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VCD on DVD??????

  • 25-04-2006 10:30am
    #1
    sparky360
    Closed Accounts Posts: 358 ✭✭


    Hi there.

    Probably a silly question but I am ignorant to technology. I bought these VCD's from Malaysia and tried to get them to work on my DVD player. At 1st, I thought it wouldn't work as it was taking ages to load. But after a minute or two it started. Happy days.

    But then my wife made me switch it off to watch eastenders. When I tried to start it again, the dvd player took ages to load and then said "NO DISC".

    What can I do?!??!?! Please help!!!!


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  • #2
    quazzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,315 ✭✭✭quazzy


    sparky360 wrote:
    Hi there.

    Probably a silly question but I am ignorant to technology. I bought these VCD's from Malaysia and tried to get them to work on my DVD player. At 1st, I thought it wouldn't work as it was taking ages to load. But after a minute or two it started. Happy days.

    But then my wife made me switch it off to watch eastenders. When I tried to start it again, the dvd player took ages to load and then said "NO DISC".

    What can I do?!??!?! Please help!!!!

    A few things:

    What DVD player have you got?
    Make, model

    Goto http://www.videohelp.com/ and check if your model supports VCD properly.

    Perhaps the disks are corrupt or bad quality
    So,check if the disks work on a pc using VLC player.
    Use google to download it - its free. Or follow the links in my sig.

    Q


  • #3
    sparky360
    Closed Accounts Posts: 358 ✭✭sparky360


    Thanks for that. The VCD works grand on the computer. The make of my dVD player is alba 114 xi. From what I read on that site you linked, it should play fine but it doesn't!


  • #4
    quazzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,315 ✭✭✭quazzy


    sparky360 wrote:
    Thanks for that. The VCD works grand on the computer. The make of my dVD player is alba 114 xi. From what I read on that site you linked, it should play fine but it doesn't!


    Read comment on your player here. Other ppl have similar issues.
    http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers?DVDname=Alba+114&Submit=Search&Search=Search&dvdportable=&dvdchanger=&dvdtv=&chipset=&orderby=Name&hits=25

    Some ppl mention getting a firmware upgrade, so you can try that or google around for more info.

    Also, cleaning the disks could help - might be a bit of a long shot though.

    If worse comes to worse you could get a new player - most new DVD player handle all / or most media types.

    Q


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