Hi everybody,

Hope that somebody can help with a video playback problem that I’m having.

Basically, upon inserting a DVD movie disc into the drive, it doesn’t play and the following message comes up:

Error:
Playback Failure: DVDRead could not open disc “E”.
Your input can’t be opened: Unable to open the MRL “dvd:” //E:”.
Check log for details.[/b]

However, although the disc won’t auto-play upon insertion as it used to, by going into MY COMPUTER, the drive can see the disc and I’m able to browse it and see the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders on it.
Opening the VIDEO_TS folder, I am then able to play each of the video files but individually.

Below is a list of what I’ve tried so far to fix the problem, in no particular order, but all to no effect:

1 - System Restore
2 - Software Removal
3 - Full Anti-Virus and Malware Scans
4 - Full uninstallation and re-installation of problem video player
5 - Thorough clean of inside of computer and checking of drive and     
      usb cables

Would really appreciate your thoughts and suggestions re. the above problem.


Thanks What's your default player?
Thanks for the question,Broni!

By "default player",are you asking me about the player that I'm using and with which I'm having the problem? If so,it's VLC.                     

However,I don't have this problem with my other player, Media Player Classic! This player will at least play discs although it too isn't functioning as it should.


ThanksApparently, there is a lot of hits on Google about your problem: http://www.google.com/search?q=Unable+to+open+the+MRL&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a, but I can't see any solid solution.
I THINK, you may have DVD drive problem.Thanks for the REPLY and the link.I'll browse through some of the
links in the hope that I come across a POSSIBLE solution.

However,your mentioning that you think that it could be a DVD drive
problem may have produced something!

It turns out that of my two DVD drives,only my DVD/CD-RW Drive(E:)
actually sees discs and will play them but with Media Player Classic
only.

My DVD-RAM Drive (F:),however,neither sees nor plays the discs at all!

What's my next step,Broni!?



Thanks

One of these may help:
1. Uninstall the drive through Device Manager.
Restart computer. The drive will be automatically reinstalled.
or...
2. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
Restart computer.
or...
3. Download, and run Restore Missing CD Drive patch
Double click on cdgone.zip to unzip it.
Right click on cdgone.reg, click Merge.
Accept registry merge.
Restart computer.
or...
4. GO to Device Manager, click a "+" sign next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.
You'll see two items:
- ATA Channel0 (or Primary Channel)
- ATA Channel1 (or Secondary Channel)
Right click on each of them, and click Uninstall. Confirm.
Restart Windows. They'll be automatically reinstalled.Appreciate the speedy reply,Broni,and apologise for not being able to
do the same.

Of the four recommendations that you mentioned in your last post,I
opted to begin with the last,namely,the Primary/Secondary Channel
Uninstall.This appears to have solved the "problem"!Let me explain!

Prior to the sudden appearance of my video player problem,I would
insert a disc into either of my two drives and VLC would automatically
open and play the disc without any problems whatsoever.After the
problem appeared,however,VLC would still open automatically but
wouldn't play discs and would give the error message mentioned in my
initial post.

What's happening now - post Primary/Secondary Channel Uninstall - is
exactly the same.I'm still getting the same VLC error message upon disc
insertion but - and I came across this purely by accident - by going
into VLC's task bar > Media > Open Disc > Disc Device F:\,
DISCS WILL PLAY!Result!!

The important point here is that I had to change the Disc Device manually
before VLC would play.Shouldn't VLC be able to see the drive in which the
disc is inserted and then adjust the Disc Device automatically rather than
my having to do this manually!?Is this a configuration or settings issue?
Would appreciate your feedback as to how I might go about correcting this.

As I mentioned above,this is very different from how VLC used to open and
this is what threw me.

Anyway,sorry for rambling on and many thanks for your help and advice,Broni.



Many Thanks

 I think, your best bet is to go to VLC forum, and post your CURRENT question there.
Will do,Broni,and thanks again for your help.