Playing DVD on computer

TomG wrote on 6/3/2003, 6:40 PM

I just finished my first DVD from DVDA and it looked just great on my standalone DVD player. I then tried to play it on the Pioneer A05 which I used to burn the DVD. I am using the player that came with the driver (Sonic CinePlayer) and keep getting a message that "The DVD key exchange for copy protection has failed. Playback is not possible". Does anyone know what that's all about? Is this player expecting some sort of copy protection key? Is DVDA capable of generating this?

Thanks,

TomG

Comments

Luxo wrote on 6/3/2003, 7:50 PM

I may be totally off here, but I was under the impression that you can't play DVDs on DVD-R drives, crazy as that may sound. You need a dedicated DVD-ROM drive for that. Correct me if I'm wrong.

surfnturk wrote on 6/3/2003, 8:19 PM

I have a DVD-R writer and can watch DVDs fine with WinDVD.

TomG wrote on 6/3/2003, 8:22 PM

I can watch commercial DVDs just fine on this player. But I have a feeling the Sonic CinePlayer isn't the best around. Where can I find WinDVD?

Never thought about it but what format does DVDA put out? DVD-R?

Oops, never mind, just realized I was burning to a DVD-RW.

Thanks,

TomG

BD wrote on 6/7/2003, 8:00 PM

DVD movies play fine on my PC's Pioneer A-03 DVD-R/DVD-RW drive -- using either the DVD-player program that came with my ATI video card (which I prefer), or the player software that came with the Pioneer drive.

Brandon's Dad

BillyBoy wrote on 6/7/2003, 8:21 PM

PowerDVD is the defacto DVD players for PC's. Try the free trial.

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