Windows Media Centre can not read new disks so I can see my DVD's. . . . .

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paulsharp100

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#19876 4-Mar-2008 15:00

Just installed 2 500GB disks. (Can see movies in Explorer but not via WMC.Please help

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#114584 4-Mar-2008 15:42

you need to enable VMC to play DVDs in the registry, and then tell the DVD section of VMC to watch the folders that contain the DVDs

do this at your own risk because registry hacking is dangerous! but...i know this works:

go to regedit, and find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Settings\Dvdsettings.

In there change ShowGallery to Gallery.

Load VMC, go to My DVDs, Press I on the remote, and Add Folders (from memory). Then just browse to the DVD folders and they should appear in your DVDs section.

EDIT: Although i've referred to Vista Media Center, this works for XP Media Center 2005 as well.

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#114589 4-Mar-2008 16:08

Thankyou for the response.

I believe I may have changed that setting sometime ago, as I have 100 plus dvds that work fire

It is only the dvds that reside on my F: & G: that I can not see

I have enabled the folder with in MCE

the E: drive (original) works fine.

Any assistance appreciated

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#114598 4-Mar-2008 16:22

paulsharp100: Thankyou for the response.

I believe I may have changed that setting sometime ago, as I have 100 plus dvds that work fire

It is only the dvds that reside on my F: & G: that I can not see

I have enabled the folder with in MCE

the E: drive (original) works fine.

Any assistance appreciated

have you added F: and G: to your Watched Folders list in DVD Gallery?

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#115893 11-Mar-2008 09:14

Hi, thanks for the response.

Yes I have added the dries into the watch folder. Regards Paul.

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#115894 11-Mar-2008 09:38

paulsharp100: Hi, thanks for the response.

Yes I have added the dries into the watch folder. Regards Paul.

does that mean you can now view the dvds or you can't still?

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#115897 11-Mar-2008 09:51

Hi, thanks for the quick response.

I can still not see the DVDs.

I have the drives up in the library setup.

RegardsPaul

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#115900 11-Mar-2008 10:04

So what is your folder structure like on these two new drives? are the DVD main folders in the root of the drive? so e:\dvd_name1 e:\dvd_name2 etc etc?

or are they in a sub-folder? eg e:\dvds\dvd_name1, e:\dvds\dvd_name2 etc?

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paulsharp100

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#115906 11-Mar-2008 10:29

hi there,

here are my dives

Local Disk (c:) 250gigs 12 gig free
Films(E:) 500g 78g free
films3(f:) 500g 97g free
Films2(g:) 500g 410g free

Regards
Paul

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#115922 11-Mar-2008 11:37

paulsharp100:
hi there,

here are my dives

Local Disk (c:) 250gigs 12 gig free
Films(E:) 500g 78g free
films3(f:) 500g 97g free
Films2(g:) 500g 410g free

Regards
Paul

yes but what is the folder structure on the two drives in question? have a look at the examples i put in my previous post and see if you can tell me the info then.

ta

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#115924 11-Mar-2008 11:49

sorry, I misread your email,

all DVDs are held n the top level of the drives no sub folders

I have copied the films that worked on the E: drive to the F and G and they still will no show once copied over.

I have also coped films from the G: to the E: , they displayed on the E: but not the G:

Regards
Paul

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#115925 11-Mar-2008 11:54

paulsharp100:
sorry, I misread your email,

all DVDs are held n the top level of the drives no sub folders

I have copied the films that worked on the E: drive to the F and G and they still will no show once copied over.

I have also coped films from the G: to the E: , they displayed on the E: but not the G:

Regards
Paul

ok, sooo...what is the structure inside the dvd folder? does it go e:\dvd_name1\video_ts\files and e:\dvd_name1\audio_ts\

?

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#115926 11-Mar-2008 12:05

each movie has the structure

dvd folder name
.....video_TS

......audio_TS

ie there are two subfolders for each movie.

The structure is the same for every movie

The structure (ie films) always work on the E dirve (ie seen in MCE) but never when coped to the F and G drives