# DVD playback on laptop not working **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 25, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dvd-playback-on-laptop-not-working/37627 "2007-10-25T20:23:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dvd-playback-on-laptop-not-working/37627/1 "2007-10-25T20:23:50Z")
I always watch DVD’s on my laptop when I am in bed and for the last 3 years that has never been a problem. Well the other night I was watching a show I downloaded and it didn’t have audio so I put a bunch of codec on my computer until I had audio. Then tonight I go to try to watch a DVD and my computer locks up. So I go and uninstall the codecs I put in the night before and now it doesn’t lock up with I start WinDVD but it certainly won’t play the DVD. I tried to do it in Windows Media Player and I get this message “_Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder, and video card. Try installing an updated driver for your video card_.” So I download the latest Video Card driver and I still get this message. What the fuck? How can this be fixed?? ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dvd-playback-on-laptop-not-working/37627/2 "2007-10-26T10:48:01Z")
Nothing? ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dvd-playback-on-laptop-not-working/37627/3 "2007-10-26T10:49:02Z")
[http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html) try that, but if its protected ur out of luck. WMP sucks balls, as does windvd. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dvd-playback-on-laptop-not-working/37627/4 "2007-10-26T11:24:17Z")
[quote=“BuickGN,post:3,topic:37627"”] [http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html) try that, but if its protected ur out of luck. WMP sucks balls, as does windvd. [/quote] I’m not sure what you mean, if what is protected? WMP is not my first choice and WinDVD was what came on the computer and it worked great up until now. I have a copy of PowerDVD at home and I will try as well. I wish I know what was deleted and how the hell it happened. ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dvd-playback-on-laptop-not-working/37627/5 "2007-10-26T13:34:09Z")
do you have the latest divx codecs on it? ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dvd-playback-on-laptop-not-working/37627/6 "2007-10-26T15:39:33Z")
[quote=“JustinH,post:5,topic:37627"”] do you have the latest divx codecs on it? [/quote] I think those are what screwed it up in the first place. I’ve got WinDVD back now. Fortunately Dell included that disc with my laptop when I bought it some 5 years ago. I didn’t want to load right away which made me think I had a CD/DVD drive issue, when it finally did load the disc and install WinDVD again, the DVD playback was all choppy. I took the drive out, cleaned the lens and pulled a little chunk of dog fur out from the spinner thinger in the center. Seems to be working well now. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dvd-playback-on-laptop-not-working/37627/7 "2007-10-26T15:59:51Z")
VLC media player if it isn’t working right…that program plays everything under the sun.