Re: media player classic plays DVDs, WMP9 doesnt!
From: Chris Lanier [MVP] (cal2002a_at_hotmail.NOSPAM.com)
Date: 10/29/04
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:21:36 -0500
Not very tricky, it's covered in this Newsgroup all the time. ;-)
-MPC likely uses DeCSS to decrypt the DVD's. That's not the most legal
thing. No open source project will never get the correct license to include
CSS in their product. Plus, it costs a ton of money to do.
-Because it can't find whatever decoder you have. As noted, MPC is not a
valid DirectShow decoder, to Windows there is no DVD decoder installed if
MPC is there.
-You are assuming there was never a decoder, you likely have parts of one
installed, as WMP notes, you should reinstall it.
-Right on the WMP homepage, the FAQ, Media Advice, Many KB Articles, tons of
posts in this Newsgroup, the Help file in WMP, my Blog, etc.
-Yes. PowerDVD, WinDVD, nvDVD all include DirectShow DVD Decoders.
Reinstall that applications reinstalls the decoder. WMP is just a frontend
for DVD playback. It uses the third parties decoders.
-Okay, Not sure about that.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/knowledgecenter/mediaadvice/0022.aspx#question1
http://msmvps.com/chrisl/articles/10726.aspx
http://www.zachd.com/pss/pss.html#mpeg2
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/faq.aspx#4_9
Those links have been posted hundreds of times. The help file in WMP gives
direct links to the pages. A simple search of this Newsgroup gave me over
7,000 hits (Search term: DVD Decoder). In the first two the answer is
listed right there. The term DVD Playback gave me another 800. WMP+DVD on
Google gave me KB Articles and 10+ Microsoft pages on DVD Playback and
decoding in Windows. You must not of searched hard. :\
-- Chris Lanier - http://www.msmvps.com/chrisl/ NOTE: Replies are to help benefit others in helping you and reproducing issues, not necessarily for me to get back to you. --- "niz" <donotreply@spam.com> wrote in message news:cavgd.2937$vm3.696@newsfe5-win.ntli.net... > hi, > > sorry if you mistook the tone of my post, 'im not trying to "make > microsoft > look bad",just trying to understand & troubleshoot this tricky issue! > > - how does MPC successfully play a dvd without the "dvd decoder"? how is > it > different from WMP9? > - why does the WMP9 error message say something other than "missing dvd > decoder" > - why was the DVD tab in WMP9 options enabled & accessible, according to > the > MS Support page it should be disabled if no decoder detected? > - is there a list of all the decoders available, not just this single one? > - i assume all software dvd players also come with the relevant decoders? > i.e. windvd, powerdvd etc... > - i did read all the help files & newsgroups, as the answers to the above > were not there, i'm posting here. > > rgs, > niz > > "Chris Lanier [MVP]" <cal2002a@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message > news:uwtAIgsuEHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... >> a. No, MPC does not use a valid DShow decoder. >> b. You need to learn to read. >> c. Purchase and install a valid DShow DVD decoder. >> d. http://msmvps.com/chrisl/articles/10730.aspx >> e. Only bash a company or person if you know wtf you are talking about. >> Trying to make Microsoft look bad off of your ignorant comments is not a >> smart thing to do. >> f. Read the Help files. >> g. Search the Newsgroup >> h. This is as far as I need to go, please watch your comments next time >> you post. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> Chris Lanier - http://www.msmvps.com/chrisl/ >> >> NOTE: Replies are to help benefit others in helping >> you and reproducing issues, not necessarily for me >> to get back to you. >> --- >> "niz" <donotreply@spam.com> wrote in message >> news:nicfd.129$%X2.16@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net... >>> after installing a fresh Windows XP + SP2 + k-lite codec pack, i tried >>> playing a DVD in windows media player 9.... and got this error: >>> >>> "Windows Media Player is currently unable to play DVD video. Try >>> decreasing the number of colors displayed on your monitor or decreasing >>> the screen resolution. For additional solutions, click More Information >>> to access the DVD Troubleshooter." >>> >>> i tried the obvious changing the colours and resolution but it made no >>> difference, after some research it turns out there is either no dvd >>> decoder or a problem with the dvd decoder (i typed "dvdupgrd /detect" to >>> check). >>> >>> so i tried the media player classic that comes with k-lite codec pack >>> and IT WORKED! so that means there must be a valid dvd decoder >>> installed? >>> >>> its strange that ms provide all these dvd features with wmp but (a) >>> neglect to tell you they're useless without a decoder, (b) dont hide >>> them or disable them, (c) even more strange that the error message >>> displayed has absolutely nothing to do with the problem! >>> >>> so how can i now get wmp9 to play dvds? >>> >> >> > >
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