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    DVD ROM Drive

    This is probably a no-brainer for you guys but computer wise I'm still living in a cave so here goes...On a DVD movie's special features section it states 'To access these features put the disc in DVD-ROM drive and open the file in your web browser.' My Lightscribe DVD SuperMulti Drive plays DVDs but unless I'm looking in the wrong place can't access this. Do I need a separate drive and would an Internal DVD Rewriter do the job? Any ideas / guidance much appreciated.

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    Re: DVD ROM Drive

    I think what it means is that the content isn't playable from your DVD playback software (e.g. PowerDVD, WinDVD or whatever else you're using)
    So what you need to do is open "My Computer" right-click on your DVD drive and select Open.
    Then hopefully it should be obvious which directorythe extra content is in (or there may even be a html file in the first directory that you can open).

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    Lightbulb Re: DVD ROM Drive

    I suspect it may be a legal/HDCP issue?

    It isn't cheap... but PowerDVD Ultra will allow you to play most any DVD out there

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    Smile Re: DVD ROM Drive

    Thanks to all who replied. It was indeed the My Computer scenario Viper 81 so access has now been granted to those other features.
    Cheers!

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