media player

katie1

I dont understand what i have done wrong , if anything . I use to be able to put a dvd or in and media play would come up automatic. Now media play doesn't come up and when i go into media player and click onto which dvd or i want to play it wont.I get this "Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is not installed on your computer." i never use to have this problem . anyone have any idea what i can do to corrcet this .
Do you think it would make any differance if i uninstalled media player and put it all back on again , only thing is i'd lose all my music cd's i've downloaded that way .

Marty_J

I don't know why your DVD decoder has disappeared, but reinstalling Windows Media Player shouldn't delete all of your music.

You could always give VLC a try.

katie1

thankyou marty J , do you think if i re installed media player it would correct my problem ???? you can play dvd on media player ive done it before without having to download any other programmes .

i dont know enough about these damn p.c its driving me mad , i have my daughter sitting very patient for me to put her dvd onto her ipod she will be waiting a long while:rotfl::rotfl:

4743hudsonj

well as above, re installing wmp wont delete your music, but try this
http://www.codecguide.com/klcp_update.htm

its a pack of common codecs, so wmp should be able to understand the dvd's again and some other new stuff too.

Personally i would switch to jaangle music player, spotify (a free legit way of listening to a huge library of music) and keep wmp or download vlc for video.

wmp tries to hard to be all things to all men and in the process does hardly anything, much better at getting specialised software.

Marty_J

You could try reinstalling Media Player and see if that helps.

In Windows, I would use DVD Decrypter and HandBrake for putting DVDs on an iPod.

katie1

Thankyou both marty j and 4743hudsonj . i have downloaded dvd decrypter but couldnt work out how to use it so took it off again.
Ive now downloaded vlc and have worked out how to play a dvd on it but can i copy it from this ???? for putting onto a ipod.

katie1

marty j which handbrake should i use please in on windows xp , sorry just there seems to be alot to pick from ...

4743hudsonj

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_shrink.cfm


this is an excallent beginners tool for ripping dvd's

theres even a link to a guide on that page aswell so you wont have to figure out how to use it

Marty_J

katie1 wrote: »

Thankyou both marty j and 4743hudsonj . i have downloaded dvd decrypter but couldnt work out how to use it so took it off again.

The link I gave you above for DVD Decrypter tells you how to use it. Just put it in file mode and copy all the files.

katie1 wrote: »

marty j which handbrake should i use please in on windows xp , sorry just there seems to be alot to pick from ...

You need this version of HandBrake:

http://handbrake.fr/rotation.php?file=HandBrake-0.9.3-Win_GUI.exe

and this is how you use it:

http://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/WindowsGuiGuide