mcdhu
26th Dec 2006, 11:28
Merry Christmas everyone!
My problem is that neither of my 2 household PCs will play Dvds. The first is a Dell Dimension PC using Win Xp SP2. The 2 Drives are Samsung CD-R/RW SW 248F and Samsung DVD-ROM SD-616T which should have that capability. On putting a Dvd into the first drive, I get a message that a 'compatable Dvd decoder is not installed'. If I ask Realplayer to play the Dvd, it tells me that 'Realplayer needs to download software'.
I would like to use Wmp tp play Dvds - what is it that I need to download to make it work and where can I get it from?
Please keep any answers as simple as possible.
The second Pc has Win Media Centre and seems not to recognise that there is a Dvd in either of the drives. I have tried to play via Wmp and also via the Media centre, but to no avail. I thought I would try you guys out there before going to Dell because I have had limited success with them before.
Many thanks in advance,
mcdhu
My problem is that neither of my 2 household PCs will play Dvds. The first is a Dell Dimension PC using Win Xp SP2. The 2 Drives are Samsung CD-R/RW SW 248F and Samsung DVD-ROM SD-616T which should have that capability. On putting a Dvd into the first drive, I get a message that a 'compatable Dvd decoder is not installed'. If I ask Realplayer to play the Dvd, it tells me that 'Realplayer needs to download software'.
I would like to use Wmp tp play Dvds - what is it that I need to download to make it work and where can I get it from?
Please keep any answers as simple as possible.
The second Pc has Win Media Centre and seems not to recognise that there is a Dvd in either of the drives. I have tried to play via Wmp and also via the Media centre, but to no avail. I thought I would try you guys out there before going to Dell because I have had limited success with them before.
Many thanks in advance,
mcdhu