NTSC DVD on Australian laptop

[morry]

Hi

I live in Australia, and have an ASUS F3JP-AP002 laptop.

I have purchased a NTSC DVD, and wish to watch in on my laptop. I am using DVD Region Free, so the region of the DVD is not an issue. When trying to view the DVD, it results in the laptop freezing. However, I can play the DVD on my other PC fine.

So, is the playback of an NTSC DVD a hardware or software issue? What can I do to my laptop so I can play the DVD?

Thanks

Morry

[leroys1000]

Do you have DVD decoder software installed?
You will need somthing like powerDVD or winDVD.

[morry]

I have tried using ASUSTek ASUSDVD, and Windows Media Player. I think I have WinDVD & PowerDVD somewhere, I will install them and let you know the result.
Thanks

[morry]

I installed PowerDVD (which as it turns out is an older version of ASUSDVD), but it still did not work.

I have also tried importing sections of the DVD into Ulead Video Studio and Cyberlink Power Director, but these do not work either.

I also tried playing the DVD in Vista Ultimate (I have a dual boot setup) using PowerDVD 7, but it did not work either

[oracle128]

Which DVD player do you use on the PC it does play on, and have you tried using the same application if possible? If it's not possible, try VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/).