DVD rom question

[FredLocks]

I have a pioneer Dvd106s slot load rom. It plays games and CD's fine but I can't watch DVD's. What am I missing here? Is there a program I need to download? Thanks

 

[DrumminBoy]

Do you have a DVD program like PowerDVD or WinDVD installed? if not, thats what you need

 

[HappyPuppy]

I'm surprised your Pioneer didn't come with some sort of scaled down software, unless it was an OEM.

 

[FredLocks]

Aha, it was an oem puppy so thats my problem. Drummin boy, do you reccomend one of those over the other? Thanks for the help...

 

[HappyPuppy]

You might try a Google search to possibly find a freeware program, or go to ZDNet.com/downloads and see if they have WinDVD and PowerDVD shareware that you can try out and make your own decision.

 

[FredLocks]

Holy crap, the're like 50 bucks to buy...hopefully I can find a freeware, thanks again.

 

[HappyPuppy]

Try these:

WinDVD

and

PowerDVD

 

[DrumminBoy]

Theres a decent DVD program that comes pre-loaded on some dvd's called PCFriendlyDVD. You can download it for FREE Here . Should work out good for you

 

[FredLocks]

Thanks puppy I loaded that win dvd 3.0 and it works great, I got a 45 day trial with it so I'll probably check out that PCfriendly drummin boy suggested after that,
much obliged!!!!

 

[ojai00]

Depending on the video card you have, it might have shipped with some DVD playing software. I got one with my ATI Radeon 64MB VIVO. I'm using PowerDVD right now, and it's been great.

 

[FredLocks]

 

[HappyPuppy]

No problem. Also, I didn't think of it, but Ojai is right. Many video cards come with some sort of DVD software. You might want to check your card's CD.

 

[FredLocks]

Well I feel like quite the fool....I have a geforce 3 Ti-500 with power dvd on the installation disk......as the say in RTCW mp...oooooops. Thanks

 

[HappyPuppy]

Sometimes the most obvious answer is the most elusive. Glad to hear it. Now you don't have to spend any $ and you can go out and rent some DVD's.

 

[MWink]

You can get PowerDVD for $3 + shipping here.