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Posted by dos-man 64 on 12/26/07 03:23
On Dec 25, 7:54 pm, "PapaBear" <PaPaB...@thebears.x2x> wrote:
> "the dog from that film you saw" <d...@removethisportionbtinternet.com> wrote
> in messagenews:5tdh2eF1d3m4bU1@mid.individual.net...
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> > "dos-man 64" <ChairS...@mail.com> wrote in message
> >news:ab5ba508-13d7-4735-8137-5b3824cee8db@a35g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> >> The machine is a Gateway running Windows XP. I would never run XP or
> >> a notebook; this is my mom's :D
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> >> I put DVDs into the DVD-ROM drive and close the door. I try to run the
> >> DVD using media player, and a message pops up saying, "Cannot play
> >> this DVD because a compatible decoder is not installed on your
> >> computer."
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> >> Shouldn't the drive know how to play DVDs without any external
> >> software? What does this mean and how can I get it to work?
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> > for licensing reasons windows won't play dvds until you install dvd
> > playing software.
> > easiest thing to do is use vlc player -http://www.videolan.org/vlc
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> It comes as a rude surprise that Windows isn't ready to play a DVD. I recall
> the feeling and sympathize. I fumbled around quite a bit at first before
> solving the problem, satisfactory to me.
That is somewhat shocking. That's why I never bothered to put a DVD
drive
into my PC. I'm quite happy using my PS2. Also got a DVD recorder as
well.
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> I'm not familiar with the Linux decoder suggested by the dog... I took a
> quick look and it seems technically complicated, like many of the Linux
> programs for Windows. If you can wrap your brain around it, I imagine it
> works fine. I side-stepped those complications and hit upon a solution by
> pure luck, otherwise I could still be groping around in the dark! I use the
> Cyberlink decoder which came for free along with PowerDVD when I purchased
> an internal LG DVD burner.
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> This may be a useful link:
> Plug-ins for Windows Media Playerhttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/plugins.aspx
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> Partway down that list it mentions Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DE1491AC-0AB...
> which tells you what decoder(s) you may already have installed.
I'm just going to tell her it ain't happening. She has a DVD player (a
real one I might add), she can just use
that. I'm done with this. Thanks for your help nonetheless.
dos-man
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