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[zeltak]

HI GUYS  

This is the second time im writing to this forum after getting no answers to my first post. im trying out j. river MC and really loving it. the only problem is that i cant get it to play audio cd's/dvd's, it identifies the cd inserted and ask me wheter to play it etc,, but when i say yes it just dosnet do anything, or if there is a song already in my playlist just reverts back to it. Even if i manually go to cd and handhelds and double click the song it wont play and sometimes shut down mc!!, id really appriciate any help in this matter.

thx alot in advance

Zeltak  

[JimH]

What version of MC do you have?

Try switching some of the playback options.

[fabmonster]

Every time I put a DVD into my computer, MC gives me the following error msg:

The DVD disk can not be accessed.  Either your system is missing some components for playing DVD video, or another application is currently using those components.

Do you have any suggestions?  I have a Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-C2502 drive.

System Info:
Media Center Registered 9.0.170 -- D:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows 2000  Server 5.0 Service Pack 2 (Build 2195)
Intel Pentium III 1096 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 521 MB, Free - 187 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shell32.dll: 5.00.3315.2902 / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: Yes  Soundfile:   chord.wav

Burning /  No burners found.
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

[fabmonster]

More info about my DVD drive.

ATAPI CD-ROM and DVD Drivers

Toshiba's CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives do not require any unique device drivers for Windows '95/'98/2000/XP/NT.
After installing your drive and re-booting, your system should recognize your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM.
Win '95/'98/2000/XP/NT Operating Systems support all Toshiba ATAPI CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives natively.

[JohnT]

The DVD issue could be because you don't have any Mpeg2 decoder installed on your system which is necessary for DVD playback. Microsoft doesn't provide this and neither do we, but there should have been player software that came with your DVD drive that would install a decoder. Can you play your DVD's with another player? Which one?
You can purchase the decoder software pretty cheaply if you don't have it.

As to CD's, what happens if you try to "rip" a track? Just right click on a CD track and choose "Rip (Copy CD)" and then click the "Start" button.

[fabmonster]

No problem with ripping CDs - only playing DVDs.

I guess I assumed that MC provided any software that I needed to play DVDs.

Ok.  So I probably need this 'Mpeg2 decoder'.  Can you recommend one?

Thanks  

-fm

[JohnT]

You can try the free DVD filters available here:
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/encoding_plugin.html
Look for the link "Free DVD Filters" on this page. You need to run the small "regfilters.bat" file after downloading.

For $15.00 you can purchase the WinDVD decoder filter package from this link:
http://www.intervideo.com/products/custom/ms/windowsxp/media_pack.jsp
It's called "DVD XPack".