windows media player cant play DVDs??

[WhiteFireDragon]

after i accidentally uninstalled windows media player on the add/remove windows components, i installed it again and it wont play videos because it doesn't include the format that plays DVD movies. is there some sort of plug-in or download to install so i can watch movies on my computer? my other computer's windows media player can play movies just fine. is there another problem besides the format support?

 

[Droogie]

I would suggest using VLC media player, becuase you will never run into these kinds of problems.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

but downloading this DVD decoder should work, if you want to use WMP
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/plugins.aspx

 

[WhiteFireDragon]

which one of those are free and which ones do i need to pay for?

 

[cohen]

VLC is free, do you have codecs installed???

If not, download DIVX.

 

[Droogie]

yea nvm WMP sucks, just get VLC I'm telling you.

 

[minisean]

Are you using XP or Vista?

Vista: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6479373

XP: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6485142