DefCon-17
Maple Syrup Faggot
+362|6428|Vancouver | Canada
Whenever I put a DVD in my drive and open it with any player (PowerDVD, WMP, etc.) all it shows is a black screen, then a grey screen where the menu should be.

Non-movie DVDs, like games and burned DVDs work fine.
The only ones that don't are the one with the usual audio/video_ts folders.

Ripping the DVD will make the movie play, but that's too much of a hassle, and I can't spare the room on my HD.

Any ideas?
Freezer7Pro
I don't come here a lot anymore.
+1,447|6469|Winland

Tried with VLC? Your DVD decoder could be fucked.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
Mutantbear
Semi Constructive Criticism
+1,431|6236|London, England

VLC is probably the best free video player out there, if that wont work then the dvd isn't meant to work
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Freezer7Pro
I don't come here a lot anymore.
+1,447|6469|Winland

Mutantsteak wrote:

VLC is probably the best free video player out there, if that wont work then the dvd isn't meant to work
VLC is the best thing to use when you don't wanna fill up your system with codecs. For when you just want it to fukken play. It also has it's downsides, as it's not the most stable piece of software, and it's by far not very resource-friendly. Media Player Classic + CoreAVC totally owns VLC on HD playback, for example.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
aimless
Member
+166|6396|Texas
Try turning down your video hardware acceleration.
DefCon-17
Maple Syrup Faggot
+362|6428|Vancouver | Canada
VLC works.

..How do I turn my hardware acceleration down?
unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,054|7043|PNW

Media Player Classic has played some stuff that not even VLC was able to...

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