Can an Aspire M3-581TG play DVD's?

LauraCope
LauraCope Member Posts: 6 New User

I  tried to put a DVD in yesterday and it found it but when I clicked on it there were just loads of files? So got me thinking, can my laptop actually play DVD's? 

 

Can anyone help?

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  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 44,895 Trailblazer
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    OK, looks like you have a movie DVD with an audio/video format VOB  that Windows Media Player doesn't at the moment recognize. But you can download the Windows VOB player as freeware from this site. Try to install it and report back again.

     

    http://vobplayer.org/

     

    Jack E/NJ

    Jack E/NJ

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  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 44,895 Trailblazer

    Sure. Depends on what's on the disc. Data files. Game files. Music files. All of the above. What kind of files do you like?

     

    Jack E/NJ

    Jack E/NJ

  • LauraCope
    LauraCope Member Posts: 6 New User

    well im talking more a movie dvd, i tried to watch world war z yesterday Smiley Tongue 

  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 44,895 Trailblazer

    Movies should work OK. What happened when you tried to watch the WW2 movie? Do you know what media players are installed on your Acer?

     

    Jack E/NJ

    Jack E/NJ

  • LauraCope
    LauraCope Member Posts: 6 New User

    well i believe its just windows media player,

    i put the disc in as normal and the drive found it, and said WORLD WAR Z DVD, but when i went to click on it, it just opened up another window full of files that just had loads of words. i tried to add it to windows media player but it just said unknown disc and wouldnt do anything, its odd. is there a difference media player i could download that would work?

  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 44,895 Trailblazer

    Look for a file or files with a .WMV extension when you clicked on the DVD title. These are the Windows audio/video media files.  You may have to change your file view to 'details' in order to see the extension. Then click or double-click on those with the WMV extension. Report back.

     

    Jack E/NJ

    Jack E/NJ

  • LauraCope
    LauraCope Member Posts: 6 New User

    okay ive put the disk in

    its come up with DVD RW DRIVE (DSmiley Happy WORLD_WAR_Z

    so i click on it

    then comes up with a file VIDEO_TS which i click on, then it comes up with numerous files saying VIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_TS.IFO VIDEO_TS.VOB then it goes on to add numbers to the files. ive tried clicking on them but a window pops up asking me how i want to open the file and look for something in the apps store... i cant see to open it? :/

     

    (EDIT) if i choose to play one of those files in windows media player it comes up with this message.. 'Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file' 

  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 44,895 Trailblazer
    Answer ✓

    OK, looks like you have a movie DVD with an audio/video format VOB  that Windows Media Player doesn't at the moment recognize. But you can download the Windows VOB player as freeware from this site. Try to install it and report back again.

     

    http://vobplayer.org/

     

    Jack E/NJ

    Jack E/NJ

  • LauraCope
    LauraCope Member Posts: 6 New User

    THANK YOU SO MUCH! yes! excellent, that works perfectly, just loaded my disc up via that media player and it plays like a dream, thank you ever so much Smiley Happy

  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 44,895 Trailblazer

    Nice job. Congrats!

     

    Jack E/NJ

    Jack E/NJ

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