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soopafreek · 04-25-2004, 08:20 PM

i'm helping a friend with her computer.

she basically has a gateway essential PIII, now running XP Pro. it has a Matshita (Panasonic) DVD-ROM SR-8586 drive that will not play any dvd's.... windows media player gives an error and tells me to change my screen resolution and refresh rate (?!?!?!).

i've gone through the "help and troubleshooting" wizard...

i've checked for windows driver updates...

i've tried uninstalling the drive (via device manager)...

i checked panasonic's site and it states that XP will support the drive natively. but it doesn't.

she says that short of two months after originally purchasing the computer, the drive just crapped out and gave her a generic error and stopped playing dvds.

i tried the k-lite codec pack, but it doesn't work. BSPlayer gives an error when opening a dvd.

it'll show that there is a dvd. i can open the contents and browse the files, but it just doesn't play dvd's. it'll play cd's just fine.

any suggestions? or does it sound like this drive needs to be replaced?

thanks in advance for any help you can offer. :-)

MahlerIsGod · 04-26-2004, 01:56 AM

It may not be the drive that's not playing the DVDs, it may be the WMP that is not playing the DVDs. Does your friend have PowerDVD or WinDVD? Try it with one of those types of programs before you condemn the drive. Maybe?

soopafreek · 04-26-2004, 06:33 AM

no, unfortunately she doesn't have PowerDVD or WinDVD...
i thought that surely one of the codecs in the k-lite mega pack would work...

MahlerIsGod · 04-26-2004, 10:43 AM

Here is something that I really find annoying but may be helpful to you and your friend. Sometimes a DVD will try to install its own playback software. I think the last time this happened to me was when I tried to watch Lost In Translation and the last Matrix. I think its called InterActual or PCFriendly. If you or your friend has a one of these specific DVDs (sorry I can't more helpful with more titles) you might have the necessary software there. Just a thought.

soopafreek · 04-26-2004, 08:46 PM

well, i did try an interactual dvd to no avail.

but i managed to locate gateway's system restore cd and reloaded the dvd player that came with the computer and everything's seemed to work out.

thanks.

04-25-2004, 08:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
soopafreek Psycho Location: ask your mom	matshita DVD hardware codecs? i'm helping a friend with her computer. she basically has a gateway essential PIII, now running XP Pro. it has a Matshita (Panasonic) DVD-ROM SR-8586 drive that will not play any dvd's.... windows media player gives an error and tells me to change my screen resolution and refresh rate (?!?!?!). i've gone through the "help and troubleshooting" wizard... i've checked for windows driver updates... i've tried uninstalling the drive (via device manager)... i checked panasonic's site and it states that XP will support the drive natively. but it doesn't. she says that short of two months after originally purchasing the computer, the drive just crapped out and gave her a generic error and stopped playing dvds. i tried the k-lite codec pack, but it doesn't work. BSPlayer gives an error when opening a dvd. it'll show that there is a dvd. i can open the contents and browse the files, but it just doesn't play dvd's. it'll play cd's just fine. any suggestions? or does it sound like this drive needs to be replaced? thanks in advance for any help you can offer. :-) __________________ aaarrrrrgggghhhh!!!!

04-26-2004, 01:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
MahlerIsGod At The Globe Showing Will How Its Done Location: London/Elysium	It may not be the drive that's not playing the DVDs, it may be the WMP that is not playing the DVDs. Does your friend have PowerDVD or WinDVD? Try it with one of those types of programs before you condemn the drive. Maybe? __________________ "But a work of art is a conscious human effort that has to do with communication. It is that or its nothing. When an accident is applauded as a work of art, when a cult grows up around the deliciousness of inadvertent beauty, we are in the presence of the greatest decadence the West has known in its history."

04-26-2004, 06:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
soopafreek Psycho Location: ask your mom	no, unfortunately she doesn't have PowerDVD or WinDVD... i thought that surely one of the codecs in the k-lite mega pack would work... __________________ aaarrrrrgggghhhh!!!!

04-26-2004, 10:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
MahlerIsGod At The Globe Showing Will How Its Done Location: London/Elysium	Here is something that I really find annoying but may be helpful to you and your friend. Sometimes a DVD will try to install its own playback software. I think the last time this happened to me was when I tried to watch Lost In Translation and the last Matrix. I think its called InterActual or PCFriendly. If you or your friend has a one of these specific DVDs (sorry I can't more helpful with more titles) you might have the necessary software there. Just a thought. __________________ "But a work of art is a conscious human effort that has to do with communication. It is that or its nothing. When an accident is applauded as a work of art, when a cult grows up around the deliciousness of inadvertent beauty, we are in the presence of the greatest decadence the West has known in its history."

04-26-2004, 08:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
soopafreek Psycho Location: ask your mom	well, i did try an interactual dvd to no avail. but i managed to locate gateway's system restore cd and reloaded the dvd player that came with the computer and everything's seemed to work out. thanks. __________________ aaarrrrrgggghhhh!!!!