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Thread: play dvd

play dvd
bijan 5/30/2007 3:30:02 PM
hi
when i want my DVD i got this error
Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is
not installed on your computer.
what must i do
Re: play dvd
"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil[ at ]nospam.com> 5/30/2007 6:12:53 PM
On Wed, 30 May 2007 08:30:02 -0700, bijan
<bijan[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

[Quoted Text]
>hi
>when i want my DVD i got this error
>Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is
>not installed on your computer.
>what must i do


The DecCheck program can tell you for sure if you have any compatible
DVD (MPEG-2 video) decoders installed :

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DE1491AC-0AB6-4990-943D-627E6ADE9FCB&displaylang=en


If it say "no" then you'd need to purchase one. The NVidia and Elecard
decoders are known to work well, and have 21/30 day trial versions

http://www.elecard.com/products/products-pc/codec-pack/mpeg2-decoder-plugin/
http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder.html

HTH
Cheers - Neil
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