Why can't I play copy-protected DVDs on my Edge 535?

[BlueEdge]

My E535 has been working pretty well so far, but I have a problem when I attempt to play DVD movies from my library. Regardless of whether I use WMP or Corel DVD I get an error message that "copy protected material cannot be played in your DVD environment" or that I need to update drivers and/or media player settings. But Windows says my drivers are all up to date and the settings in control panel for the DVD-RW appear to be correct. Other non-protected disks play okay (such as ones I received from a school training program), and some movies will play okay.

The weird part is that I can play any of these offending DVDs just fine in my 8-year-old Dell desktop that's running XP and an older version of WMP.

Any ideas, anyone? Thanks in advance.

Edge E535
4GB RAM
320 GB HD
AMD A4300
Windows 7 Home Premium

[jayton4]

I do not know why you are having this problem. Corel DVD should work.

What I always do is install k-lite codec pack in Windows. Usually all video works after that. You could also try Videolan.org's VLC player.

[Majestic]

You could also try VLC Portable for the DVD play back. Since it is portable, no installation is necessary to give it a try.

http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/vlc_portable

[rkawakami]

I would check the region code of the drive. Open Device Manager, expand the DVD/CD-ROM drive entry, right-click on the drive, choose Properties and click the Region tab. Should be set to Region 1 (US), assuming that you are also trying to play Region 1 disks.

If that's not the problem, then there must be some sort of digital rights management (DRM) block you're running into.