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The E drive will be recognized by my Windows 8.1 OS only if the DVDs are pristine. Otherwise, it ignores them. Since posting here, I've been able to play some DVDs without problem and VLC has functioned perfectly. I thought it was a hardware or software problem, turns out, it was because my DVDs wer...

Error Messsage: Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvdsimple:///C:/Program%20Files%20%28x86%29/TOSHIBA/TOSHIBA%20DVD%20Engine'. Check the log for details. File reading failed: VLC could not open the file "E:\" (Bad file descriptor). Your input can't be opened: VLC i...

I have installed VLC 2.5.1 64x on my Toshiba, 64 bit, Windows 8.1, laptop. I do not have Windows Media Player because Windows Media Player is not installed with Windows 8 but Toshiba has provided a video player, version . What do I have to do to make VLC recognize there is a disc installed? I had in...