I Still Really Hate DRM

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.

Comments

[Erie]

Check your region settings on your dvd player. (i'm guessing windows media player) Select one (probably Region 1) and it will fix it.

[Auryn]

Try using vlc. That's what I use to play DVDs, and, well, everything else.

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?

[eazyguy52]

"January 01, 2008 at 04:34 AM"

Not that it matters but that response is mine.

[tekiegreg]

My favorite DVD Copy buster has been AnyDVD, busted everything I've thrown against it thus far, best $25 ever spent.

[Rob]

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.

[Corey3rd]

sounds like your computer was giving you an excuse to not process the face of Ben Stiller

[Bruce]

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.

[Evan]

Sometimes I hate Vista...I can't even get my wifi to work. Local Host message...

[Evan]

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

[jeff]

If you upgrade from vista to xp, you can play the DVD with no error.