Posted by PapaBear on 01/21/08 18:48

Try something different. I dumped Windows Media Player a long time ago, and
now use the free PowerDVD 5 from Cyberlink. It came on the install disc when
I bought a LG burner last year. I've also tried their 6 version, but 5 works
a lot better for me on XP Home SP2 with 2GHz processor, 1G RAM. I suspect 6
requires a bigger faster machine(?). I get excellent smooth playbacks with 5
even while multitasking other software to the max.
--
Max U Genius, formerly just Max... :)

"Phisherman" <noone@nobody.com> wrote in message
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>I have Windows Media Player 11.0.5358.4827 on an WinXP PC and when I
> attempted to play BBC Planet Earth (new out of the box) I got the
> message
>
> Windows Media Player can not play the DVD because a problem occurred
> with digital copywright protection.
>
> I tried the same disc on a (friend's) Vista PC with Windows Media
> Player 11.0.6000.6336 and the disc plays fine. How can I play this
> disc on my PC? I have played many newly-released DVD movies on my PC
> without any issues, so I'm wondering if there is something special
> about Planet Earth's discs? Or, do I need to upgrade some software
> on my PC?

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