I downloaded and installed
ffdshow. Seems to be very nice program in that it has a good front end to configure and looks like I can get rid of it if need or disable codecs as need.
THANKS YOU ALL.........................TELL ME THIS,
I AM TOTALLY NEW TO DVD's. To be honest I really have had no need for DVD's or owned a player till now!! :lol: DONT LAUGH. I just didn't have the urge to rent DVD's or make them.
I am trying to lose my DVD virginity with a computer DVD player. I probably should go buy a commercial DVD player, but I just bought / made this computer for MEDIA, TV card + record playback and so on. Why not use the DVD drive.
HERE IS MY QUESTION....
I tried playing a DVD made by the US Government (FAA), using Windows Media player. It started and than just played the opening intro, than stopped, freezing on the opening title. That was it. I figured out how to get to the menu. There where two "titles", generic labels "title 1" and "title 2". Bottom line I got it to play but had to go through monkey motions to get it going.
WELL Success kind of. I went and rented a DVD ($1 vending machine at grocery store, Charlie Wilson's War), and it did not play at first, just got audio with still freeze frames every 30 seconds or so. This was with ffdshow. I down loaded NVIDIA PureVideo trial. Works perfect. Go figure. Hate to spend $20 may be its worth it to avoid the hassle. Thanks again.