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Article #786Re: Sudden incompatibility with all DVD player programs
From: Jim
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 05:45
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 05:45
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In my machine it appears to be somehow connected to a DVD stored call to the
sound card, believe it or not. By removing the sound card and drivers from
Windows and then reinstalling them, the error went away. Fluke or solution?
You can give it a shot.
"John Smith" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:Eff16.7336$wE3.6559@newsfeed.slurp.net...
> I'm not getting any particular errors, but PowerDVD either starts to play
a
> disc and stops (as if the stop button were pressed) for one second... or
it
> plays the disc, but doesn't respond when you click on menu items. WinDVD
> does the same things.
>
> I am stumped. The last thing I did was switch out my HP7200i CDRW with a
> Plextor 12/10/32A CDRW. I'll take guesses.. Anybody?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> <msiivola@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:923poe$5eq$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> > There are many who have experienced that their DVD drivers suddenly
> > have begun to show errors with Windvd ("create overlay failed") and
> > with Powerdvd "current display mode is not supported").
> >
> > The same happened to me. Every DVD player program began to refuse my
> > DVD drive
> >
> > The error does NOT seem to depend on the DVD drive manufacturer, DVD
> > firmware upgrades, display cards, OS's...
> >
> > Please do not guess! There are already too many guesses. I repeat: the
> > error does not depend on WinDVD or PowerDVD or drive manufacturer or
> > video card but is popping up with all these.
> >
> > If someone has found the reason for this error, and has cured it,
> > please, please help us others who have not been so lucky.
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com
> > http://www.deja.com/
>
>
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