DVD Driver

[hahaha0214]

Can anyone give me the link for downloading a sony dvd driver? I cant seem to find it on the sony website.
Model is Sony DVD-ROM DDU1211. I have Windows 2000 Pro.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[snowmonkey]

You don't need driver for any DVD drives unless you have DOS or Windows 3.11 !!! What is the problem you are experiencing ?

Cheers

[hahaha0214]

Well I cant seem to be able to run any of the DVD's that my friend burned some movies into. Could anyone help me?

[fritzi93]

Originally Posted by hahaha0214

Well I cant seem to be able to run any of the DVD's that my friend burned some movies into. Could anyone help me?

Sounds like you may need an MPEG2 codec. As a test you could try Media Player Classic or Videolan, both have inbuilt MPEG2 codecs. Here:

http://www.videohelp.com/tools?s=11#11

Good luck.

[EDIT] When you say movies, I assume you mean DVD format, like you can play on a set-top. Is that correct?

[hahaha0214]

Well I dont really get what you people are trying to say but i guess you misunderstood me. Whenever i put a recordable dvd into my computer and open My Computer, the page take forever to load. When it finally does load and i click on the E drive containing the dvd, it says Please insert a disc into drive E. Could anyone please tell me whats wrong?

[fritzi93]

Originally Posted by hahaha0214

Well I dont really get what you people are trying to say but i guess you misunderstood me. Whenever i put a recordable dvd into my computer and open My Computer, the page take forever to load. When it finally does load and i click on the E drive containing the dvd, it says Please insert a disc into drive E. Could anyone please tell me whats wrong?

Well, that's a little clearer. Still don't have enough particulars.

1) Have you tried the discs in another computer? A set-top? Do they play?
2) If they do play elsewhere, try cleaning the lens on your Sony DVD-ROM.
3) If that fails, uninstall the drive in Device Manager and reboot.
4) Do commercial movies (pressed discs) work in the unit? If not, see #5.
5) If these are DVD movies, you STILL need an MPEG2 codec if you don't already have one. If, for instance you have one of several commercial DVD software players, you have it. Dunno about the latest versions of WMP, but older versions don't. If the movies are AVIs, you need the appropriate codecs to play them, e.g. XviD, DivX, etc.

Good luck and post back.

[Jess]

hey x
ive got two things i need help with
first is how do i post things on this site without replying and not helping them sorry o here your problem ?? CONFUSED or whAT !!

2nd thing most important
I live in london and i recently went to america and bought sims 2 glamour life and when i got home i was like WHAT !! i put the disk in nothing happens !! nothing comes up nothing happens just normal as if i didnt put on in !! so then i went in run and typed in the code and it said load of thing but nothing about the disk nothing happened !!

PLEASEE HELP
SOON !!
Asap

if you help me Love Jess .. x
If you dont Jess

[hahaha0214]

Ah never mind, its screwed up and i dont care anymore. Thx for the help anyways

[snowmonkey]

Jess, you are completely on the wrong thread...if you have any issue you need to open a new thread....none the less I will answer your question.....but wait a sec.

oldtimer, you are confusing the $hit out people here when you ask unrelated question plus the fact the some of your answers are ABSULTLY WRONG.

OldTimer, please read on you you know the answer too.

Jess, All the DVD movies are designed to run on certain region of the world...so if a DVD from USA does not play in England it means you have the wrong region....there is a way around it...you could us software that will remove the regional security and then copy / burn / watch it.

hahaha0214, Let's get back to your problem.

Couple of thing you need to know before we start.
In order to read a DVD you need to have software....if your DVD in movie format then software like PowerDVD or CyberLink DVD...also, Windows Media Player 10 or better would work too.

If you DVD is in Data format then a plan Jane DVD player should be able to read it, unless the data on the DVD has been written in higher speed then capability of you DVD reader.

If you have a blank DVD, don't try to see what is on it...since there is nothing on the DVD, it takes the computer longer time to determine it's blank then if it actually had data.

If you have a blank DVD and you want to add data of movie to it....again, you will need software for that....I would suggest Nero Burning Rom.

hahaha0214, if you have any other question please PM me.

Cheers