DVD not playable how to recognize?
I have now bought a DVD online.
can neither play on the laptop nor in the DVD player.
now a neighbor told me that it should be written on which devices such a DVD is suitable for and which is not. How can I tell?
What is the country code? If that's one for USA, country code 1, it won't work here…
Country code> R?
Probably wrong region code. I would tap region code 1 here. Unless you have a code free or can patch a device, playback is limited to 2.
Does your laptop have a DVD drive at all and not just a CD drive?
B Try VLC Player, the Windows Player can only be used to a very limited extent.
Counter questions:
Is this an original DVD?
Is it a DVD? (Not that it's a blue ray)
The Windows Player can only be used to a very limited extent.
Rip off!
You need a separate DVD player on a Windows PC.
Something like this is no longer included as standard with Win10 for licensing reasons.
The popular VLC player can also be used as a DVD player:
https://www.heise.de/...ayer-14724
And as for this region code, which is mentioned here several times:
https://de.wikipedia.org/...gionalcode
The VLC player allegedly completely ignores this.
You can also change the region code for the DVD drive in Windows Device Manager. However, only up to 4 or 5 times. Then the setting remains frozen. So: definitely fingers away! (It is not necessary to do this either.)
Actually, at least an error message should appear if this region code does not fit. No matter whether on the PC or an independent DVD player.
This purchased DVD can also be defective…
Do you see any damage in the coating or the plastic pane itself?
Is it actually a "pressed" (commercial) DVD, or a self-burned DVD? Other things can go wrong with "go wrong"…
Is this DVD readable on the PC at least?
Can you open the folders with the Explorer on the DVD?
There should appear either in the main or a subdirectory of .VOB and .TS files.
You can also test this DVD on other devices, such as A Bluray player.
Maybe we'll figure out the problem…
