Posted by MassiveProng on 01/15/07 07:19

On 14 Jan 2007 22:49:02 -0800, "missl04" <saraf.lou@gmail.com> Gave
us:

>My Toshiba Satellite (A75-S206) came with a Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-R2512
>drive that is DVD/CD-RW capable and InterVideo WinDVD was preinstalled
>by the manufacterer. Playing CDs and watching DVDs were never
>problematic, until recently ...
>
>I popped the DVD into the drive, like usual, and WinDVD automatically
>opened. The weird thing was when WinDVD opened, my screen resolution
>went from 1280x800 to the lower setting of 1024x768 pixels. Pressing
>the Play button in WinDVD did nothing, as well as right-clicking and
>choosing the DVD menu. So I closed WinDVD and my screen immediately
>went back to the 1280x800 resolution!
>
>Then, I tried watching the DVD in Windows Media Player (never any
>previous problems with watching DVDs in Media Player either).
>Thankfully, the screen resolution did not change. But when I clicked
>on the little arrow next to the Now Playing tab for the Quick Access
>Panel, it said I had a CD in my drive and proceeded to play my DVD as a
>CD ... complete with "track" listing in the Now Playing List pane.
>
>I haven't been able to gleen any similar predicaments from any of the
>other postings, but one suggestion someone had made me think this was
>the problem I had on my hands ... the laser part of my drive that reads
>DVDs is no longer working?
>
>Luckily, I purchased a three-year warrantee with my laptop but I wanted
>to get some opinions about possible software or driver issues before I
>hauled my laptop to the store. I've already downloaded the latest
>driver for my drive and I've been looking for patches on InterVideo's
>site but their only suggestion is to fork over more money for their
>latest version. I've only tried playing purchased DVDs, nothing
>pirated.
>
>Thanks, I appreciate any help anyone can give me!
>
>(I'm running Windows XP SP2, fully updated)

Try a REAL studio DVD.

It is either a bootleg "DVD" that got recorded in VCD mode, or it IS
a VCD recording, released on the DVD form factor.

Watch a lot of porn, do ya?

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