My player can’t play the second half of any of the DVD’s. However I did get it to work on a couple of other players. My player is low-end but it could play the FOTR-EE fine. ---
**Author:** ![emarkp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@emarkp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emarkp)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-dvd-problem/214558/8 "2003-11-22T07:56:18Z")
So I tried out my new set (from a different store) and they don’t work (disk 3 & 4) on the player. They work just fine in the computer. I never thought my DVD player would become obselete wrt DVD’s. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-dvd-problem/214558/9 "2003-11-22T11:11:44Z")
I had a problem with disc 1: chapter selection didn’t work, and when I played the movie, the images would pause and freeze on the screen until they stopped entirely and I couldn’t get it to play any farther. It did this on all 3 of the DVD players I tried the disc in. I took the set back and exchanged it for another one, which works fine so far. I haven’t played the appendices yet.