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Here's yet another reason why I really hate DRM: I tried to watch The Heartbreak Kid on a Windows Vista machine, and I got the following error:
Other movies played fine, and this was a rented copy that played fine on a standard DVD player.
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Check your region settings on your dvd player. (i'm guessing windows media player) Select one (probably Region 1) and it will fix it.
Posted by: Erie | December 31, 2007 at 08:45 PM
Try using vlc. That's what I use to play DVDs, and, well, everything else.
Posted by: Auryn | December 31, 2007 at 09:34 PM
Curious. Since we're on the subject of The Heartbreak Kid, on the copy I rented when the movie began it said: Edited for Content. I checked around on the internet and even though several people had written about it, nobody seems to know why it is there. Anybody?
Posted by: | January 01, 2008 at 04:34 AM
"January 01, 2008 at 04:34 AM"
Not that it matters but that response is mine.
Posted by: eazyguy52 | January 01, 2008 at 04:35 AM
My favorite DVD Copy buster has been AnyDVD, busted everything I've thrown against it thus far, best $25 ever spent.
Posted by: tekiegreg | January 01, 2008 at 12:48 PM
Just get anyDVD, problem solved, you can watch any region, and it takes care of the DRM problems as well, allowing you to use any player you choose.
Just my 2 cents on the problem, works for me.
Posted by: Rob | January 01, 2008 at 04:47 PM
sounds like your computer was giving you an excuse to not process the face of Ben Stiller
Posted by: Corey3rd | January 01, 2008 at 11:57 PM
The sad thing is that The Heartbreak Kid is still widely available through "alternative download methods." Yet again, DRM greatly inconveniences legitimate users while having no effect on illegal distribution.
Posted by: Bruce | January 02, 2008 at 11:44 AM
Sometimes I hate Vista...I can't even get my wifi to work. Local Host message...
Posted by: Evan | January 02, 2008 at 03:49 PM
Haven't been here and posted in awhile. Good to see Mike still has "make your own damn movie disc 1" in his queue. hah
http://www.hackingnetflix.com/2007/04/longest_movie_a.html
Posted by: Evan | January 02, 2008 at 03:52 PM
If you upgrade from vista to xp, you can play the DVD with no error.
Posted by: jeff | February 07, 2008 at 04:29 PM