DVD problems in HP 6730s

jmny · 05-26-2009, 01:53 AM

I have a new HP 6730s running XP Professional SP2. My DVD drive (HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50L) reads and writes CDs but fails to recognise blank DVDs and, while recognising DVDs, is unable to play them in, for instance, the VLC player.

There is a thread from last year that suggested a similar problem, but it seems not to have been resolved.

Any suggestions? Thanks

Jmny

dai · 05-26-2009, 02:43 AM

try removing the filters

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...060&x=12&y=13#

jmny · 05-26-2009, 06:12 AM

Thanks for the quick response, dai.

My registry entry mentioned on that page doesn't contain a field for UpperFilters or LowerFilters, so I'm guessing that's not the problem.

I have subsequently been able to write to a DVD using CDBurnerXP but am still not able to get a DVD to play through the VLC player. It seems that something is being read from the drive but the software only displays gibberish. I am able to play DVD files (.vob) that I've ripped on another computer and transferred to this one, so I'm guessing that it's not a problem with VLC, memory or the graphics card.

jmny

dai · 05-26-2009, 09:35 AM

have you converted the files before burning

05-26-2009, 01:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
jmny Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp	DVD problems in HP 6730s I have a new HP 6730s running XP Professional SP2. My DVD drive (HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50L) reads and writes CDs but fails to recognise blank DVDs and, while recognising DVDs, is unable to play them in, for instance, the VLC player. There is a thread from last year that suggested a similar problem, but it seems not to have been resolved. Any suggestions? Thanks Jmny

05-26-2009, 02:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,653 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: DVD problems in HP 6730s try removing the filters http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...060&x=12&y=13# __________________

05-26-2009, 06:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
jmny Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: DVD problems in HP 6730s Thanks for the quick response, dai. My registry entry mentioned on that page doesn't contain a field for UpperFilters or LowerFilters, so I'm guessing that's not the problem. I have subsequently been able to write to a DVD using CDBurnerXP but am still not able to get a DVD to play through the VLC player. It seems that something is being read from the drive but the software only displays gibberish. I am able to play DVD files (.vob) that I've ripped on another computer and transferred to this one, so I'm guessing that it's not a problem with VLC, memory or the graphics card. jmny

05-26-2009, 09:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,653 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: DVD problems in HP 6730s have you converted the files before burning __________________