Problems Playing Doom DVD (1 Viewer)

[no_Legend]

Hi, i dont know if im right here, so admin if im not sorry.

Now to my Problem.
I bought Doom, an now i want to play it in my HTPC but it doesnt work.

Everything is working fine to moment after the menu.
Every time when i will play the DVD nothing is happening.
The DVD drive is making such crazy sound, like the
the dvd is damaged.

But in the normal DVD-Player it will play correctly.

Is there an copy protection on the disc and are there any solutions for
that problem.

 

[Nightmare77]

some older dvd drives don't pickup discs correctly so that spinning noise is the computer trying to read it, as a test you could see if windows picks it up and will play it through a 3rd party program like powerdvd or something. If it does you konw its something in MP stopping it from working but if it wont read it its more than likely a old dvd drive, i havea problem on one of my computers that doesnt' read dual layered discs.

 

[zombiepig]

try installing anydvd... there's a trial available at http://www.slysoft.com/en/
i reckon that'll fix your problem.

 

[no_Legend]

That is my Problem i tested this DVD in three DVD -ROMs, nothing is Working.

AnyDVD is an standart programm by all of my installations.

Nothing is working.

I dont understand this, i will try it with powerdvd i will post the result.

 

[Nightmare77]

but are those 3 dvd drives new at all ? or are they all pretty old ?

 

[Marcusb]

If you can get anything to read it then I would suggest burning it, but there is your problem.

I love the fact now that some DVD's have such extreme copy protection that the only way to watch them without issue is to copy them first

Is there any mention on the DVD cover about copy protection technique? They usually have something written on them if so. Try a few friends PC's and see if they have any success. It could be an issue with the age of the drive reading a "dense" disk or somehting similar, as has already been suggested.

 

[no_Legend]

The drive in my Desktop is bought this april and the firmware is update on the last stand.
At my uncles new notebook its the same nothing is working.

I cant say if there is any spezial copy protection on it, i have got the dvd from netleih an dvd rent service in germany.

All try to copy the dvd aren't not working. I think on the dvd are to many scratchers.

That DVD is the first who doesnt work in MP. Every other 160 dvd i have are working in my HTPC.

 

[mPod]

Just a kind reminder: Please avoid talking about how to crack copy protection systems. We'd have to remove such posts immediately.

Moved to Off Topic, btw, as it is no MP issue, but a general computing thing.

 

[zombiepig]

All try to copy the dvd aren't not working. I think on the dvd are to many scratchers.

That DVD is the first who doesnt work in MP. Every other 160 dvd i have are working in my HTPC.

Definetly sounds like a copy protection thing to me.