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Old 04-05-2006, 08:47 PM
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need help getting Sage to play DVD movie..
I've had my HTPC setup for a while, running SageTV v4 -- I've never tried to play a DVD until tonight. I was curious what the quality would be if played on my HTPC vs a dvd player set top box..

To my disappointment, I can't get SageTV to play a DVD. I have the NVIDIA DVD Decoders installed. When I hit "Play DVD", it says:
"There is no DVD loaded into the drive. Please check the DVD drive."

I can load up windows media player, and it can play a DVD fine, so the system is capable of doing it.. maybe i missed some kind of configuration that needs the drive letter or something?

I'm using SageTV v4.1.3.67 (is there a more current version?)
I'm using the default SageTV STV.

Under the DVD menu, "DVD ROM Drive" is yes, DVD Video Renderer is VMR9, decoder is NVIDIA Video Decoder.
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Old 04-05-2006, 09:49 PM
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Are you hitting the play DVD button before the DVD is recognized by Windows? Have you tried cycling the tray...sometimes I get an error on all players I try...a tray cycle (out/in) ususally works.

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Old 04-06-2006, 06:18 AM
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Make sure a Windows dialog box isn't coming up behind Sage waiting for you to answer a question.

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Old 04-06-2006, 07:45 AM
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Good one.

Run>gpedit.msc>Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>System>"Turn Off Auto Play"


...If your using XP Pro and want to enable it


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Old 04-06-2006, 08:17 AM
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I am having the same problem. I never tried to play a DVD from the DVD drive until last night. I have always ripped the DVD to another HDD on my network and then copied it to the HTPC. Last night when I tried to play a DVD from the DVD drive in the HTPC with STV, all I got was a blue/purple screen. The DVD would not play. I did not have to reboot, as I just hit the back button on my remote and it took me back into STV and everything else seemed to work fine. I did get the windows message about what I wanted windows to do when I placed the DVD in the drive. I told windows to take no action, and checked the box that says to always do this action. Anyone know what I need to do?
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Old 04-06-2006, 09:17 AM
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How are your decoders set up in both Windows (DECCHECK) and Sage? What decoders are you using?

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Old 04-06-2006, 09:30 AM
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If you are talking to me I am using Nvidia Pure video.
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Old 04-06-2006, 10:03 AM
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Change your decoder in Sage between VMR9 and Overlay in the DVD setings. One of those should do the trick.

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Old 04-06-2006, 11:10 AM
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Change your decoder in Sage between VMR9 and Overlay in the DVD setings. One of those should do the trick.

Gerry
I can watch DVDs just fine with my current setting (not sure what they are as I am at work) when playing DVDs ripped to the hard drive. It was just when trying to play directly from the DVD drive I had a problem. Why would the decorder settings need to be different?
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Old 04-06-2006, 12:02 PM
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Those are Renderers, some hardware prefers one over the other.

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Old 04-06-2006, 02:10 PM
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thanks for all the suggestions and information. I have the "auto play" disabled, and there are no dialog boxes.

I think I MIGHT know what the problem is. I added my DVD RW drive about a month ago, but I've had my HTPC + SageTV up and running for quite a long time.

I'm assuming there might be some kind of configuration file I have to modify to tell SageTV where my DVD Rom drive is, since it didn't have one before..
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Old 04-06-2006, 04:05 PM
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I don't think you can...just put the DVD in the other drive and try.

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Old 04-06-2006, 09:29 PM
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i only have 1 drive. i never had a dvd drive previously
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Old 04-06-2006, 10:37 PM
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How do you tell windows NOT to bring up that dialog box?

Thanks,
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Make sure a Windows dialog box isn't coming up behind Sage waiting for you to answer a question.

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Old 04-07-2006, 07:58 AM
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the way i did it, is when it DOES come up, select "No Action", and then below that, check the checkbox "Take this action everytime", and hit OK
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Old 04-07-2006, 09:19 AM
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How do you tell windows NOT to bring up that dialog box?

Thanks,
Mike
Go to My Computer and right-click on the device. Got to properties and choose the autoplay tab. You can work with all types of files for autoplay.

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Old 04-09-2006, 02:57 AM
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I just tried to play a DVD on my 4.1.12 SageTV and got the same thing - No errors just didnt play a thing. I rebooted - The DVD works with other programs - But Sage does not seem to be able to play a DVD.

DO you think this is a bug 4.1.12 ?

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