WMP 11 won't play DVDs

[oldfogie]

I have had Vista about 3 months, and have only had a couple of minor problems which I got solved.
But when I put a DVD into the DVD RW drive, the player screen comes up, then says "Windows Media Player has stopped working"
It plays CDs, and video files ok.
A computer guy I know on a forum (who is very good) says WMP in Vista should play DVDs without any extra codecs or other program.

 

[Guest]

I believe it depends on which version of Vista you are using. I have two
machines with Vista Business. I tried playing dvd on one of them - no luck.
Somewhere in one of these forums I though I remembered seeing that Vista
Business needed a plugin for WMP11 in order to play DVD on business.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/plugins.aspx
lists two plugins. I purchased the "CyberLink PowerDVD SE" plugin. (~15.00).
Bingo - I could now view DVDs.

Even though both plugins listed cost about the same, I avoided the Roxio
plugin because of some reliability issues I have had with some of their
products (Easy Media Creator 8.0 and 9.0) and what appears to me to be a
severe lack of focus on customer satisfaction.

 

[Xenomorph]

Windows Media Player does not play DVDs unless extra, compatible codecs are
installed.

there are other media players that play DVDs fine without any extras, such
as "VLC"


I have had Vista about 3 months, and have only had a couple of minor
problems which I got solved.
But when I put a DVD into the DVD RW drive, the player screen comes up, then
says "Windows Media Player has stopped working"
It plays CDs, and video files ok.
A computer guy I know on a forum (who is very good) says WMP in Vista should
play DVDs without any extra codecs or other program.

 

[ls [sb]]

Windows Media Player does not play DVDs unless extra, compatible codecs

are installed.

sortof ...

Vista Ultimate includes suitable codecs. so if the original poster has
Ultimate, then it should. (Basic does not. I'm not sure about other
versions).

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[zachd [MSFT]]

Ah - a crash is a very special form of failure. After this happens, what's
the fault bucket information in the Problem Reports and Solutions center?
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#bucket

-Zach
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Speaking for myself only.
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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I have had Vista about 3 months, and have only had a couple of minor
problems which I got solved.
But when I put a DVD into the DVD RW drive, the player screen comes up, then
says "Windows Media Player has stopped working"
It plays CDs, and video files ok.
A computer guy I know on a forum (who is very good) says WMP in Vista should
play DVDs without any extra codecs or other program.