dvd decoder, mpeg-2

[mansp]

My daughter tried to watch a dvd on her desk top recently, she has the latest version of windows media player, but it says she needs a dvd decoder (video decoder).
Is there one I can download to work in line with windows, apart from the microsoft website, where I have to pay!

[PPRuNeUser0171]

are you sure she has the latest version of Media player as I thought that had the DVD decoder built in.

You could try an eval copy of PowerDVD and see if that fixes the problem.

[mansp]

thinking about it, new pc, but running windows xp on it, however she did say she downloaded the latest version of media player

[PPRuNeUser0171]

The exact error message she is getting would be helpful. I can't find the correct specs for Media Player 11 but I'm 99% sure it does because I had a DVD playing in it when I built a new laptop for my dad a month back.......

[BigEndBob]

Should be called Windows Mean Player.
Try downloading codecs from CCCP.

[Parapunter]

Xp comes with naff all in codec terms. If the WMP says no dice, then you need ideally a piece of software - I would recommend Power DVD 4 or later, but there are others that will work - check google for info.

[bnt]

I'm using a free DVD Codec with WMP: DScaler. Works a treat.

[mansp]

Many thks all, will check them out later when i escape from work!!