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
    2018-10-04T02:05:09+00:00

    Hi,

    What was on the DVD... if anything ?

    Can you post a screenshot of what you are seeing ?

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-10-14T02:29:26+00:00

    I too experienced the problem with the LG dvd writer not playing on my asus zenbook. Tried VLC and it didn't work. I purchased Media Center for DVD $9.99 from the MS store. It did not work!!!!

    Installed Media Player Classic and it did work. After install, went into file, open DVD/BD and it works perfectly.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-08T06:07:20+00:00

    Hi,

    My Asus computer wont't play the dvd from my lg portable dvd player. I have installed VLC and it is reading the player as a device. However, when click play folder nothing happens.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-10-30T23:51:22+00:00

    It does show up in This PC

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