Can't play DVD movies with WMP 8.0

[Ron]

I installed a new Sony DRU-510A DVD burner on my PC. It plays music CD's
various video clips from CD's and reads/writes data OK. I used the Sony DVD
drive utility to check and verify the drives performances and all checks OK.
When I put a DVD movie in, WMP displays the following error message, Error
ID = 0xC00D116A. I've searched and found some information on the MS site but
none that solves the problem. Has anyone had similar problems??

Ron

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi,
This behavior occurs if the 3rd party DVD decoder program that is
installed on your computer is NOT compatible with Windows XP.
see:-
'Troubleshooting DVD Playback in Windows Media Player for Windows XP'
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306318
'Cannot Play a DVD in Windows XP'
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310436
regards,
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

 

[Ron]

Thanks ssg,

I have not installed any DVD programs or software on my computer yet. I
assumed the WMP would play DVD's by it self. DO I need to install DVD
software first, or should WMP be able to play DVD's on it's own?

Ron

 

[Steve C. Ray]

You must have the DVD software installed.

 

[Richard Urban]

You need to install the appropriate codec's, which come with a DVD player
such as PowerDVD.

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard