Windows 7, problem getting dvd's to play in windows media player.

The Matrix · 15 Mar 2013 at 12:52

Ive recently done a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, all drivers are upto date including the graphics card etc.

At first i could play shop bought dvd's in media player then all of a sudden i keep getting the error in the pic below, ive tried it in media player classic and its the same. My 2 optical drives are both pioneer drives, both are fairly new and both the firmware seems to be upto date. My graphics card is an AMD 7850 HD, thats also upto date with the graphics card. The output to the monitor is from the graphics card.

Stoner81 · 15 Mar 2013 at 13:13

Install a codec pack like Cole2k or K-Lite and see if that helps.

Stoner81.

demonix · 15 Mar 2013 at 15:15

Stoner81 said:
Install a codec pack like Cole2k or K-Lite and see if that helps.

Stoner81.

How would that help as the problem is with copy protection and not codecs.

bledd · 15 Mar 2013 at 16:19

Try playing in this..

http://www.codecs.com/download_soft.php?d=7253&s=876&r=

You'll need DX9 updated first.. http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=35

j6m · 15 Mar 2013 at 16:55

HDCP?

I've seen that error before... but I was running non-standard firmware on my DVD drive at the time. Got anything else running in the background?

The Matrix · 17 Mar 2013 at 11:55

The strange thing with this is it will work sometimes like everything is normal, then other times i get the error above.

Its certainly baffling me.

The Matrix · 17 Mar 2013 at 19:59

I don't want to preempt anything lol, i may have solved this.

As well as my AMD 7850HD the onboard graphics were enabled, i disabled the onboard graphics and in the Init Display First i enabled PEG so it goes to the PCIEX16 slot on boot.

Ive tried several dvd's since and touch wood they have all loaded fine without any errors being displayed in Windows Media Player.

I'm still learning with the software and bios side of PC's as i'm fairly new to PC building, i know more than i did last year so its progress

The Matrix · 18 Mar 2013 at 23:22

Ive give up with the windows media player now lol, sometimes it works, on other boots it doesn't.

I'm now using PowerDVD 12 for playing my media which is working fine without any problems so far.

bledd · 19 Mar 2013 at 14:02

bledd. said:
Try playing in this..

http://www.codecs.com/download_soft.php?d=7253&s=876&r=

You'll need DX9 updated first.. http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=35

Thanks for this suggestion, it works brilliantly. Best thing, it's freeware!

Without the bloat of PowerDVD

Liquid · 11 Apr 2013 at 15:03

VLC is great for DVD films.