can't play dvd on an LG slim portable dvd writer on my asus

Anonymous
2013-09-05T22:50:18+00:00

I have an LG slim portable dvd writer and player...DVD's won't play on my asus and I can't use windows media as my default program.

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Anonymous
2013-09-05T23:37:07+00:00

Hi,

I'm thinking you're talking about an actual DVD movie, not a mpg or wmv video files on the disk....

If that is the case, WMP 12 in Win 8 will not play DVD movie disks or files due to licensing reasons.

You're options would be to activate Media Center, or use a 3rd party player....

VLC and Media Player Classic are two popular free programs...

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-10-04T07:39:53+00:00

    Thanks for your reply. I gave away to a Charity Shop the offending beast and bought another DVD player and had it fitted into my PC.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-10-04T02:05:09+00:00

    Hi,

    What was on the DVD... if anything ?

    Can you post a screenshot of what you are seeing ?

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-10-03T19:18:53+00:00

    yes dvd player showed up but with a strange format listing many lines of data.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-09-19T02:29:28+00:00

    Hi,

    I don't think you can anymore... I'm pretty sure it has been discontinued...

    The 3rd party Media Player Classic has been discontinued as well, though it still may be downloadable...

    The VLC Media Player is a pretty nice player...

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