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Ian Planchon · April 20th, 2009, 02:37 PM

I have had two clients come to me asking why their dvd's wont play in windows media player.

I am burning MPEG2's in dvd architect.

any thing I should be doing in order to make it play in WMP? or is this WMP's fault?

John Miller · April 20th, 2009, 02:46 PM

They need a third party MPEG2 decoder. XP and the non-Home Premium or Ultimate versions of Vista don't have a native MPEG2 decoder.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...r/plugins.aspx

Ian Planchon · April 20th, 2009, 02:53 PM

thanks. so to get around it, make make it a WMV file?

John Gordon · April 20th, 2009, 02:58 PM

Yep. That's the best way to utilize Media Player.

John

Don Bloom · April 20th, 2009, 03:02 PM

you can DL an update to MEDIA PLAYER from MSN site which will play DVDs. Don't remember which one it is (sorry) but I know it's free. I dl'd it for my laptop and IIRC I THINK it MIGHT be Media Player Classic. All I know is that it was free and works.

Ian Planchon · April 20th, 2009, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Don Bloom

you can DL an update to MEDIA PLAYER from MSN site which will play DVDs. Don't remember which one it is (sorry) but I know it's free. I dl'd it for my laptop and IIRC I THINK it MIGHT be Media Player Classic. All I know is that it was free and works.

yeah, I use K-lite, it plays almost every codec I throw at it, but this is for some coporate clients, and most of them cant download players...so I will avoid mpeg2.

Steve Renouf · April 21st, 2009, 05:16 PM

How do they normally play DVDs?

Mike Kujbida · April 21st, 2009, 06:15 PM

Media Player Classic and VLC are excellent (and free) open source tools that will play DVDs without having to install an MPEG-2 codec.

April 20th, 2009, 02:37 PM	#1
Ian Planchon Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: an Alaskan living in Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 513	windows media player I have had two clients come to me asking why their dvd's wont play in windows media player. I am burning MPEG2's in dvd architect. any thing I should be doing in order to make it play in WMP? or is this WMP's fault?

April 20th, 2009, 03:02 PM	#5
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	you can DL an update to MEDIA PLAYER from MSN site which will play DVDs. Don't remember which one it is (sorry) but I know it's free. I dl'd it for my laptop and IIRC I THINK it MIGHT be Media Player Classic. All I know is that it was free and works. __________________ What do I know? I'm just a video-O-grafer. Don

April 20th, 2009, 02:46 PM	#2
John Miller Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hillsborough, NC, USA Posts: 968	They need a third party MPEG2 decoder. XP and the non-Home Premium or Ultimate versions of Vista don't have a native MPEG2 decoder. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...r/plugins.aspx

April 20th, 2009, 02:53 PM	#3
Ian Planchon Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: an Alaskan living in Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 513	thanks. so to get around it, make make it a WMV file?

April 20th, 2009, 02:58 PM	#4
John Gordon New Boot Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia Posts: 15	Yep. That's the best way to utilize Media Player. John

April 21st, 2009, 05:16 PM	#7
Steve Renouf Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Jersey, GB Posts: 182	How do they normally play DVDs?

April 21st, 2009, 06:15 PM	#8
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	Media Player Classic and VLC are excellent (and free) open source tools that will play DVDs without having to install an MPEG-2 codec.