Video to PC

I dont have WinDVD on my PC. The software that came with the PC was
Sonicstage. I will check the Vaio site in the meantime.

SonicStage is for music. If WinDVD was not installed on your PC you may
have a CDROM labelled "VAIO recovery and documentation disc" from which
it could be installed. But see below


Yaz



Why not simply download VLC Media Player.
It's freeware, and one of the best.
It will play almost anything, including DVDs.
http://www.download-zone-free.com/vlcplayer/


What Ian suggests would indeed give you a free and more comprehensive
solution for media files than the WinDVD which should have come with
your Vaio if (as now appears) you have to install something from
scratch, and are happy to do so.

--
Robin

"Ian
Why not simply download VLC Media Player.
It's freeware, and one of the best.
It will play almost anything, including DVDs.
http://www.download-zone-free.com/vlcplayer/
Ian.
--
I note you have to pay for this?

Yaz

In message , Yaz
writes

"Ian
Why not simply download VLC Media Player.
It's freeware, and one of the best.
It will play almost anything, including DVDs.
http://www.download-zone-free.com/vlcplayer/
Ian.
--
I note you have to pay for this?

Yaz



Try this website instead.
It should be freeware.
www.videolan.org
Ian.
--

"Ian
Try this website instead.
It should be freeware.
www.videolan.org
Ian.

Videolan.org downloaded this but unable to paly DVD.

Yaz

Videolan.org downloaded this but unable to paly DVD.

Do you mean you are unable to play any DVD at all or just the one from
your DVD recorder?

If you cannot play commercial DVDs, what do you se if you put a
commercial DVD in your PC's DVD drive; open Windows Explorer (or My
Computer); and then double click the DVD drive?

In message , Yaz
writes

"Ian
Try this website instead.
It should be freeware.
www.videolan.org
Ian.

Videolan.org downloaded this but unable to paly DVD.

Yaz



Ummm....
I wonder what the problem is.
It certainly should play DVDs. See
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html

After you have put the DVD in, and let it wind up to speed, go to 'My
Computer', Explore, and right-click on your DVD drive. Do you get the
option of 'Play with VLC Media Player'?

Alternatively, start VLC Media Player. Click on 'File', then 'Open Disc'
(I like the correct spelling!). You should then have the choice of 'DVD
(menu)', 'DVD', 'VCD' and 'Audio CD'. Select 'DVD (menu)'. [Note: Mine
does not start if I select 'DVD'.] You should see the DVD drive light
flashing, and the menu should come up on the screen. Click the cursor on
'Play' (or whatever should set the disk going).
[Note : This is just one of the ways of playing the disk. One
alternative is 'File', 'Open Directory', navigate to your DVD drive,
highlight it, and click 'OK'].

If you still have no luck, does VLC play any other type of multimedia
files (wmv, wma, avi, ra, mp3 etc)?

Let us know how you get on. However, I'm not an expert. Maybe someone
else has some other ideas.

Ian.
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Yaz wrote:
How can I trasfer a short film to my computer. I am unable to play the DVD
on my computer but it plays on the DVD player it was originally recorded on.

Yaz

Yaz wrote:
"Adrian B" You could try installing this pack of codecs. It's supposed to
allow you to
play just about any video content.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/XP_Codec_Pack.htm

Just downloaded this now. But will have to go through it as menus/options
on it seem very techie.

Yaz

What does Sony support tell you about the DVD playing capabilites of
your computer? (PCV-V1/G). Find it a bit hard to believe that a
multimedia promoting company would supply a customer a computer without
an MPEG2 DVD Codec!

http://www.trustedreviews.com/pcs/review/2004/05/21/Sony-PCV-V1-G-Media-PC/p1

Looking at this review, It certainly should be playing DVD's.

--
Adrian C