DVD Decoder Install?

[Guest]

Hi Everyone! I have a new hard drive in my computer. Wanted to play a
'Santana' DVD and have found out that I now need to install a DVD decoder for
my Windows Media Player. Need help please.

 

[glee]

DVD Playback in Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/bridgman02april15.mspx

You can check if you have an installed decoder compatible with Windows Media Player
10 by installing and running the Video Decoder Checkup Utility:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...AC-0AB6-4990-943D-627E6ADE9FCB&displaylang=en

If you don't have a DVD decoder, you can purchase one....see here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/plugins.aspx#DVDDecoder


What I do instead is install the free Media Player Classic for viewing DVDs and .vob
files....it has its own built-in decoder:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Player_Classic

Download link:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/guliverkli/mpc2kxp6490.zip?modtime=1142869788&big_mirror=0

Also available here:
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_players/media_player_classic.cfm

 

[Vanguard]

Hi Everyone! I have a new hard drive in my computer. Wanted to play
a
'Santana' DVD and have found out that I now need to install a DVD
decoder for
my Windows Media Player. Need help please.

So why didn't you install the software that came with the CD/DVD drive?
It probably included PowerDVD or another program to playback DVD movies.

 

[SingaporeWebDesign]

Hello,

Your computer/DVD drive should have come with DVD player software.

You can use a free alternative called VLC Media Player to play your DVDs.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

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