Playing DVD copies on my system

I am unable to play DVD copies on my system. I am able to play them on my
DVD player. I have no problem playing commercial DVD's. I use both WMP-10
and Nero 6.1 with all updates. I want to take a course I purchased that the
seller apparently burned himself. Any suggestions?
Bob

He may have burned on a -R disk and your player is +R only... or vice versa.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"Bob S" <rsitze@vnet.net> wrote in message
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>I am unable to play DVD copies on my system. I am able to play them on my
>DVD player. I have no problem playing commercial DVD's. I use both
>WMP-10 and Nero 6.1 with all updates. I want to take a course I purchased
>that the seller apparently burned himself. Any suggestions?
> Bob
>

Thanks for the answer, my drives are supposed to recognize all formats. Key
word being "supposed". My reader is a Pioneer DVD-110 and burner is a NEC
DVD RW ND 3500AG. I have been using DVD+ disks. In response to your
suggestion, I just tried copying to a DVD-RW. Same results on either drive.
The menu will open but when I try to play any segment, I get a black screen.
The control bar indicates playing, but the chapter and time do not advance.
My faithful Sony DVD play loves the copy! This whole mess appeared to start
after I had to reload my system. I am running XP Pro with all updates. I
have a 2.4gh Pentium with a gig of ram. I don't think I have a resource
problem.
Thanks for the help.
Bob
"Bob S" <rsitze@vnet.net> wrote in message
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>I am unable to play DVD copies on my system. I am able to play them on my
>DVD player. I have no problem playing commercial DVD's. I use both
>WMP-10 and Nero 6.1 with all updates. I want to take a course I purchased
>that the seller apparently burned himself. Any suggestions?
> Bob
>

Have you tried using RecordNow! to make an exact copy of the DVD? If it is a
real DVD then you may want to try Smartripper to rip it and DVD x to restore
it to *.mpg format that Nero and/or RecordNow can convert back to DVD Format.
--
Paigelee


"Bob S" wrote:

> I am unable to play DVD copies on my system. I am able to play them on my
> DVD player. I have no problem playing commercial DVD's. I use both WMP-10
> and Nero 6.1 with all updates. I want to take a course I purchased that the
> seller apparently burned himself. Any suggestions?
> Bob
>
>
>

I have "DVD Cloner". It will make an exact copy of any DVD. They will not
play either.
Bob
"Paigelee" <Paigelee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Have you tried using RecordNow! to make an exact copy of the DVD? If it is
> a
> real DVD then you may want to try Smartripper to rip it and DVD x to
> restore
> it to *.mpg format that Nero and/or RecordNow can convert back to DVD
> Format.
> --
> Paigelee
>
>
> "Bob S" wrote:
>
>> I am unable to play DVD copies on my system. I am able to play them on
>> my
>> DVD player. I have no problem playing commercial DVD's. I use both
>> WMP-10
>> and Nero 6.1 with all updates. I want to take a course I purchased that
>> the
>> seller apparently burned himself. Any suggestions?
>> Bob
>>
>>
>>