Can't play DVD in Home XP

[Alan]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

Over the weekend, put in a Blockbuster DVD in my DVD CD
drive, Windows Media Player opened and I received a
message about an incompatible decoder and I can't play the
movie. I remember when I upgraded to Home XP, the system
report said something about a problem with my DVD drive. I
could play movies in Windows ME.

What do I need to do, buy a new DVD CD drive, or download
software?

Thanks for the responses in advance.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

Try installing the player that came with the dvd drive. Typically windvd or
powerdvd is included in the package. That will install the necessary codecs

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Jon Hildrum
DTS MVP
Jon_Hildrum@msn.com
www.hildrum.com
"Alan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1835001c41b06$697f9860$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Over the weekend, put in a Blockbuster DVD in my DVD CD
> drive, Windows Media Player opened and I received a
> message about an incompatible decoder and I can't play the
> movie. I remember when I upgraded to Home XP, the system
> report said something about a problem with my DVD drive. I
> could play movies in Windows ME.
>
> What do I need to do, buy a new DVD CD drive, or download
> software?
>
> Thanks for the responses in advance.