Thank you, Xiaofan.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Xiaofan Chen" <xiaofanc@gmail.com>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] PC Help


> On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 9:33 AM, John Ferrell <johnferrell@earthlink.net> 
> wrote:
>> I got the message:
>> "Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because a compatible DVD 
>> decoder
>> is not installed on your computer."
>>
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/dvdcodecs.aspx
>
> If you have Vista Home Premium (typically for new computer), then you
> are all set for playing DVDs.
>
> If you are using Windows XP or Vista Home, then typically your PC will
> come with a DVD playing software which has the decoder plugins for
> Windows Media Player.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/plugins.aspx#DVDDecoder
>
> If you lost the installer CD, you can try download it from your vendor
> website. I find branded PC maker like Dell/HP/Acer (the three branded PC
> we have now) to be good in this aspect.
>
> Failing that, you may have to use some 3rd party software like VLC
> and mplayer.
>
> Xiaofan
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