I got the message: "Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is not installed on your computer." John Ferrell W8CCW "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke http://DixieNC.US ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen D. Barnes" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 1:05 PM Subject: Re: [OT] PC Help > Marcel Duchamp wrote: >> Peter Loron wrote: >> >>> I typically use VLC (the VideoLan player) or MPlayer for DVDs and >>> most other types of media. >>> >>> http://www.videolan.org/ >>> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html >>> >>> -Pete >>> >>> >>> On Sep 5, 2008, at 6:47 AM, John Ferrell wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I have a similar problem on a laptop (Compaq Presario 2100) after a >>>> restore >>>> to original operation. WinDVD is installed as it was in the original >>>> setup >>>> but it wants a registration for money. WinDVD seems to have been >>>> bought by >>>> Corel and they want to sell the product again. There is probably >>>> something >>>> by Roxio or Nero that will do a better job for less money but I have >>>> not yet >>>> identified it. >>>> >> >> I had this same experience with an HP desktop purchased 4 years ago. I >> think it was WinDVD also. Every time I ran it to watch a DVD movie, it >> "phoned home", popped up an advertisement urging me to pay money for a >> fully working version. I uninstalled it and then found that DVDs would >> no longer play. >> >> After much googling, I followed Peter Lorons advice and now use vlan. I >> think I needed to get a driver from mplayer perhaps also. >> > You can also use Windows Media Player (comes with windows) to watch > DVD's. Just open media player, click on file, open, navigate to the > drive your dvd is in. > > -- > Regards, > Stephen D. Barnes > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist