DVD's wont play on Computer?

welnik

For some reason, every time I load a DVD with a film on (an original), it plays for about 1 minute and then stops working?

It used to play them and now doesn't? Anyone know why? I have windows XP and service pack 2 and I think its version 10 of windows media player.

Thanking you!

pimpers

You need to have a dedicated DVD software like "POWER DVD" on your machine.

Microsoft would not bundle this type of software for media player because of copyright issues.

From their site.

How do I play DVDs in Windows Media Player?

To play DVDs using the Player, you must have a DVD-ROM drive, a computer running the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, and either a software or hardware DVD decoder installed on your computer. (By default, Windows does not include a DVD decoder.) For more information about DVD decoders, see the DVD Support in Windows XP Web page.

I hope this answers your question.

Pimpers.

daveh1171

Download videolan VLC player just google it completely free to home users I have not found anything it won't play and it extremely easy to set up for playing DVDs its something like file...open disc...choose your optical drive sit back and enjoy.

Guapa1

^ Ditto, vlc is brill!

welnik

Whats weird is that it used to work?

Thanks for your help.

miggiwoo

welnik wrote: »

Whats weird is that it used to work?

Thanks for your help.

I had the same problem a few months back , what i did was reset my computer to an earlier date ie. a date when you know you were able to watch DVD,s

its not the most technical answer , but worked for me:money: