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DVD Decoder not installed

greengirl31 · 2011-03-26 21:14:55

Hi All, I hope you can help and Mods Please move this if I'm posting in the wrong place I'm trying to play a DVD on my Tosh Sat pro Laptop. It's running on Windows XP and I used to be able to play DVD's but lately I've got the following error "Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is not…

26-03-2011 10:14pm

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greengirl31

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Hi All,

I hope you can help and Mods Please move this if I'm posting in the wrong place

I'm trying to play a DVD on my Tosh Sat pro Laptop. It's running on Windows XP and I used to be able to play DVD's but lately I've got the following error
"Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is not installed on your computer"

Does anyone know where I can download the necessary.

Thanks
A

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#2 26-03-2011 10:23pm

bonzodog2

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Get VLC or MediaPlayerClassic, they'll play anything. MPC comes with K-lite codec pack. Google !

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#3 27-03-2011 1:16am

ricman

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see here vlc , http://www.videolan.org/ use media open disc in the menu, to play a dvd, it plays just about any video file ,dvd,avi, etc
i can never play any file with windows media player ,unless its wmv format.
or right click file ,click open with vlc .
vlc is easier to use, free basic realplayer also plays dvds.

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#4 27-03-2011 1:32am

Biggins

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Easy one to solve, the two previous posters have provided the perfect solution.

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