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If some of you have bought recently The Matrix Reloaded and The Hulk (also maybe Terminator 3) then people who do not own a proper DVD player and rely only on the computer to watch them on then you may have a problem in viewing them perhaps.
I have gathered info on this problem and it is a new security feature that only allows a computer with only one Disk drive (it doesn't work if you have a separate CD-R drive and DVD drive) to play these new DVD's.
I know this because I have tried to play The Matrix Reloaded DVD AND The Hulk DVD with no success in playing, they load up with Inter Actual Player (who seems to me the people behind the security effect) but do not lay because of a CSI error.
Plus My sister who was watching the Matrix DVD on her friends Computer 9with 2 Disk Drives) did not work, so she tried it on her laptop (1 combo DVD and CD-R Drive) and with the same DVD worked perfectly.
So I came to the conclusion they are making the DVD's over secure about being copied by stopping them from playing completely if their computer has more than 1 disk drive.
This does not affect people with proper DVD players connected to the TV, but may affect external TV DVD Players to Computer link ups if anyone actually does that.
I have gathered info on this problem and it is a new security feature that only allows a computer with only one Disk drive (it doesn't work if you have a separate CD-R drive and DVD drive) to play these new DVD's.
I know this because I have tried to play The Matrix Reloaded DVD AND The Hulk DVD with no success in playing, they load up with Inter Actual Player (who seems to me the people behind the security effect) but do not lay because of a CSI error.
Plus My sister who was watching the Matrix DVD on her friends Computer 9with 2 Disk Drives) did not work, so she tried it on her laptop (1 combo DVD and CD-R Drive) and with the same DVD worked perfectly.
So I came to the conclusion they are making the DVD's over secure about being copied by stopping them from playing completely if their computer has more than 1 disk drive.
This does not affect people with proper DVD players connected to the TV, but may affect external TV DVD Players to Computer link ups if anyone actually does that.
Well the player has nothing to do with it - I have never installed it and everything's peachy.
IMHO I would personally blame InterActual though never had an issue with it myself.
Psyİho Fox wrote:
> Turbonutter wrote:
> Why hasn't there been a /. story on this? Where did you hear it?
>
> That's because i and someone other than me had the same problem so i
> came up with this theory which is pretty plausible considering.
Well I very much doubt your theory is correct. DVD copy protection would cause big waves.
BIG waves.
> Turbonutter wrote:
> Why hasn't there been a /. story on this? Where did you hear it?
>
> That's because i and someone other than me had the same problem so i
> came up with this theory which is pretty plausible considering.
Well I very much doubt your theory is correct. DVD copy protection would cause big waves.
BIG waves.
Both Matrix Reloaded and The Hulk work on mine and I have a Sony DVDRW and a Pioneer DVD Rom. Inter Actual Player might have caused the CSI error on your computer and thats why you couldnt load it. Inter Actual Player needs to be installed first so the installation might not have worked. I didnt bother loading Inter Actual Player as I just use PowerDVD, and that had no problem with either film.
I'll check this out on mine when I get the matrix reloaded as I have a DVD player and CD-RW. This will be about Jan tho.
Turbonutter wrote:
> Why hasn't there been a /. story on this? Where did you hear it?
That's because i and someone other than me had the same problem so i came up with this theory which is pretty plausible considering.
Also does either of you have Interactual player? because everytime I play those two DVD's (both of which isn't mine anyway, one was my sis's that I gave back to her after I bought it for her, and the other was a friend's) it always loads InterActual Player which is where the CSI error occurs, and I looked at what that meant and it was a copyright error according to them. I tried loading the same DVD with Real One player and Windows media Player but neither even start the DVD up at all.
> Why hasn't there been a /. story on this? Where did you hear it?
That's because i and someone other than me had the same problem so i came up with this theory which is pretty plausible considering.
Also does either of you have Interactual player? because everytime I play those two DVD's (both of which isn't mine anyway, one was my sis's that I gave back to her after I bought it for her, and the other was a friend's) it always loads InterActual Player which is where the CSI error occurs, and I looked at what that meant and it was a copyright error according to them. I tried loading the same DVD with Real One player and Windows media Player but neither even start the DVD up at all.
Can't say Ive had a problem with either of the films you've mentioned. Desktop has a seperate DVD/CDR-W (both LG) and play fine there, Laptop is a combi DVD/CDR-W (Samsung) and no problems there either?
Psyİho Fox wrote:
> If some of you have bought recently The Matrix Reloaded and The Hulk
> (also maybe Terminator 3) then people who do not own a proper DVD
> player and rely only on the computer to watch them on then you may
> have a problem in viewing them perhaps.
Doesn't affect mine, and I have only one drive - and it doesn't read copy protected CDs.
You can't really protect against DVD copying on the computers, and there has also been a precedent set in the US courts for fair use of DVDs in computers, so blocking you from reading DVDs in computer drives is illegal.
Why hasn't there been a /. story on this? Where did you hear it?
> If some of you have bought recently The Matrix Reloaded and The Hulk
> (also maybe Terminator 3) then people who do not own a proper DVD
> player and rely only on the computer to watch them on then you may
> have a problem in viewing them perhaps.
Doesn't affect mine, and I have only one drive - and it doesn't read copy protected CDs.
You can't really protect against DVD copying on the computers, and there has also been a precedent set in the US courts for fair use of DVDs in computers, so blocking you from reading DVDs in computer drives is illegal.
Why hasn't there been a /. story on this? Where did you hear it?
If some of you have bought recently The Matrix Reloaded and The Hulk (also maybe Terminator 3) then people who do not own a proper DVD player and rely only on the computer to watch them on then you may have a problem in viewing them perhaps.
I have gathered info on this problem and it is a new security feature that only allows a computer with only one Disk drive (it doesn't work if you have a separate CD-R drive and DVD drive) to play these new DVD's.
I know this because I have tried to play The Matrix Reloaded DVD AND The Hulk DVD with no success in playing, they load up with Inter Actual Player (who seems to me the people behind the security effect) but do not lay because of a CSI error.
Plus My sister who was watching the Matrix DVD on her friends Computer 9with 2 Disk Drives) did not work, so she tried it on her laptop (1 combo DVD and CD-R Drive) and with the same DVD worked perfectly.
So I came to the conclusion they are making the DVD's over secure about being copied by stopping them from playing completely if their computer has more than 1 disk drive.
This does not affect people with proper DVD players connected to the TV, but may affect external TV DVD Players to Computer link ups if anyone actually does that.
I have gathered info on this problem and it is a new security feature that only allows a computer with only one Disk drive (it doesn't work if you have a separate CD-R drive and DVD drive) to play these new DVD's.
I know this because I have tried to play The Matrix Reloaded DVD AND The Hulk DVD with no success in playing, they load up with Inter Actual Player (who seems to me the people behind the security effect) but do not lay because of a CSI error.
Plus My sister who was watching the Matrix DVD on her friends Computer 9with 2 Disk Drives) did not work, so she tried it on her laptop (1 combo DVD and CD-R Drive) and with the same DVD worked perfectly.
So I came to the conclusion they are making the DVD's over secure about being copied by stopping them from playing completely if their computer has more than 1 disk drive.
This does not affect people with proper DVD players connected to the TV, but may affect external TV DVD Players to Computer link ups if anyone actually does that.