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[Annie Sixgun]

This problem seems to have been corrected in version 11.1.94

2006-01-06
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I am trying to get MC11 to play a DVD. I keep getting an error saying

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

I have both Power DVD and Nero loaded and both play the DVD correctly.
and I can not find anything that appears to be using any of the components except MC11

Anyone have an idea?
Thanks, Anne

[DustBunny]

I'm having the same issues... nothing appears in my DVD decoder audio/video settings even though I have PowerDVD 6 installed.  I had Nero and Media Center recognized it ~ but I hated the playback quality, so I installed the PowerDVD 6 trial instead.

Now nothing shows in the decoder settings.  Reinstalled MC11 again, and still nothing.  Reinstalled PowedDVD6, still nothing.

There were problems setting up for DVD-Video playback.
1 out of 3 DVD-Video streams failed to render properly....

Helllllllllllllllllllpppppppppp!

[DustBunny]

Is there a way within Media Center to be able to choose what audio/video decoders to use?  I can't find it.

[DustBunny]

Sorry to nag on this.   

But I am trying to find out if there is a way to tell Media Center which DVD decoder to use for DVD playback.  When I go to Playback Options/DVD Configuration, I see a few decoders available but MC insists on using the Nero codec for playback.  Not sure if it's a Nero issue or an MC issue, but the video playback looks downright awful... so I am trying to switch to a different decoder (specifically PowerDVD) to see if that clears it up.

[JohnT]

Does it work with Windows Media Player? If not, it probably won't with Media Center. I haven't tried the latest PowerDVD filters but a few versions back they didn't allow other apps to utilize them.

[DustBunny]

What DVD playback software do you have loaded?

[Annie Sixgun]

Nero 6 and Power DVD. 

The DVD plays in each one of them but not MC11.

 When I look in MC11, it shows Nero as the DVD player, but I cant change anything, the movie does not play, and I get that message I referred to in my original message.

Anne

[JohnT]

Does it work with Windows Media Player?
You could try renaming the Nero filters and see how MC reacts (C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\DSFilter\NeVideo.ax, NeAudio.ax).

[Annie Sixgun]

--- FIXED --

Latest version of MC  11.1.94  fixes the problem...

Anne

[DustBunny]

Still doesn't work for me.   

I now have Nero 7 trial and PowerDVD trial installed and no luck.  Windows Media Player, Nero Showtime and PowerDVD all play DVD's with no trouble.  Using MC 11.01.95.

When I click on DVD Filters under DVD Playback properties, a message pops up with a blank field. 


Clicking on either the Video Decoders or Audio decoders button gives me this:


And when I click on a movie to play back, I get this:


Sorry about the yucky colors... I compressed the images down so they'd download a bit easier.

Any ideas?  I really like the idea of using Media Center as the hub for all my music, images and video, but the DVD playback part just ain't working right for me.  I must be doing something wrong, though, because AnneFTL was able to get it to work.

[Mr ChriZ]

Have you considered WinDVD?
I think you can download a trial of that which will
install the appropriate codecs.  MC then uses
these to play DVD's.
Works here 
Probably best if you remove PowerDVD first though...

[DustBunny]

Still nothing.  So now I have PowerDVD, Nero and WinDVD installed.  All apps including Windows Media Player play the DVD just fine.  MC11 will not.     Even reinstalled MC11 for the fourth time.

[Mr ChriZ]

Peculiar.  Sorry about that.  I'm out of ideas,
guess you'll have to wait for JRiver folks to
come up with something bright...

[DustBunny]

I appreciate the help.  It did work when I had Nero 6 installed but the playback was terrible.  I also had PowerDVD loaded but couldn't select the PowerDVD decoder and that was frustrating enough.  Now I can't get any of it to work.

Oh well.  Thanks again for the attempts... I realize I just have some kind of weirdness going on here.