DVD wont play

[Dunk]

I can't get any dvd to play in my NEC ND2500A using Power DVD 5! I am able to write discs and my LG combo drive (in the same machine) plays the discs ok. The discs also play on my standalone Philips dvd player. I have flashed the ND2500 to firmware 1.07 with RPC1 but this hasn't made a difference. It's hopefully something simple but, Any Ideas??

System spec: Gigabyte GA-7VA motherboard, Athlon 2600XP, 512Mb RAM, MX440 64Mb AGP8 video, C:\Seagate Barracuda 80GB, D:\Maxtor 17GB, E:\NEC ND-2500A, F:\LG Combo drive (can't remember the model number)

[killingspree]

can you acces the disk via explorer or any other program?
what about being able to decrypt it with dvddecrypter (or alike)?

steVe

[Dunk]

Sorry it's taken until now to respond. I posted whilst at work.

I can see the 2 folders when I open a disk through My Computer and then all the .vob, etc files when I open the video_ts folder.

I should explain my problem better. Power DVD starts to play the disks but only plays 4 secs then pauses plays another seconds and then stops and throws me back to the Power DVD logo screen. I haven't tried to decrypt using this drive as I've always used the LG combo in the past.

The combo drive is a GCC-4480B which I haven't flashed to RPC1.

[killingspree]

have you tried any other dvdplayer like WinDVD (or even WMP - for testing purposes only of course)?

[Dunk]

Was just downloading WinDVD Platinum Trial version when I got your message.

I've only tried 1 disk but it's almost the same thing except WinDVD freezes completely with the ND2500 but plays ok with the LG combo.

[killingspree]

but you have tried more than one disk with powerdvd haven't you?!

[Dunk]

I've tried about 4 or 5 discs both originals and backups with Power DVD 5

[Dunk]

Have now flashed the drive with the standard v1.07 firmware and it now plays dvds. I was about to send the drive back for replacement and thought I better have the correct firmware on it! :-}

I'd be interested if anyone else with a ND-2500A has had similar problems.

Thanks
Dunk

[killingspree]

so the firmware you had on the drive when you bought it wasn't 1.07?!

[charlotte]

Use WinDVD Platinum instead of PowerDVD, it's the best dvd player in the world. Even in [edited for rule 6 violation - no warez] you can find "FREE" WinDVD Platinum 5.3.5.22 for downloading.

[killingspree]

charlotte: If you had read the thread you would have known that Dunk already tried WinDVD Platinum and it acted even worse than PowerDVD.

Anyway, apart from the fact that honestly i do not believe there is a DVD player that is "best" in every aspect of utilization, it is forbidden to link to warez from this forum!!

cheers
steVe

[Dunk]

No. The firmware was v1.06 when I bought the drive which I flashed to v1.06 with the rpc1 removed. I then found that v1.07 with riplock and rpc1 removed was available and flashed the firmware to that. I have now flashed it to the standard v1.07.

I don't know if it worked with the v1.06/rpc1 removed as I never tried it!