Cannot play a pre-recorded DVD

Pinknose326 · Sep 18, 2015

Everytime time I try to watch a store bought DVD I get the message "Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder, and video card. Try installing an updated driver for your video card." All my drives area up to date. Please help.

turkey3_scratch · Sep 18, 2015

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html VLC Media player is a better DVD player alternative.

photonboy · Sep 18, 2015

I prefer K-Lite Standard:
http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

The setup is pretty self explanatory and you can even go into the settings and have it REMEMBER your DVD or FILE position so it starts at the same spot.

You can also change to have it launch as FULLSCREEN and whether to have the program launch on inserting the DVD or not (the last part might have to be done through Windows).

HEXiT · Sep 18, 2015

k-lite codec pack is well known for hiding maleware....
this isnt a codec issue its a drm 1.

chances are you have stopped WMP from going online and downloading the digital rights or your gpu/display isnt hdcp enabled.. (high def content protection)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-bandwidth_Digital_Content_Protection

check in your gpu control pannel to see if it is or not.

Pinknose326 · Sep 18, 2015

HEXiT :

how do I go about that?

Pinknose326 · Sep 18, 2015

HEXiT :

I am running Windows 7 professional 64 bit.

HEXiT · Sep 19, 2015

if you have an nvidia card check the nvidia control panel/display/view hdcp status.
if you have amd i dont know...

photonboy · Sep 22, 2015

1) I've NEVER gotten malware in over three years of using K-Lite, nor do others:
http://k-lite-codec-pack.en.lo4d.com/virus-malware-tests

You may be confusing something else.

2) *I would install K-Lite first before troubleshooting further. If the problem is you do not have an MPEG2 decoder then installing K-Lite would solve this. If the problem is something else like a REGION CODE issue on DVD player, glitch or whatever then at least we've narrowed it down.

Thus my advice is:
a) Install K-Lite Standard from my first comment
b) Try opening a video using the K-Lite WMPC-HC player as well as the WMP (I'd recommend just using the WMPC-HC player included with K-Lite as it works great. Change the settings to FULLSCREEN and remember your position in DVD/Files).

HEXiT · Sep 22, 2015

lol i love it... i must be mistaken must i... no pal i aint.
K-lite codec pack is open source and often comes with malware. especially about the time of a new o.s release.
its not a joke, a diss or a troll. its a fact. and just because it hasnt happened to you, doesnt mean that others havent been infected...

https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?/topic/19070-k-lite-codec-pack/ infections have been found in k-lite going all the way back to 2009 and beyond.

turkey3_scratch · Sep 22, 2015

Sometimes software that was once good gets filled with malware later on, such as Filezilla. It also depends on where you download it.

HEXiT · Sep 23, 2015

truth is mate since windows 7 there has been no real need for codec packs unless your deving open source apps.
just install vlc player and it handles everything windows media player cant.

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