DarkSerge Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Hello.It seems my Windows XP machine can no longer play movie DVDs. When I try, this is the message I get: Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder, and video card. Try installing an updated driver for your video card.I'm not exactly sure when this started, and it's doing this on DVDs I've watched on it before. I found a program called DVD43 that runs in the background and allows them to play, but then I have no audio. My video drivers are up-to-date. Windows Media Player is all I have on this computer to watch DVDs with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Hi, how about installing vlc for Windows and see if you can watch it then.This DRM crap gets in the way for folks a lot. And the newer OSes are worse with it due to the 'protected' video path and it's really not ready for prime time especially when something goes wrong like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tushman Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 And the newer OSes are worse with it due to the 'protected' video path....What is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Here's a couple of KB articles that may help.Troubleshooting DVD playback in Windows Media Player for Windows XPTroubleshooting playback in Windows Media Player for Windows XP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSerge Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 VLC did the trick. It played DVDs just fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipDoc Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Glad to hear it, DarkSerge. VLC has a pretty high "it just works" factor. It's cross-platform too and plays almost anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frapper Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 vlc's my choice for any os. i grew tired of trying to make dvd's play in native apps.Ditto. VLC plays everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 I carry a portable version. It helps trying to figure out if the problem is hardware or software. If vlc plays then the hardware is good. The user then has the choice of re-installing whatever app he/she was using and grab codecs or simply use vblc. I encourage using vlc because trying to figure out codes is a minefield! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 I carry a portable version. It helps trying to figure out if the problem is hardware or software. If vlc plays then the hardware is good. The user then has the choice of re-installing whatever app he/she was using and grab codecs or simply use vblc. I encourage using vlc because trying to figure out codes is a minefield!So true, Liz! Sometimes not too bad, but other times, it's a real nightmare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I carry a portable version. It helps trying to figure out if the problem is hardware or software. If vlc plays then the hardware is good. The user then has the choice of re-installing whatever app he/she was using and grab codecs or simply use vblc. I encourage using vlc because trying to figure out codes is a minefield! You can use gspot for that... http://www.snapfiles.com/get/gspot.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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