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dvd-rom wont read any of my disney dvds

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I just got a dvd-rom for my computer it plays every thing i throw at it except Disney dvds. any ideas?
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Welcome to the forum ar_joef! :)

Just a question for you: what DVD-rom is it? (i mean brand wise).
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The DVD-Roms only work on Windows PCs...if you have a Mac, you're simply outta luck there, cowboy.
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maxeythecat wrote:The DVD-Roms only work on Windows PCs...if you have a Mac, you're simply shit outta luck there, cowboy.
Even though swearing doesn't be me that much, although unnescessary swearing does! And there are plenty of ways you could have responded without delving to the such levels.

There are many people here who do not care for such language and there are also lots of young kids who could be browsing!
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the dvd-rom is a Plextor PX-716A and im running winXP with service pack 2
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What software are you using? I've found that PC Friendly / Interactual can throw problems some time, but I've had very few problems with WinDVD.
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ichabod wrote:
maxeythecat wrote:The DVD-Roms only work on Windows PCs...if you have a Mac, you're simply outta luck there, cowboy.
Even though swearing doesn't be me that much, although unnescessary swearing does! And there are plenty of ways you could have responded without delving to the such levels.

There are many people here who do not care for such language and there are also lots of young kids who could be browsing!
Sincere apologies all round on the faux pas... I was only trying to make a point and did'nt realize that one would consider a single word as excessive. No worries...I'll do a quick edit straight away. But, as said, if you have a Mac you're left out in the cold as usual. I find that to be true with just about every DVD-Rom special feature disc I have...not ONE will play on a Mac...guess Mr. Gates 's got a real lock on the market. Sort of ironic, considering the most sucessful branch of Disney (Pixar) is owned by the creator and CEO of Apple...you'd think with just that relationship alone they'd make their discs more Mac-friendly. Oh well...guess there's always "Virtual PC" for my eMac, though I hear it runs Windows about as slowly as it would if I were running it my old iMac G3.
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I have the same problem on my new PC. I am runing PowerDVD ver. 5, but even trying under WMP they will not play. I think it is related to the Disney copy protection and the fact that I have DVD burning equipment on my PC. I just haven't had the time to resolve this yet.
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Here ya go, I hope it'll help:

http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/dvdsu ... tml#dvdrom
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Waaaahoooo! Thanks very much for the tip...guess ol' Stevie Jobs must've given the House of Mouse a little whatfor (imagine harsh language) 'cos I can remember back as far as "Tarzan" that the special ROM discs were Windows compatible ONLY. Excellent!
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Post by Dan05 »

well this isn't about PC but my lion king DVD doesn't work on my PS2 but works on my DVD player which is kinda weird.....
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well thanks for some of the tips, i really think is just my Plextor dvd burner just has a hard time reading them, and i dont think its because i may have dvd burning software cuse i cant open it with any kind of dvd software or any that would recognize a dvd. also im using the roxio dvdmax player
my sister use to have just a normal dvd-rom drive on her computer and i asked her if it read the disney dvds ans she said it did, so maybe i just need to get a dvd rom drive that can play them.
does any one watch the disney dvds on their computer and if so what dvd-rom do you have?

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ar_joef wrote:does any one watch the disney dvds on their computer and if so what dvd-rom do you have?

thanks
i use the one already installed on my laptop..and i either use InterActual Player, MediaPlayer, or Cliprex to watch the movies.
InterActual sucks and sometimes closes in the middle of the movie, but the times when it doesn't act up, it's fine. 8)
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ok any one else use a computer, desktop, to watch their disney dvds and what brand drive do you use?
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my disny discs wont play ether the brand is InterActual Player
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JiminyCrick91 wrote:my disny discs wont play ether the brand is InterActual Player
mine play..
but i had to install CLIPREX DS DVD PLAYER for that thing to work. I dunno why. :roll:
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