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MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Why are MPC and WMP being shit? They're just playing maybe the trailers, and MPC is only doing it silent. What the fuck is going on? I ordered in room service so I could watch Kick Ass or something and now the fucking thing isn't working.

I can't use VLC as it needs admin privilege to install.

EDIT - work laptop running windows 7

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2013 14:59

You need codecs - you could try 9.7 standard from here but I think you'll get nailed on the admin permissions again:
http://www.free-codecs.com/k_lite_codec ... wnload.htm

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22392

http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/vlc_portable

This version of VLC shouldn't need installing.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2013 15:02

Or get the .zip from this page: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
It doesn't need to install.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

I'll give that a go, Troops, thanks. If it doesn't work I'll be sad. EDIT 0 on the other hand, I thik the St Regis in Singapore will have DVD players tomorrow, so I may be ok then. I've just had a wasted eveneing fecking around with the PC.

Grim... - but if your codecs is broke, surely the DVD wouldn't play at all? Both players are getting to different stages of the DVD, quite randomly. It's mentals.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2013 15:02

Trooper wrote:

http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/vlc_portable

This version of VLC shouldn't need installing.

I looked at that, and oddly it does

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2013 15:02

Wait, it's a DVD?

That is odd.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Oh, so I needn't bother with VLC portable, then? I don't have a USB drive or anything with me.

EDIT - now Book of Eli is working, but the other dozen DVDs didn't. This is some fucked up shit.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2013 15:06

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Oh, so I needn't bother with VLC portable, then? I don't have a USB drive or anything with me.

You can just put it on your desktop.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

I'll wait for my third world internet access to download it and see how I get on. Cheers duders. Further bulletins as events warrant.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Wow. Book of Eli got 25 minutes in then froze. This portable thing better work.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Answer - no. DVD is just in the drive going "ee-er ee-er ee-er" like Zardoz's mum's bed in 2 for 1 hour.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2013 15:22

I think it might be a problem with the drive, mate.

Make sure the disks are clean, try blowing into the DVD player in case it's dirty.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

It plays CDs perfectly well. I'll give it a good blow.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

CDs and DVDs use different lasers.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2013 15:30

You could try ripping the DVDs with Handbrake (portable install) and then watching the ripped files?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

Grim... wrote:

You could try ripping the DVDs with Handbrake (portable install) and then watching the ripped files?

Sounds like a great night in.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Grim... wrote:

You could try ripping the DVDs with Handbrake (portable install) and then watching the ripped files?

Ooh, a thread where people try to guide kissyfur through doing technical things on a laptop.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Fuck off, cuntychops.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

Craster wrote:

Ooh, a thread where people try to guide kissyfur through doing technical things on a laptop... in a hotel room whilst drunk!

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

I'm not drunk. Yet.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

Get drunk. Then Book Of Eli will be better.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2013 16:07

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2013 16:11

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

I ordered in room service so I could watch Kick Ass or something

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