When you join a Microsoft NetMeeting conference and play a DVD-ROM disk simultaneously, you may receive the following error message:
DVD Player has encountered a Macrovision violation and cannot play this media. Please try a different media, or contact your system manufacturer.
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This issue can occur because NetMeeting and DVD-ROM decoding solutions use some of the same resources.
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To work around this issue, do not run NetMeeting while you are using a DVD-ROM program.
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The following text describes how to eliminate the DVD error described in this article:
| 1. | Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Control Panel. |
| 2. | The Control Panel window appears. |
| 3. | Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. |
| 4. | The Add/Remove Programs Properties window appears. |
| 5. | Scroll-down and click PC Friendly and then click the Add/Remove button. |
| 6. | Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall the PC Friendly software. |
| 7. | Insert a DVD and start the Cinemaster DVD program. |
| 8. | When the message prompting to choose this player as the default, click yes. |
| 9. | Click the Play button and the movie will play. |
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This article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.
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