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[kretter]

Hi,

I am new to this. Could someone recommend me a good free dvd player to run
with windows xp?

thx

[Wiley]

Windows Media Player does it. Would that qualify as a "good free dvd
player"??? There may be others out there that have a bazillion features,
but for general viewing of a DVD, it's as good as it needs to be. WMP
version 10 works fine on my machine...and the price was right!

[kretter]

okay, time for me to upgrade from version 9 to version 10.

thx


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[kretter]

still the same problem, when i try to play a dvd Media Player asks for a
compatibel dvd decoder.
the link offered brings me to the microsoft site where I can choose between
3 dvd players, each of them need to be paid for.



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[erratic]

On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 22:23:44 GMT, "kretter" <um@pandora.be> wrote:

[Wiley]

Sorry... You are right. You need a codec that plugs into WMP. Here is a
freeware package that does the job: http://www.cliprex.com/

Note: It appears that the InterVideo package that I had installed on my
system...months ago, left the WMP plug-in behind. That was a surprise to
me. Good luck.

[Graham Mayor]

Media Player 9 would have done the job too, but you need to have the
appropriate codecs installed for the file formats you want to play - see
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Nimo_Codec_Pack.htm Only install the
codecs you actually need.

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kretter wrote:

[Armchair Einstein]

9 did it, too.

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[Biz]

OK, listen up please.

Windows Media player will not play dvds straight out the box, it never
has....

YOu HAVE to have installed a codec set for it to be able to play them. If
you have/had PowerDVD, WinDVD or a few other players installed WMP will use
those codecs, but WMP won;t do it on say a fresh OS install, without having
installed the appropriate dshow filters.

But media player classic will, but it is not the same as WMP....
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[kretter]

Media Player Classic does the job perfectly. Easy download, no further
hassle to get codecs etc...

This in contrast with WMP where you still need third party software to get a
dvd running.

thx erratic.


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[kretter]

Right, I don't even bother anymore to try to get WMP running a dvd.

So much easier to download and instaal Media Player Classic


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