Why can't I play DVD's on my computer?

[kelbel1129]

When I put a DVD into my labtop, it won't play and Windows Media Player comes
up and a notification pops up saying it is unable to play the DVD. Why is
this happening?

 

[sgopus]

what is the exact wording of the error?
it may be a scratched DVD are you sure you have a DVD player installed? and
not a CD drive?

 

[witan]

When I put a DVD into my labtop, it won't play and Windows Media Player comes
up and a notification pops up saying it is unable to play the DVD. Why is
this happening?

I have faced this probloem (or a very closely related one?) several
times. After spending considerable time fruitlessly googling for
solutions, I discovered "VLC media player" which could the DVDs,
without any trouble at all. Available free at
http://ftp.free.org/mirrors/videolan/vlc/0.9.8a/win32/vlc-0.9.8a-win32.exe
I suggest you try it out.

 

[Donald]

you can also download CCCP it has mediaplayer clasic and includes almost
everycodec you need to watch anything.

When I put a DVD into my labtop, it won't play and Windows Media Player
comes
up and a notification pops up saying it is unable to play the DVD. Why is
this happening?

I have faced this probloem (or a very closely related one?) several
times. After spending considerable time fruitlessly googling for
solutions, I discovered "VLC media player" which could the DVDs,
without any trouble at all. Available free at
http://ftp.free.org/mirrors/videolan/vlc/0.9.8a/win32/vlc-0.9.8a-win32.exe
I suggest you try it out.

 

[ju.c]

WMP on pre Vista machines cannot play DVD's without an installed decoder.

Installing K-Lite, the worlds best codec pack, will install the necessary codecs to play DVD's.

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack ~20 MB (Freeware)
http://www.codecguide.com/features_mega.htm

Includes all codec's and Media Player Classic.


ju.c

 

[olfart]

WMP on pre Vista machines cannot play DVD's without an installed decoder.

Installing K-Lite, the worlds best codec pack, will install the necessary
codecs to play DVD's.

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack ~20 MB (Freeware)
http://www.codecguide.com/features_mega.htm

Includes all codec's and Media Player Classic.

then you can disable WMP and use Media Player Classic which plays more types
of files than WMP without all the bulls**t

 

[ju.c]

Actually, WMP can play everything that MPC can once K-Lite is installed. If you need me
to take a screenshot as proof, just ask.


ju.c