Free Dvd Decoder For Windows Xp

fifitrix123
fifitrix123 Posts: 346 Forumite
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Can anyone please tell me where to find a free dvd decoder for my lapton with windows xp?
A link would be even better as I am not that good at techie stuff :confused:

I have windows multi media but for some reason dvd not working!!

Thanks

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  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,298 Forumite
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    this is free

    http://www.avsmedia.com/DVDPLAYER/
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  • jje_2
    jje_2 Posts: 239 Forumite
    http://www.free-codecs.com/download/XP_Codec_Pack.htm

    XP Codec pack download andd install Windows Media Player will thebn play most formats .
    Its free and safe .

    jje
  • fifitrix123
    fifitrix123 Posts: 346 Forumite
    Thanks guys for both sites but it is now saying my video card or is not compatible with media player!!! I hve tried installing windows media 11 again and a service pack but that hasn't worked either!
    It was working before I had to reset all computer, it plays music but just not dvd!!!!
  • benjus
    benjus Posts: 5,433 Forumite
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    If you want something simple but that works well, try Media Player Classic (http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_players/media_player_classic.cfm/v6_4_9_1__20080127_) It's designed to look like the old Windows Media Player but it plays DVDs and lots of video file formats. It's really lightweight and fast - not like the bloated and slow Media Player that now comes with Windows.

    I use it with an old Windows 2000 machine at home and it plays DVDs and video files without any problems. The same DVDs and files with Windows Media Player don't play well at all.
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  • fifitrix123
    fifitrix123 Posts: 346 Forumite
    Thanks to everyone who has sent help but it still doesn't work, it now says there is a problem with digital copy protection and none of the other sites have worked either!!!
    Will it work if I throw laptop through window?
    I have also tried to get rid of media player 11 but it won't remove it either it just rolls it back to an earlier time?
    I have tried finding an updated driver as well but am having no luck whatsover, does anyone have a link to one of those please!!

    Sorry to be a pain:confused:
  • monkeyman2007
    monkeyman2007 Posts: 17 Forumite
    ....I think VLC player has all codecs already... might be wrong though
  • Regeneration
    Regeneration Posts: 135 Forumite
    Download the latest codec pack from here and install
    http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/KLite_Codec_Pack_Full/1094057842/3/
    and you should be playing your dvd's in no time at all :D
  • banger9365
    banger9365 Posts: 1,702 Forumite
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    digital copy protection
    i've got two dvdrw's on my system and one plays retail dvd's fine put the other will not,i have all the right codecs in the pc and the only thing that will alow me to us the one that will not play retail dvd is anydvd
    there or their,one day i might us the right one ,until then tuff

  • Aiadi
    Aiadi Posts: 1,840 Forumite
    monkeyman2007 wrote: »
    ....I think VLC player has all codecs already... might be wrong though
    If VLC player can't play your files then I don't know what could....
    Give it a try and download the portable version (that will not even need to be installed on your computer) and just delete it if it doesn't work.

    http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/vlc_portable

    Hope this helps
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  • TechTerry
    TechTerry Posts: 303 Forumite
    VLC player has ffdshow built in i beleive, which should play MOST video and audio files.

    Is this a retail DVD you are trying to use or something downloaded from the internet?

    If it is from the internet it may have something called DRM which will not allow you to play the file.

    Download for VLC Player: http://downloads.videolan.org/pub/videolan/&file=vlc/0.8.6f/win32/vlc-0.8.6f-win32.exe
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