My samsung rv510 doesnt play dvds. i put the dvd in, it automatically runs on windows media player but doesnt actually play. windows explorer stops responding and so does windows media player when you try and find solutions

Hi ruggie_p,


Since you have an Internet connection to your PC, you should download codec to your Windows Media Player for it to play DVD's.
Mine is Cole2Media.

Hope this helps you a lot.

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have you tryed playing on media player or power dvd

when u put the disc in does it automaticly open windows media player with the movie? if so after the dvd is in close media player ,go to "my computer" then go to the drive your disc is in and right click chose explore or open in new window on the video files u see right click one of them and choose "open with.." then click browse and navigate to your c:/drive program files and look for power dvd u will need to select the powerdvd.exe also make sure the box is ticked that says always use this program to open this kind of file ......make sure u have the rite codec's installed as well this link is for windows XP video codecs http://www.free-codecs.com/download/XP_Codec_Pack.htm this one is for windows vista http://www.free-codecs.com/download/vista_codec_package.htm and this 1 is for windows 7 http://shark007.net/win7codecs.html

INSTALL KLITE CODEC PACK
AND UPGRADE MEDIA PLAYER TO VERSION 11 IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY DVD,S NOW

Try Media player classic under k-lite codec pack. Then open video files on the dvd. If it doesn't help try another codec player. If nothing helps could it be that dvd player is not capable of multilayer dvd reading.

If your computer recognizes a disc in the drive and operates normally, Id assume you would need a DVD player or codec to be able to actually watch the DVD. PowerDVD rings a bell.
Have you tired that? I know Windows Media Player by default wont let you watch a movie without first downloading a codec.

It shouldn't be a driver issue. DVD drives are natively supported by XP. What software do you have installed for playing DVD'? Windows Media Player 11 would be excellent, and it's free from Microsoft. PowerDVD and WinDVD are also good, but you have to buy them.

By default, Windows does not include a DVD decoder (which is what you need to watch DVDs).
If you are using WMP10: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/plugins.aspx
If you are using WMP11:
http://savvybytes.com/2006/10/02/playing-dvds-with-windows-media-player-11/

Install the codec and you will be able to watch DVDs!