DVD Playback : Media Player 11 and Media Player Classic

[M]

I can't play DVDs using Media Player 11 - I dont have the CODEC. So I
download a free CODEC (in fact lots of em) - "XP Codec Pack 2.0.6".

I run Windows Media Player 11 and it still wont play a DVD, telling me
"Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem
with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder and Video
Card. Try installing an updated driver for your video card".

Since Im running the latest Driver for my video card, I use Windows
Media Player Classic (v6.4.9.0) - which came with the "XP Codec Pack
2.0.6" and lo-and-behold I can play my DVD !

So, I go back to WM Player 11 and trawl thru some of the options and
find that 'DVD Video' isnt checked as a file type. I check that box
and.... I get the same error message.

So, I resign myself to using WM Player Classic to watch my DVD and... I
now find that the picture is scrambled, like the frames are out of
sync.

So, I go back to WM Player 11, uncheck 'DVD Video' as a file type
and... I now find that WM Player Classic can play my DVD.

I'm mostly happy now as I can watch the Pirates of the Carribean... but
I have some nagging questions:
- Why wont Media Player 11 play my DVD !
- Why does 'enabling' Media Player 11 to play DVD file types then screw
up playback in WM Player Classic
- (How) can I get Microsofts marvellous new Medial Player (11 has to be
better than 10, it's like an amplifier with a volume button which goes
up to 11 rather than 10 ... isnt it?) to play my bloody DVD?!

and finally (probably stretching a point!)
- why wont my Nakamichi DVD 10s (which cost me a small fortune ~7 years
ago) play this DVD; it is fussy about the DVDs it will and wont play?

ok, one more question (for those of you who have got this far)
- why is the universe expanding?
- will Microsoft supply another one when this one expands to the point
that it is full?
- will the new Microsoft Universe version be backwards compatible with
the old one, and if so will we be able to copy the old one (compressed)
to the new one, or will we need a bloody CODEC add-in?!

Thanks for your help and hope it was worth the reading :-)

M

[Chief Minnechuk]

Unfortunately I can't comment on the specifics of your message.
However, microsoft has a nifty video codec checker at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DE1491AC-0AB6-4990-943D-627E6ADE9FCB&displaylang=en
that can be useful in troubleshooting video codec issues.

I use nvidia's decoder at http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder.html
it works fine for me and is free to try.

Chief Minnechuk

[bnc]

I don't have an answer for you as I am in the DVD won't play black expanding
hole of the universe as well, but had to say I thoroughly enjoyed reading
about your travails. I only hope one day you get an answer before the
universe has folded in on itself. Because if you have noticed, there aren't
a heck a lot of answered questions on this board.

[patrick...@gmail.com]

Hi all,

This all started for me in WMP11 too somewhere after December 1st.
Found a work-around by resetting the system date back to before
December 1st 2006 and it plays my DVDs now. Could be a problem with an
outdated security cert or something like that. That or an SUSupdate
gone awry...

- Donz

[bnc]

I'd like to Sys Restore but I've added some stuff that I don't want to monkey
with...better to use VLC or get some free codec somewhere.

[bnc]

I successfully downloaded the trial version of nvidea and still no picture in
WMP 9. Wish it would have worked!

[Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]]

Which DVD decoder software do you have installed (ex. Nvidia
purevideo, Elecard, other ?) I've got the same problem and can't get
to the bottom of it <blushes>

Cheers - Neil

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Digital Media MVP : 2004-2006
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

[stiv...@gmail.com]

try to use FREE dvd player
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/avs-dvd-player.htm
It works for me perfectly!