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[8thNote]

I have the Ice Age DVD and it won't playback in Media Center 9.1.274. When I click the DVD drive from my computer, I get the following error message.

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.

(BTW, "DVD disk" even spelled properly, "DVD disc" is reduntant as "DVD" stands for "digital video disc. Also, "can not" should be one word, "cannot.")

I get this after freshly restarting my computer and not launching any other programs.

It works on my notebook computer, but not my desktop.

Ideas?

I'll post my system specs after dinner.

[8thNote]

System Info
Media Center Registered 9.1.274 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1395 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 151 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1226 / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1233 (xpsp2.030604-1804) / wnaspi32.dll: 4.01 (978) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1996 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: N/A

Ripping /   Drive D:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Drive F:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Drive I:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive D: AOPEN    CD-RW CRW1232 A    Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:2  MaxSpeed:12  BurnProof:No
  Drive E: SONY     DVD RW DRU-500A    Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:4  MaxSpeed:4  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: No /  Write CD-Text: No
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

No DVD-accessing software was running in the backgroun.

[JohnT]

Is it just this particular DVD, or do you also have the problem with others?

[8thNote]

Now that is interesting. I tried several DVDs, and all worked fine. I tried Ice Age again, and it worked fine as well. Very weird. So I guess my problem is "fixed." Just in case anything has changed, below is my latest system information.

Media Center Registered 9.1.274 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1395 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 246 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1226 / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1233 (xpsp2.030604-1804) / wnaspi32.dll: 4.01 (978) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1996 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: N/A

Ripping /   Drive D:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Drive F:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Drive I:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive D: AOPEN    CD-RW CRW1232 A    Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:2  MaxSpeed:12  BurnProof:No
  Drive E: SONY     DVD RW DRU-500A    Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:4  MaxSpeed:4  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: No /  Write CD-Text: No
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None