Vista - No DVD Playback

Hello,
I have installed Vista Beta 2. The install was quite long but it went
smoothly. Everything on my PC works nice all but my printer but I was
expecting it not to work. I have tried to start differnt Commercial DVD
videos, Back to the Future, and Star Trek Nemesis, and they will not play in
Media Player or Media Center. Back to the Future comes with Interactual but
it won't play them either. The error I get in Media Center is this:

Cannot Play DVD

The DVD may be used by another application. If all other applications are
closed, the display resolution may need to be lowred or the display
connection type may not support playback of the DVD. For more information
please go to Help.

Media player says it is copywrited and can't read. Has anyone else had this
problem?

Thanks,

Dustin

Wrong DVD's!!!

;-)
I thought I had them but don't was goign to check on my machine. Any others
you have run into the issue with?


"Dustin" <Dustin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:80526C8F-AA76-4C23-A98E-8D4D90D84262@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
> I have installed Vista Beta 2. The install was quite long but it went
> smoothly. Everything on my PC works nice all but my printer but I was
> expecting it not to work. I have tried to start differnt Commercial DVD
> videos, Back to the Future, and Star Trek Nemesis, and they will not play
> in
> Media Player or Media Center. Back to the Future comes with Interactual
> but
> it won't play them either. The error I get in Media Center is this:
>
> Cannot Play DVD
>
> The DVD may be used by another application. If all other applications are
> closed, the display resolution may need to be lowred or the display
> connection type may not support playback of the DVD. For more information
> please go to Help.
>
> Media player says it is copywrited and can't read. Has anyone else had
> this
> problem?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dustin

Zapper,
yea I tried differnt DVDs and none of them work. Ironically I can get
PowerDVD XP to run but it is all laggy and jerky and the such. I am wondering
if Media Center or any other Vista program can play commercial DVDs.

Thanks,

Dustin

"Zapper" wrote:

> Wrong DVD's!!!
>
> ;-)
> I thought I had them but don't was goign to check on my machine. Any others
> you have run into the issue with?
>
>
> "Dustin" <Dustin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:80526C8F-AA76-4C23-A98E-8D4D90D84262@microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> > I have installed Vista Beta 2. The install was quite long but it went
> > smoothly. Everything on my PC works nice all but my printer but I was
> > expecting it not to work. I have tried to start differnt Commercial DVD
> > videos, Back to the Future, and Star Trek Nemesis, and they will not play
> > in
> > Media Player or Media Center. Back to the Future comes with Interactual
> > but
> > it won't play them either. The error I get in Media Center is this:
> >
> > Cannot Play DVD
> >
> > The DVD may be used by another application. If all other applications are
> > closed, the display resolution may need to be lowred or the display
> > connection type may not support playback of the DVD. For more information
> > please go to Help.
> >
> > Media player says it is copywrited and can't read. Has anyone else had
> > this
> > problem?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dustin
>

You probably need a codec pack that works in Vista. I have seen comments
about that in the TechBeta ng's but I don't remember the details.

"Dustin" <Dustin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:71908011-00B6-44E6-ADDE-0BF9263C2C56@microsoft.com...
> Zapper,
> yea I tried differnt DVDs and none of them work. Ironically I can get
> PowerDVD XP to run but it is all laggy and jerky and the such. I am
> wondering
> if Media Center or any other Vista program can play commercial DVDs.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dustin
>
> "Zapper" wrote:
>
>> Wrong DVD's!!!
>>
>> ;-)
>> I thought I had them but don't was goign to check on my machine. Any
>> others
>> you have run into the issue with?
>>
>>
>> "Dustin" <Dustin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:80526C8F-AA76-4C23-A98E-8D4D90D84262@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello,
>> > I have installed Vista Beta 2. The install was quite long but it went
>> > smoothly. Everything on my PC works nice all but my printer but I was
>> > expecting it not to work. I have tried to start differnt Commercial DVD
>> > videos, Back to the Future, and Star Trek Nemesis, and they will not
>> > play
>> > in
>> > Media Player or Media Center. Back to the Future comes with Interactual
>> > but
>> > it won't play them either. The error I get in Media Center is this:
>> >
>> > Cannot Play DVD
>> >
>> > The DVD may be used by another application. If all other applications
>> > are
>> > closed, the display resolution may need to be lowred or the display
>> > connection type may not support playback of the DVD. For more
>> > information
>> > please go to Help.
>> >
>> > Media player says it is copywrited and can't read. Has anyone else had
>> > this
>> > problem?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Dustin
>>

I thought the codec was build in. I know I was able to play a few DVDs right
out of the box on Vista.

"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
news:OlMtnbulGHA.1972@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> You probably need a codec pack that works in Vista. I have seen comments
> about that in the TechBeta ng's but I don't remember the details.
>
> "Dustin" <Dustin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:71908011-00B6-44E6-ADDE-0BF9263C2C56@microsoft.com...
>> Zapper,
>> yea I tried differnt DVDs and none of them work. Ironically I can get
>> PowerDVD XP to run but it is all laggy and jerky and the such. I am
>> wondering
>> if Media Center or any other Vista program can play commercial DVDs.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dustin
>>
>> "Zapper" wrote:
>>
>>> Wrong DVD's!!!
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>> I thought I had them but don't was goign to check on my machine. Any
>>> others
>>> you have run into the issue with?
>>>
>>>
>>> "Dustin" <Dustin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:80526C8F-AA76-4C23-A98E-8D4D90D84262@microsoft.com...
>>> > Hello,
>>> > I have installed Vista Beta 2. The install was quite long but it
>>> > went
>>> > smoothly. Everything on my PC works nice all but my printer but I was
>>> > expecting it not to work. I have tried to start differnt Commercial
>>> > DVD
>>> > videos, Back to the Future, and Star Trek Nemesis, and they will not
>>> > play
>>> > in
>>> > Media Player or Media Center. Back to the Future comes with
>>> > Interactual
>>> > but
>>> > it won't play them either. The error I get in Media Center is this:
>>> >
>>> > Cannot Play DVD
>>> >
>>> > The DVD may be used by another application. If all other applications
>>> > are
>>> > closed, the display resolution may need to be lowred or the display
>>> > connection type may not support playback of the DVD. For more
>>> > information
>>> > please go to Help.
>>> >
>>> > Media player says it is copywrited and can't read. Has anyone else had
>>> > this
>>> > problem?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> >
>>> > Dustin
>>>
>
>