HP G71 Notebook pc, DVD player stopped on only one DVD

I was previewing a 60 min. DVD (made 2007) to watch in full later. DVD playing well.   I wanted to skip ahead.  I either paused or stopped the video,  Went to DVD Menu and chose either "main menu" or "root title menu".  No chapters titles or any other info appeared.  Screen went gray.  Tried to just resume play; DVD would not.  Tried to start beginning again; would not do so.   Ejected and reinserted DVD; no change.  Inserted an altogether different video to see if it was the DVD or the DVD player issue, and the different DVD worked fine.  It's almost as if I've erased or damaged somehow the DVD that I had been watching successfully up until I tried to skip ahead.  I have often been able to preview DVD's via the main menu or root menu feature without a problem.  Computer is working fine, and DVD player in computer works fine except on the one DVD, on which nothing now appears.  Is there a simple fix for this?  Did I damage the DVD?  Thanks.  

Hello @SU-ZQ, welcome to the HP Forums.
I see that you were having an issue with 1 dvd not playing correctly. I will try to assist you with this.
A few questions to start:
What's the operating system in the notebook?
What program do you use to watch DVD's with?
As you've tested and it works with another dvd, it is odd that the one just stopped. Unless you were in the subfolders of the dvd though you shouldn't have been able to delete the content, though accidents can happen.
I would test that specific dvd in another source (dvd player, ps3 etc.) to see if it still works at all. If it does, then try another player (VLC, Windows Media, etc.) something that you weren't using, there could be a conflict with that player.
The only thoughts I have to it just not playing, would be some sort of corruption, a codex issue, or accidental deletion of files.
Also, test with more then one to make sure everything else is working correctly (though I'm sure you have already).
Let me know how everything goes.
Thank you for posting on the HP Forums.
I worked on behalf of HP.

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