External DVD player problem

[Isildur]

Hi, i need help.

 

I have a Samsung SE-208 from September 2013 that is not recognizable by my PC, and i have no idea if it's broken or just i can't find a workaround.

 

Let me start saying i didn't bought the player, it was my brother's.

But since i don't have a internal optical drive on my PC i thought of trying it out to see if it worked.

I bought a cable (it didn't had one, once again is old and not mine) to connect it to the PC, and it did, it turn on and the tray works.

The thing is, my PC doesn't recognize it, it doesn't appear anywhere on "My PC" or device manager.

BTW, the OS is windows 10 pro 64bits.

I tried it on an old PC running XP thinking that it might be the OS but it's also not recognized.

 

So, my question is, can it be broken? Even if it turns on and opens/closes the tray?

[DEADPOOLSMOM]

1 minute ago, Isildur said:

Hi, i need help.

 

I have a Samsung SE-208 from September 2013 that is not recognizable by my PC, and i have no idea if it's broken or just i can't find a workaround.

 

Let me start saying i didn't bought the player, it was my brother's.

But since i don't have a internal optical drive on my PC i thought of trying it out to see if it worked.

I bought a cable (it didn't had one, once again is old and not mine) to connect it to the PC, and it did, it turn on and the tray works.

The thing is, my PC doesn't recognize it, it doesn't appear anywhere on "My PC" or device manager.

BTW, the OS is windows 10 pro 64bits.

I tried it on an old PC running XP thinking that it might be the OS but it's also not recognized.

 

So, my question is, can it be broken? Even if it turns on and opens/closes the tray?

What CPU do you have? I think Ryzen systems don't support DVD/Blu ray playback at all.

[Isildur]

I5-12400

[mariushm]

How do you connect the player, using a USB cable? If so, is it powered strictly from USB or does it need separate power? Too lazy to look up that model now.

 

[Isildur]

Yes, just the USB

[mariushm]

Does it open the tray if you press the button, is there any sign of being powered, some leds on it blinking or being on? If you can open the tray and put a disc in and close  the tray, do you hear the motor spinning the disc?

[Isildur]

It opens and closes the tray, the led blinks, when i open it  the disc is spinning spinning...but the sound it makes gives the idea that the disc doesn't spin, it sounds like it's stuck.

Which is weird since, as i say, it is spinning when i open it.

[demonix00]

It's more then likely not getting enough power as external DVD drives that don't use an external power adapter have a cable that has two USB type A connectors that provides the power required.

[Kid.Lazer]

51 minutes ago, ShawtyT30beTHICCC said:

What CPU do you have? I think Ryzen systems don't support DVD/Blu ray playback at all.

That... is somewhat true, yet very misguided. No modern systems natively support blurays as none of the OS makers want to pay the royalties needed to integrate it. But that's it. It's not a hardware limitation (other than having an optical drive, of course), only software.

22 minutes ago, demonix00 said:

It's more then likely not getting enough power as external DVD drives that don't use an external power adapter have a cable that has two USB type A connectors that provides the power required.

I second this. External drives (especially that old) will have either an external power source or a dual-USB cable so it can pull additional power.

 

I also see a few reviews showing similar results, and complaining of high failure rates. It's possible it's just dead.

 

From the manual:

[SpookyCitrus]

1 hour ago, ShawtyT30beTHICCC said:

What CPU do you have? I think Ryzen systems don't support DVD/Blu ray playback at all.

Huh? That's not true at all. Where ever you heard that from, stay away.

[Isildur]

Ok, thanks.

 

Guess i need to buy a newer DVD player.

The all point is to be able to play the ton of disc games i have.

[AlexQC]

58 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

Huh? That's not true at all. Where ever you heard that from, stay away.

I think they mixed things up... Only 4K Blu-rays have hardware DRM requirement that are no longer present on current generation CPU thus making the support impossible without cracking the DRM. DVD and (regular) Blu-rays have not hardware requirements.