If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
DVD support on Windows98SE
I have an Hitachi DVD ROM GD-5000. My problem is the device behaves more
like a general CD-ROM i.e. I can read files e.t.c. with it but I can not play DVDs with it. I think this is because the device driver installed by windows is MSCDROM.INF. A file called HIT-DVD.SYS was supplied with the hardware and I suppose this is the correct device driver, but I do not know how to install this driver. I have tried going to the device manager selecting "HITACHI DVD ROM GD-5000" which is listed in the CDROM category, then pressing properties and then in the device properties dialog going to the driver section and pressing update but that only accepts files that are ".INF" and I only have a ".SYS" file. Any help woul be great, cheers. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Try installing the dvd player that came with the DVD drive. Typically
powerdvd or windvd. Then try again. -- Jon Hildrum DTS MVP www.hildrum.com "Ady" _ wrote in message ... I have an Hitachi DVD ROM GD-5000. My problem is the device behaves more like a general CD-ROM i.e. I can read files e.t.c. with it but I can not play DVDs with it. I think this is because the device driver installed by windows is MSCDROM.INF. A file called HIT-DVD.SYS was supplied with the hardware and I suppose this is the correct device driver, but I do not know how to install this driver. I have tried going to the device manager selecting "HITACHI DVD ROM GD-5000" which is listed in the CDROM category, then pressing properties and then in the device properties dialog going to the driver section and pressing update but that only accepts files that are ".INF" and I only have a ".SYS" file. Any help woul be great, cheers. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
You don't want to install the SYS file - that's only for a DOS boot
diskette. What you are otherwise seeing is 100% normal - Windows sees a DVD drive as if it were a CD drive - only much larger. :-) Inserting a data DVD disc should allow you to read it as if you were inserting a CD disc into a CDROM drive. To play movie discs you need a DVD movie player program, as Jon has noted. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * In fond memory ... Alex, you shall be sorely missed * http://www.aumha.org/alex.htm "Ady" _ wrote in message ... I have an Hitachi DVD ROM GD-5000. My problem is the device behaves more like a general CD-ROM i.e. I can read files e.t.c. with it but I can not play DVDs with it. I think this is because the device driver installed by windows is MSCDROM.INF. A file called HIT-DVD.SYS was supplied with the hardware and I suppose this is the correct device driver, but I do not know how to install this driver. I have tried going to the device manager selecting "HITACHI DVD ROM GD-5000" which is listed in the CDROM category, then pressing properties and then in the device properties dialog going to the driver section and pressing update but that only accepts files that are ".INF" and I only have a ".SYS" file. Any help woul be great, cheers. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Even today's XP requires DVD movie playing software. This software tells
the PC what to do with the various filetypes native to DVD movies. Once installed, this software should open automatically when a DVD movie is inserted. If you can read files on a DVD, that's all you generally get with a DVD ROM with the package. Many DVD movies have built-in program that will install DVD player software when the DVD movie is inserted. If autoinsert is disabled or not working, you won't see it and it won't install. "Ady" _ wrote in message ... I have an Hitachi DVD ROM GD-5000. My problem is the device behaves more like a general CD-ROM i.e. I can read files e.t.c. with it but I can not play DVDs with it. I think this is because the device driver installed by windows is MSCDROM.INF. A file called HIT-DVD.SYS was supplied with the hardware and I suppose this is the correct device driver, but I do not know how to install this driver. I have tried going to the device manager selecting "HITACHI DVD ROM GD-5000" which is listed in the CDROM category, then pressing properties and then in the device properties dialog going to the driver section and pressing update but that only accepts files that are ".INF" and I only have a ".SYS" file. Any help woul be great, cheers. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Win98 SE 48bit LBA support for esdi_506.pdr driver | user | Setup & Installation | 11 | December 29th 04 10:37 PM |
Me Support | Muhammad-Ali | General | 1 | August 20th 04 03:30 PM |
Why MS terminated Win Me normal support early? | Muhammad-Ali | General | 1 | August 20th 04 03:30 PM |
Language support for WIN98SE | OdiN | General | 1 | July 19th 04 01:55 PM |
Is this MS Me Support Response from an Imposter ? | Riff | General | 3 | June 26th 04 08:35 PM |