VERY weird dvd-rom problem

[impostal22]

after putting a DVD into the dvd-rom, my friend's computer displays this message:

"this disk contains DVD content. the files may be encrypted and therefore not playable using the file player. please switch to the DVD player to play this disk."

it's already in the dvd-rom, and nothing has been downloaded recently. any ideas?

[mcveighr]

He needs a program that plays dvds, duh.

[impostal22]

she's got one, duh . she's been able to play dvd's forever, but now all of a sudden, she can't.

[mcveighr]

"this disk contains DVD content. the files may be encrypted and therefore not playable using the file player. please switch to the DVD player to play this disk."

Think about it, that means that the program you're using doesn't have the proper decoding to play said dvd.

[Ironmag]

Same thing happened to my comp a while back. I used to be able to play them on Windows Media Player (I know, it sucks) then all of a sudden I pop in a movie and gives me the exact same message. I just looked around for another program to play dvd movies and it worked.

[painTech]

use a good program.

[Crighton]

ATI's media studio has the default player for dvd's set to the file player instead of the DVD player app. Close the message and then open the ATI dvd player using start/programs/ati

[impostal22]

alright..i'll try switching programs...even though this one worked once upon a time lol..

[impostal22]

problem solved. thanks all.

[Dryden]

Could it be the region coding?