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Pioneer 106S Slot Loading DVD-ROM Problem

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Mota331

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I just bought this DVD-ROM drive and this is my first DVD-ROM drive that I have owned. I am trying to play Fast and the Furious with the InterActual Player that comes with the disc and when I click the play button it give me the error:

"Playback failed due to a problem with the video subsystem. Lowering your screen resolution or color depth may fix the problem."

I lowerd my resolution and color depth and it still does it. I also checked their website for an answer and it said that I need a decoder card. I have a GeForce3 TI500, why would I need a decoder card if I have the GF3?

To make the question short, How can I play this DVD or any DVD without a decoder card or how can I just play this DVD?

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You shouldn't need a decoder card, your system should play it fine without one.

Try other DVD software. PowerDVD has a free trial on their website (5 minutes audio, 15minutes video), thats what I use (the full version of course).

Try other DVD's as well. Does the DVDrom drive read CDs fine?
 
That SW rarely works! i would get Windvd or something based on that engine. PowerDVD is good also. In a pinch, downlad IBMs dvd SW, I think its available on there website somewhere.
 
If you bought a retail dvd drive it should have come with some software to use to watch dvds. I believe it's PowerDVD that comes with that drive.
 
I just tried the free version of PowerDVD, WinDVD, DirectDVD, and the Interactual player that comes with the Disc. PowerDVD worked but I didn't have my Audio cable connected to that drive so I wasn't getting Audio. I turned off the computer to pluged the cable into the Pioneer and then it kept giving me an error that disc is damaged or Scratched in PowerDVD. WinDVD and DirectDVD dosen't do anything. Interactual give the error that I need to insert the Disc into the approate drive.

Oh and I took the Audio cable out and it still does it.

The drive reads the disc and other discs fine if I goto My Computer, but trying to play the discs is another story.
 
If you download the free version, like I did (I even had the same DVD drive...newegg?) it will play your movie for ~5min and then cutout. If you get really desperate, PM me
 
You shouldn't need the audio cable plugged in to get sound. I have enable digital audio set in Win2k, I'm Are you sure the powerDVD trial doesn't have some limit on the time audio will play?
 
Just a dumb question, but is the Fast and the Furious DVD okay? Try playing other discs and see if they give you the same problem. I have that drive and it's been working fine for me. If your drive is accepting discs, then you should be able to play them. Hope this helps...and good luck on fixing your problem.
 
When I didn't have sound it was because of the audio cable not being plugged into that drive. When I shut down the computer and plugged in the cable and turned it back on I can't get PowerDVD to even see the disc or it says that it is damaged or scrached.
 
I also tried other DVDs like Shrek, Pacific Heights, ect and they all don't play. I am going to email pioneer and see what they say. I bought it OEM without software.
 
Have you tried a rebuild of your OS? This is a drastic measure, but may sort it out. I dont have any other ideas...
 
I just wrote to Pioneer, I wait to see what they say, they I will do it. I am going to set my computer up to do a DualBoot between 98SE and XP Pro. Maybe it will work on XP. Maybe
 
Hmm, I have that same DVD-RoM and never had any problem. In fact, I have one on each of two new computers I built. Yes, I have the audio cable linking the DVD drive and the sound card.

I use WinDVD that came with my GF3, however the latest windows media player also decodes DVDs.

That DVD-ROM reading CDs ok?
 
Yes the drive DOES read Data CDs and Music CDs just fine. It also reads the Data on the DVD disc, just PowerDVD and all the other DVD player software won't play the disc.
 
I had the exact same model of Pioneer DVD player as you. It took a fair bit of time, but eventually it got to the point where it randomly wouldn't read certain CDs, even they they were in excellent condition, or even brand new in some cases. When it did read the discs, it would make some awful sounds, and speeds were far below what they should have been. This was the second pioneer dvd player I had, as the first one quit reading DVD discs all together and had to be RMA'd. I also have a close friend with a different model pioneer dvd drive, and he had similar problems. He attempted to update his firmware and ended up with a dead drive in the process since the firmware didn't finish upgrading on the drive for some reason. I admit, this could have been a mistake on his part, but I know this person fairly well, and he knows what he is doing.

Anyhow, just thought I'd mention that. I replaced my pioneer with a nice Sony, and despite not having slot load anymore, I'm extremely happy with the new drive.

To actually provide you with some useful information in your case, maybe find someone will a similar system to yours and try the dvd in their machine. If possible, try in another system with the save dvd drive. Basically make sure your drive is alright physically, before worrying about firmware. I'm sure the problem I had with my drive were not caused by the firmware, and if they were, that's pretty frightening, given that in both cases I was left with a drive that physically didn't work.
 
Is it quick at reading the cds and dvds or does it take some time? Check and see if udma is enabled or not on that drive
 
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