i deleted everything on my hard drive installed windowsxp now my dvd player don't work what can i do to fix it?

Ok here are some solutions.

1. ffdshow is set to play the video. it should not play mpeg-2/dvd video.

uninstall all codec packs, download 'media player classic'. open it, play your files :)

as a reference, here's my list of what is needed regarding codecs/filters on any PC:

ffdshow - get it from http://www.aziendeassociate.it/cd.asp?dir=/ffdshow

nvidia purevideo codec (you can substitute windvd/powerdvd here) -for dvd's/mpeg-2 (i use dscaler instead, IMO it beats everything else)

real alternative - so you don't have to install 'realone player'

quicktime alternative - so you don't have to install quicktime

media player classic - extremely stable and fast media player. best player ever.

oggDS filter - directshow filter for ogm/ogg

windows media player 10 if you wish

go control panel-->add/remove programs

you should be able to delete most of them

Solution No. 2

I bought a new cpu a month ago. It's a HP Pavilion AMD Athlon 64 3500. It came with an onboard vid card, ATI Radeon Express 200. Everything worked fine including playing DVDs. I recently installed a Albatron GeForce 6600 256MB DDR 16x PCI Express Card w/TV and I can now play the lastest games and they look awesome. BUT.... when I put a DVD in to play, now I get a black screen with choppy sound!! This was using InterActual player. I also had WinDVD and it would play the DVD with a picture but everything was stutterey. SO....

In the last week here is all I tried on the advice of people on other forums.

Tried to disable video overlay in the nvidia settings. - My card does not allow me to do this.

Reinstalled the DVD players. - Nothing changed.

Check in the BOIS at startup to make sure PCI-E was selected and not the onboard card. - PCI-E is selected.

Disable old onboard card in Device Manager.- The only card listed there in my new GeForce and it is enabled and working properly.

Reinstalled my codecs. - No change. I don't know if that is the problem anyway because all avi's , etc... play fine and also audio CDs.

What's wierd is that games I have that play off DVDs work fine. This is driving me nuts. LOL! I hope someone more knowlegable than myself can help me out.

make sure you have the latest directx & latest graphics card (nvidia! not ati) drivers.

did you do that?

so when you play with MPC, you get picture now instead of a black screen?

try this: play the dvd in MPC (media player classic). while playing, right-click the video, and select 'filters'. post here everything in that list of filters.

while the dvd is playing, press ctrl+alt+delete., click the 'performance' tab & see how high the cpu usage is.

Be sure to read all this.

This is a very simple problem to fix, all you have to do is look up the name and model of your dvd drive. To do that open:

Control Panel

System

Hardware

Device manager

Then simply google your dvd drive name, find the website of the manufacturer, and search in their software and drivers. Find the corresponding driver for your dvd drive, and download the one for your operating system. Install and your set

Walla, there you go. That should work for sure, and if your locuky it might come with some bonus software like a dvd codec etc... It will make it a lot easier for you in the long run.

Hope this helps

there are two possible solutions to this question, I am unable to tell (from the wording of the question) if it's an issue with your drivers, or with the codecs on your computer, if the DVD drive can read other DVD's but is not playing the videos of a movie DVD, then it's a codec issue, where you will need to do a google search for a "codec pack" and install that, if your drive will not open ANY DVD's at all, then you need to search for your dvd drive's drivers (software files that tell your computer how the hardware works) you can do this on google, searching the model number with the term "drivers" - the best of luck :)

when you reinstall windows, it'll ask you if you during the install if want to reformat and just say yes

Yow Rougespear, wew im trying to post/ask something cause im having the errors just like Jenna when i saw your post i tried your Solution No. 1 and yes i did it. Thanks for your information.

Btw i saw your other post on Games and Recreation i put some answers on it. Quits na tayo ha. he he he

Go to the manufacturer website and download a driver.

you have to get software like powerdvd in order for you to watch dvds on your computer.

you either need to install it from a disc (if your computer came with one) or go to google and search powerdvd download. or go to this link: http://www.softpile.com/Multimedia/Video/Review_17... tht is a free download :D

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