Re: Windows Media Player won't play some DVD's

On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 17:28:01 -0800, Tom <tslowego@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have made DVD's on a DVD recorder/player, and they all play on the player.
When I try to play them on Windows Media Player (Vista), some of the DVD's
are recognized and will play, while others are not recognized, and when I try
to play WMP will stop functioning. What gives? Appreciate any help. Thanks,

I wonder what software you used to make the DVDs ?
Do commerical (purchased) DVDs work OK ?

Typically, DVDs can use 2 types of audio on them - PCM or AC3 audio.
Some home burning software makes PCM audio disks, though AC3 is more
normal (it's dolby digital audio). Perhaps you're missing asn AC3
decoder - did the error message indicate which part of the DVD (video
or audio) was causing the problem ?

Vista home premium and ultimate should come with a DVD video (MPEG2)
decoder, other versions you'd have to have that supplied by the PC
manfacturer or purchase it yourself.

You can check whether you've got a WMP11 compatible DVD video decoder
using the DecCheck program :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DE1491AC-0AB6-4990-943D-627E6ADE9FCB&displaylang=en

HTH
Cheers - Neil
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Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
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