Problem watching movies

Windows Media Center will not recognize some of my movies. Any movies that I
have that are not recently released will not play. The media center will act
as if I have not put in a DVD at all. Is there any way that I can play older
movies in the media center?

S
Wed Jul 02 16:44:22 PDT 2008

You need to find out specific codec for watching movies.

Try the following:-
http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

troubled user wrote:
> Windows Media Center will not recognize some of my movies. Any movies that I
> have that are not recently released will not play. The media center will act
> as if I have not put in a DVD at all. Is there any way that I can play older
> movies in the media center?

troubled
Wed Jul 02 17:20:00 PDT 2008

It is still saying that Windows Media Center cannot detect a DVD in the
DVD-ROM drive.

Curious
Wed Jul 02 17:47:34 PDT 2008

Can Media Player detect and play the DVD?
How old is the DVD? Are you sure it is recorded on standard DVD MPEG2
format?
"troubled user" <troubled user@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6F366BC1-6932-45A3-9E0E-F86892881D47@microsoft.com...
> It is still saying that Windows Media Center cannot detect a DVD in the
> DVD-ROM drive.

troubled
Wed Jul 02 17:56:01 PDT 2008

This particular DVD was made in 2000, and I bought it from Wal-Mart.

"Curious" wrote:

> Can Media Player detect and play the DVD?
> How old is the DVD? Are you sure it is recorded on standard DVD MPEG2
> format?

Curious
Wed Jul 02 18:28:36 PDT 2008

If you look at the DVD package what format does it say it was recorded in?
"troubled user" <troubled user@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F8EE1983-F83F-413F-8B48-DB60C430FDEB@microsoft.com...
> This particular DVD was made in 2000, and I bought it from Wal-Mart.
>
> "Curious" wrote:
>
>> Can Media Player detect and play the DVD?
>> How old is the DVD? Are you sure it is recorded on standard DVD MPEG2
>> format?
>
>

Curious
Wed Jul 02 18:33:17 PDT 2008


"troubled user" <troubled user@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F8EE1983-F83F-413F-8B48-DB60C430FDEB@microsoft.com...
> This particular DVD was made in 2000, and I bought it from Wal-Mart.
>
> "Curious" wrote:
>
>> Can Media Player detect and play the DVD?
>> How old is the DVD? Are you sure it is recorded on standard DVD MPEG2
>> format?
>
>

troubleduser
Wed Jul 02 19:49:01 PDT 2008

I think the reason as to why it will not acknowledge the DVD is because it is
a dual-layered disc.

CSM1
Wed Jul 02 21:02:28 PDT 2008

"troubled user" <troubleduser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F32B4C4F-BBFA-4FEF-BDE2-86E5332D705C@microsoft.com...
>I think the reason as to why it will not acknowledge the DVD is because it
>is
> a dual-layered disc.

Check that your DVD drive is capable of playing a dual-layer DVD. If not
replace the drive with one that is capable.

--
CSM1
http://www.carlmcmillan.com
--

S
Thu Jul 03 01:44:55 PDT 2008

What happens if you play a DVD outside Media Center?

You may also check the health of your drive by inserting any DVD.If it
can't recognise then most probably time has come to change it.

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

troubled user wrote:
> It is still saying that Windows Media Center cannot detect a DVD in the
> DVD-ROM drive.

autopaint
Thu Jul 03 10:01:03 PDT 2008

If you are using Media Center 2005 you need to install a DVD decoder to play
DVDs
--
Richard A Miller MCE mvp
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp




"S.Sengupta" wrote:

> What happens if you play a DVD outside Media Center?
>
> You may also check the health of your drive by inserting any DVD.If it
> can't recognise then most probably time has come to change it.
>
> regards,
> S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]
>
> troubled user wrote:
> > It is still saying that Windows Media Center cannot detect a DVD in the
> > DVD-ROM drive.
>

Nigel
Thu Jul 03 23:11:19 PDT 2008

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 10:01:03 -0700, Richard Miller <autopaint at aol.com> wrote:

>If you are using Media Center 2005 you need to install a DVD decoder to play
>DVDs

Only if you have a DIY Media Center. Any pre-built system would be supplied
with one by the manufacturer.
--

Cheers

Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
MCE MVP