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More info?)
No....nobody buys them they all get them with some piece of hardware.........but
apparently zmartha did not.So he needs to purchase a DVD player software that
includes the decoder.....at least it is not expensive.
peter
"Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:41A81662.5020506@neo.rr.com...
> People actually BUY Power-DVD? I think I've got over a dozen CDs here,
> version 4 and 5, that have come with various drives over the years.
>
>
> peter wrote:
>
>> Your best bet is to Buy Power DVD.....it includes all the decoders to play a
>> DVD.
>> peter
>> "zmartha" <zzizith@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:78c61f.0411261643.6dac134d@posting.google.com...
>>
>>>"cowboyz" <me@here.now> wrote in message
>>>news:<co5scm$cou$1@lust.ihug.co.nz>...
>>>
>>>>zmartha wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I have WINXP and recently installed an ATI Radeon video card 64mb.
>>>>>When I try to play a dvd it says:
>>>>>"Windows Media Player (v.9)cannot play this DVD because a compatible
>>>>>DVD decoder is not installed on your computer." Nero 5.5 says nearly
>>>>>the same thing.
>>>>> I had an Nvidia card previous to this one and it played DVD's with
>>>>>no problem, so how can I get back whatever is missing please? I am
>>>>>not a PC expert, so please explain how to do it for a 60 yr old.
>>>>>Thank you.
>>>>>zmartha
>>>>
>>>>If you got PowerDVD or WinDVD with your card then install it. It will fix
>>>>your problem.
>>>
>>>Hey, Paul, and all, thanks for all your info.
>>>I installed the Radeon 7000 video card and the only CD that came with
>>>it is named ATI Radeon Driver CD Ver 8.0 from Connect 3D. No
>>>multimedia Centre came with it. I followed the instructions and
>>>uninstalled all nvidia stuff from add/remove. I threw away the card
>>>and CD's with it.
>>>So it sounds like I am stuck with no decoders, unless I buy another
>>>video card with FULL software and drivers, right? And if I buy just
>>>software like PowerDvd, there is no guarantee it will work, right? Too
>>>bad--wonder why Connect 3D didn't include it? I bought the card thru
>>>TigerDirect.
>>>Would uninstalling the 3 ATI programs in add/remove: ATI Software
>>>uninstall Utility, ATI Control Panel and ATI Display Driver, and
>>>re-installing change anything?
>>>I installed the Window XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility, and it says
>>>there are no mpeg2 decoders installed. Help please.
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