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trouble with opening .vob files on dvd


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hcaulfield

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hello, i just got a dvd drive and installed it, it played great until i was messing around and was looking at the files on the dvd. i double clicked on one of the .vob files and the computer said it didnt know what program to open it with, i chose windows media player and realized after it was too late that the check box that says "always use this program to open these files" was checked. now i can see the video but i can hear no audio on my dvd :tazz: what do i do to correct this problem? please help.
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Hi hcaulfield...

Try reassociating the file type (vob) with the original application.

Open "My Documents", click on "Tools" on the toolbar, and select "Folder Options". Under the "File Types" tab, find .vob in the list of "Registerd file types", click on the file type, click on the "Change" button below, and select the application it used to be associated with (Power DVD?). Click "Ok", "Apply", then "Ok".

Now try the DVD...

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Edited by wannabe1, 21 February 2006 - 11:54 PM.

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Sorry...duplicate post... :tazz:

Edited by wannabe1, 21 February 2006 - 11:49 PM.

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Hi hcaulfield...

Try reassociating the file type (vob) with the original application.

Open "My Documents", click on "Tools" on the toolbar, and select "Folder Options". Under the "File Types" tab, find .vob in the list of "Registerd file types", click on the file type, click on the "Change" button below, and select the application it used to be associated with (Power DVD?). Click "Ok", "Apply", then "Ok".

Now try the DVD...

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well, i opened "my documents", i clicked on "Tools", i selected "Folder options", but there is no "File types" tab, just "General" and "View" tabs
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ok i found where to go from the control panel, but on the list of recommendations, it only has InterActual player which does not work, Musicmatch jukebox, which does not work, WinDVD which does not work and xvid which does not work. when i first double clicked on the file, it didnt know which program to use, isnt there a way to undo what i messed up? man i will not mess around like this anymore if i could get it to work properly again
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well at any rate, WinDVD plays it very well, so maybe i'll just stick with that. thanks for your help.
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Try a System Restore to a date prior to making the change. This option is found in System Tools.

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You can't playes .vob files directly. if you want tot watch DVD in WMP go to Play> DVD or Audio CD in the WMP menu
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