Decoding software fo Inspiron 3800 DVD-ROM LG DRN-8080B

[scarral]

Hi. I've just bought this DVD-ROM drive for my computer, but neither the Windows Media Player v. 9 nor the WinDVD v. 4 will play DVD's, as according to my Dell Troubleshooting guide I don't have the "DVD decoder driver" from the "DELL Software DVD Decoder CD" , which is needed by these two players to play DVD's. I've been looking for it EVERYWHERE, but it's not available in Dell (unless you buy the drive directly with them), or in LG. Can you help?

Thanks!

sc.

[TazUk]

You shouldn't need any drivers as WinDVD will do the decoding itself. Try reinstalling it.

[scarral]

Hi, I have WinDVD already, and it doesn't work. It says there's no disk in the drive (also, the drive is detected as CD-ROM for some reason). The disk is not the problem, as I can play that same disk in linux using xine, but I can't get it running in Windows. I've got Windows 98 SE by th e way.

I've downloaded this little program driveinfo22.exe from
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downl ... einfo.html

and when I run it it says there's no DVD drive in my computer. The documentation page:
http://www.remoteselector.com/driveinfo.htm

says that there could be a problem in the ASPI layer. Do you think this is the case???

Also, I found this other webpage:
http://www.vanwijk.com/-=%20Bookz%20=-/ ... #Heading14

where it says I need to install the DVD components in Windows 98, as they are not installed by default, which could be the reason why it's detected as CD-ROM and not DVD-ROM. The problem is that when I go point number 5, I don't have any DVD options there, so I can't install it. Where can I get these components???

Thanks!!!

sc.

[TazUk]