No dvd movie...

[Warriorhazzard]

I was trying to watch a movie on my new computer. http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827151136 and on this drive. It said it needed a codec I beleive.

Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD because a compatible DVD dcoder is not installed on your computer.

Thats what it says. What decoder?

 

[Emperor_nero]

Try downloading VLC. I think it should have the codec.

 

[Warriorhazzard]

Try downloading VLC. I think it should have the codec.

Is it free? and if it is where can I fuind it. Google turned up MAC stuff.

 

[The_Other_One]

Or if you don't want to add additional player or anything...
http://www.free-codecs.com/K_Lite_Codec_Pack_download.htm

I'd get the middle or full one... I can't recall which ones offer the MPEG2/DVD decoder.

 

[Warriorhazzard]

Or if you don't want to add additional player or anything...
http://www.free-codecs.com/K_Lite_Codec_Pack_download.htm

I'd get the middle or full one... I can't recall which ones offer the MPEG2/DVD decoder.

Would that work with Media Center too. I also cant play any movies on Media Center. Should I just reinstall Windows? I also dont have the standard windows games, ie. Solitaire, Pinball.

 

[heyman421]

if you're concerned with quality, i'd use a commercial mpeg-2 codec

simply install a demo of windvd, and the codecs will be installed on your computer. you don't have to use windvd, but leave it installed. then you'll be able to watch dvd in wmp and media center

those freeware codecs that come with the codec packs look like crap

and freeware or commercial, no software codec will look quite as good as an actual hardware decompression, such as that in a dvd player, but windvd will look 10x better than the freeware garbage

 

[The_Other_One]

The codec pack includes the MPEG2 decoder from PowerDVD and a couple other programs. The quality is fine; no different than hardware DVD decoders. The only real difference is that computer monitors are non-interlaced but DVD are interlaced(well, most...) However, a good TV-Out should make the quality the same as a hardware player.

 

[Warriorhazzard]

OK. Im going to try it today thanks