Cannot play DVD

I've forgotten everything I ever knew about copy protection on DVDs. (BluRay disks and UHD BluRays use versions of HDCP, a uniform standard, unlike DVDs.)

You may have difficulty finding a free player that plays copy protected DVDs. This one may work: https://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-player/?AFFILIATE=120043 It's free. As far as I know, the main bad thing about the software is that it'll constantly try to sell you other software from the same company.

The link I posted was not to "WinX DVD Ripper Platinum". It was to the WinX DVD Player application. Did you get the Ripper instead?

I tested the Player before posting the link. It didn't generate any Windows Defender warnings. It installed and uninstalled normally, and left very little behind.

I tried WinX DVD Ripper Platinum as an experiment. It, too, seems to be a well-behaved program. If you had issues with it, that's a mystery to me.

As an extra layer of security, I ran Malwarebytes after uninstalling the apps. No detections. If either app did anything sinister, it's more subtle than either Malwarebytes or Windows Defender could detect.

I hope that you can get yous sytem cleaned.

Are you saying WinX is still there? Is so try to remove it with Revo.

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Are you sure your DVD drive is not broken? If this is a desktop have you checked the power & SATA cables for it?

Do you have any non-video DVDs or CDs to try with the drive?

If you have a blank DVD you could test the drive by burning something to it.

Yes! it still there. I ran Revvo and got the same stall-the 5K player is running. Close it to continue but nothing on the surface works.

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I have picked up another bug that will not go away Wondershare.


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Neither appear in the Task Manager or list of installed apps.

I use the drive for audio files and it works fine on playback and burning.

What's an ol' dumb fellow like me to do?

You could install a trial version of Revo Uninstaller Pro. Unlike Revo Uninstaller Free it has a Forced Uninstall option.

If that doesn't work you could boot into Safe Mode and try to remove it there.

mikeincousa said:

Yes! it still there. I ran Revvo and got the same stall-the 5K player is running. Close it to continue but nothing on the surface works.

5KPlayer - Built-in with Free AirPlay & DLNA Media Streamer and Online Video Downloader, Best Free 4K 5K Music Video Player Software for Mac OS & Windows

I have picked up another bug that will not go away Wondershare.


[OFFICIAL] Wondershare UniConverter | All-in-one Video Converter, Compressor, Burner


Neither appear in the Task Manager or list of installed apps.

I use the drive for audio files and it works fine on playback and burning.

What's an ol' dumb fellow like me to do?

What I would do is manually uninstall the player. You might have to use Task Manager to stop some active tasks first.

I'd probably follow up with a conservative Registry cleaner like the one in CCleaner. (Potentially dangerous, but I've used it for years without a single incident. I suppose that I shouldn't admit that.)

I wish that I had some idea how things got into their current state. As far as I know, you're not dealing with rogue software.

Thanks for the suggestions. i will try them all next.