"Can your DVD drive read DVD's and CD's that YOU create?"
dstrakele, Thank you: When I insert a created CD I get a message as of whether I want to play it with Windows Media Player. When I
insert a DVD movie I get the same message.
"what do you mean by "won't play"? When I first tried to play a normal dvd with the Roxio player it said the format wasn't recognized and I needed to install some codecs. I didn't install anything but I did remove the 2 chinese Live Mesh entries in Control Panel and suddenly my dvd played fine with the Roxio player. I can't imagine that live mesh would have anything to do with it but really that's all I did (plus a reboot). The 2d to fake 3d even works."
Hoder, Thanks for responding. By won't play I mean that like just now I inserted a 3d blu ray into the bluray disk drive,
and the green indicator light flashes a few times, it sounds as if it will load, but then the light stops flashng and there is no further sound indication that the disc is playing. And in fact it doesn't play.
I have six copies of Windows Live Mesh ActiveX Control for Live Connections, three of which are in English, one in French, one in Spanish and one in Portuguese. There all have the same date and are shown as the same version.
I gather that you left one of the LIve Mesh ActiveX Control on your machine, say the one in English, only having removed the Chinese ones?
"The laptop needs a 3D/Blu-Ray Player software to run 3D or Blu-Ray in the BD-ROM.
My G74 came bundled with the Roxio CinePlayer and I'm currently using it.
Some people prefer the Cyberlink PowerDVD 12. It's good but not free.
I checked the ASUS download site for the G75. Strange that it doesn't have any
3D/Blu-Ray Player software to go with the G75. You might try to download and use
the Sonic DVD Suite (Roxio CinePlayer) found here: (It's in the "Others" files group.)
http://rog.asus.com/notebook/17-inch/g74sx/As I said previously, 3D Mode works with any nVidia driver version that has Stereoscopic 3D functionality.
My G74 currently has the G75's stock nVidia 296.44 version. You might want it: (It's in the VGA file group.)
http://rog.asus.com/notebook/17-inch/g75vw/"
Pilgrim,
Thank you for your further response. My G75 includes the following Nvidia software: Nvidia 3d vision controller driver 290.36; Nvidia 3d vision Driver 290.60; Nvidia Graphics Driver 290.96; Nvidia HD Audio Driver 1.3.11.1; Nvidia PhyX 9.11.1111; Nvidia Update 1.6.24
It also has the Roxio Cine Player version 5.89.58233.4
So I'm still at a loss as why 3d videos and bluray movies don't spin up and start playing after insert them in the drive. It
should be automatic, right?
I have a Dell with a Blu ray player and I insert a blu ray movie and it loads and plays...
Is there some step or procedure that I am overlooking?
Thank you for taking the time to read this and hopefully respond.