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well i inserted a DVD into my CD-ROM and it installed a player that was suitable for that DVD, now it has worked before, and i cud see the movie, and now if i try to watch it (didnt change any computer settings or installed anything on my computer) it says lowering ur color depth or screen reso might do the trick to play the movie..i tried it and it didnt work. it still said the same thing...

so is there a way to get it working again?


tnx

which error? and why the double post

hmm someone must have deleted my post but anyway
it says it cant play and changing color depth or screen resolution might solve the problem but i tried it and it didnt

what DvD Player u usin?.. Not WinDvD ?  have u tried PowerDvD ?

To set some things strait...

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Originally posted by SikStyles
well i inserted a DVD into my CD-ROM and it installed a player that was suitable for that DVD, now it has worked before, and i cud see the movie

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This is impossible. A cd-rom drive can not and never will read a dvd disc. A dvd disc has a totally different structure than a cd-rom disc; it even needs a different type of laser to be read.

If you mean "cd-rom" as in "my dvd player" then say so

Some dvd discs are however hybrid dvd/cdrom discs. This means that there is a part on the disc which a cdrom player can read (because it is made with a different structure and laser). Such discs are extremely rare though and they also often don't quite work because of their non-standard nature.

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Originally posted by SikStyles
and now if i try to watch it (didnt change any computer settings or installed anything on my computer) it says lowering ur color depth or screen reso might do the trick to play the movie..i tried it and it didnt work. it still said the same thing...

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Assuming you meant "my cd-rom" as in "my dvd player":

Some dvd discs come with a player. Again, these dvd-discs are kind of hybrid discs; they contain multiple sessions. One session would be the data area which contains additional software, documents, etc just as a normal HDD or data cd-rom. The other session would be the dvd-movie itself.

You don't need to install the software which came on the disc to play anything. The software provided is only there for those who don't have dvd software players like WinDVD, PowerDVD, Media Player, etc...

The software is also quite often a very limited, stripped down basic standard player. It's like providing MS Paint with a photo-disc. You don't need to install/use MS Paint if you have your own decent piece of software to view/edit the photo's.

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Originally posted by SikStyles
so is there a way to get it working again?

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assuming the previous part of my reply: don't use it at all and rather use a decent dvd software player program to watch the movie (quality and UI would be much better).

unless the CD-Rom is a DvD/CdRom 

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Originally posted by Animal
unless the CD-Rom is a DvD/CdRom

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as I said:

If you mean "CD-Rom" as in the disc itself:

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
To set some things strait...

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Originally posted by SikStyles
well i inserted a DVD into my CD-ROM and it installed a player that was suitable for that DVD, now it has worked before, and i cud see the movie

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This is impossible. A cd-rom drive can not and never will read a dvd disc. A dvd disc has a totally different structure than a cd-rom disc; it even needs a different type of laser to be read.

If you mean "cd-rom" as in "my dvd player" then say so

Some dvd discs are however hybrid dvd/cdrom discs. This means that there is a part on the disc which a cdrom player can read (because it is made with a different structure and laser). Such discs are extremely rare though and they also often don't quite work because of their non-standard nature.

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If you mean "CD-Rom" as in the hardware player:
Then it isn't called a cd-rom player, but a dvd-player! (Every (PC) dvd player can handle cd-roms also)

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be clear people

well i tried opening the movie with WMP 10 and it said the file cannot be played =/ and then at some point it said lowering your color depth or screen resolution might fix the problem

What were you originally using to view the DVD?

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
o set some things strait...

    quoteriginally posted by SikStyles
    well i inserted a DVD into my CD-ROM and it installed a player that was suitable for that DVD, now it has worked before, and i cud see the movie

This is impossible. A cd-rom drive can not and never will read a dvd disc. A dvd disc has a totally different structure than a cd-rom disc; it even needs a different type of laser to be read.

If you mean "cd-rom" as in "my dvd player" then say so

Some dvd discs are however hybrid dvd/cdrom discs. This means that there is a part on the disc which a cdrom player can read (because it is made with a different structure and laser). Such discs are extremely rare though and they also often don't quite work because of their non-standard nature.

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and it took 3 posts for someone to pick this up?