WMP10 does not retrieve DVD info from NET

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AndrePaulCrowther - 26 Jul 2005 12:59 GMT

Hi,

When I insert a music CD into my PC WMP retrieves info about the disc such
as Title, Artist, Tracklist etc from the internet.

When I insert a DVD I always see "unknown DVD", even when I select retrieve
info now from WMPs menu it never finds a match.

99.9% of my DVDs are UK region 2.

Any ideas why this doesn't work?

P.S. I have this problem on my main WinXP machine and my WinMCE HTPC.

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zachd [ms] - 28 Jul 2005 09:19 GMT

Does DVD info show up if you play them on a mate's PC?

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> P.S. I have this problem on my main WinXP machine and my WinMCE HTPC.

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AndrePaulCrowther - 28 Jul 2005 16:52 GMT

Just did another quick test with my one and only region 1 DVD and that works
perfectly!
So it seems to be that WMP does not support this feature with anything but
Region 1 DVDs.
If this is true then I think it is very short sighted of Microsoft to only
support the US market, what about the rest of the world?

Alternatively if anyone knows how to make this work with Region 2 DVDs or
can recommened an alternative Media Player that works with region 2 discs
please let me know

> Does DVD info show up if you play them on a mate's PC?
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zachd [ms] - 28 Jul 2005 20:12 GMT

Or, more likely, the database is in the process of being filled out over
time. I just saw a presentation on metadata retrieval - there's tons of
info out there to sift through and add. Sounds like they don't have
coverate on what you're talking about quiet yet, but I'd be 98% certain it's
on their radar.

-Z

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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> Just did another quick test with my one and only region 1 DVD and that
> works
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>> > P.S. I have this problem on my main WinXP machine and my WinMCE HTPC.

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