DVD movies won't play anymore with any software

Question

Hi all,   I read many posts here that for some reason their DVDs won't play anymore with Cineplayer.  I tried other softwares to play my DVDs but it didn't work either.   I used to be able to play my DVDs no problem, but yesterday, My DVD movies won't play anymore with XP Media Center, Media Player, Interactive DVD Player, etc.  In XP Media Center, it just gives me a black screen saying 'cannot play dvd'.  In Media Player, it says 'Windows Media cannot play the DVD because a problem occurred with a digital copyright protection.'  Same stuff with Interactive DVD player...   I checked the Device Manager and the 'device is working properly' and 'the driver is properly installed.'   I don't know how to fix this.  Please advise.   Many thanks.   Helen

Predator · Answer

Hi Helen,Did you go ahead and try roll the date back to Novemeber just be sure it is not the bug in Cineplayer?What is the name/model of your drive?Merry Christmas ! CD/RW Link

helenhappycat · Answer

Hi,   I did not try the rollback date trick yet since I only read only that this morning.  I'll try it when I go home tonight.   I have TSST TS-H352C DVD-ROM.   My DVDs also don't play in my DVD RW anymore but I don't have that model # with me.   What do you mean my cineplayer?  I don't have cineplayer unless you mean my XP Media Center is cineplayer... Are they the same thing?   Helen

Predator · Answer

Hi Helen,Media Player and Media Center will use the codecs from Cineplayer.Go ahead and roll the date back but not forward to January, if it does not help, you can always set the date back to the correct time frame.Merry Christmas ! CD/RW Link

helenhappycat · Answer

The roll back the date to November trick worked!  At least now I know it's not something that I did to my computer, which is a big relief.   Thanks a lot for your help!   Helen

Predator · Answer

Hi Helen,According to Dell-Michael the patch should be released on Dec 7th, so do check back in.Merry Christmas ! CD/RW Link

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