Laptop DVD problems

[anfieldman]

I have been trying to watch a caving DVD on my new laptop. Windows Media Player will not play it. It just keeps coming up with a message ''Windows Media Player cannot find the file. If you are trying to play, burn, or sync an item that is in your library, the item might point to a file that has been moved, renamed, or deleted.''
Anybody got any ideas what it is??
The DVD is an English production so I cannot see what the problem is.

Cheers
Mark

 

[Slug]

Could try this Mark.

http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/download/?lang=en&tiger_aff=z02_download_divx_player&cid=ENARBG

might work, might not, give it a try.

 

[anfieldman]

Thanks Slug.
Didn't work unfortunately. I'm bloody useless with computers.
I think this was something that happened before on a previous works laptop and my IT manager fixed it pretty quickly. I'll just have to wait until next week.

 

[bubba]

Have you got the latest version of Windows Media Player?

 

[martinb]

I have been trying to watch a caving DVD on my new laptop. Windows Media Player will not play it. It just keeps coming up with a message ''Windows Media Player cannot find the file. If you are trying to play, burn, or sync an item that is in your library, the item might point to a file that has been moved, renamed, or deleted.''
Anybody got any ideas what it is??
The DVD is an English production so I cannot see what the problem is.

Cheers
Mark

If your operating system is Vista ( :yucky try this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941651/en-us

Or if you recently upgraded from Media Player 10 to 11, check your add/remove programs, and remove Media Player 11 and backdate to 10 and try that.

 

[first-ade]

Hi Mark,

You could try VLC, I've yet to anything that it won't play.  So long as the DVD is coded for region 2 (which is what I assume your laptop DVD player will be set to) it should work.

Ade

 

[anfieldman]

Hi Mark,

You could try VLC, I've yet to anything that it won't play. So long as the DVD is coded for region 2 (which is what I assume your laptop DVD player will be set to) it should work.

Ade

Cheers Ade 
That worked a treat!

 

[Pitlamp]

I looked at VLC and got a warning that it doesn't have a digital signature, together with lots of suggestions that if I opened it all sorts of terrible things might happen to my computer.

What's the concensus on whether it's safe to use?

 

[bubba]

It's fine - been around for ages and has a huge following.

 

[graham]

VLC  best media player around.

 

[paul]

VLC  best media player around.

Yes - I've used it as well on a Linux laptop.