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

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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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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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Anonymous

2018-09-18T20:46:37+00:00

How would I activate Media Centrer?
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Anonymous

2018-07-01T09:29:07+00:00

Hi,

Windows 8.1 does not play DVDs.

""DVD playback options for Windows 8.1."

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dvd-playback-help

"Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Pro don't come with DVD movie playback capability. If you're runningWindows 8.1 or Windows 8.1 Pro, you can search for a DVD player app in the Windows Store (learn more about theWindows Store)."

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I suggest that you look at using a different Media Player to view DVDs.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/videolan.html

Cheers.
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Anonymous

2018-07-01T06:08:09+00:00

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

it is a dvd player not a writer and I want to play movies on my computer
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Anonymous

2018-06-02T06:39:57+00:00

why doesn't this dvd player work
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