I have Windows Media Player 11 installed in XP when I try to play a dvd it plays the previews ok but when I try to start the movie the screen freezes or is black. I recetly installed Service Pack 3 for what I am not sure. Should have been for xp.I was getting a decoder error and downloaded a free one but now I still have the above problem. -- Rita
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:51:02 -0700, Rita0301 wrote: >I have Windows Media Player 11 installed in XP when I try to play a dvd it >plays the previews ok but when I try to start the movie the screen freezes or >is black. I recetly installed Service Pack 3 for what I am not sure. Should >have been for xp.I was getting a decoder error and downloaded a free one but >now I still have the above problem. This is really the Mac (apple macintosh) media player newsgroup ;-) You should be able to check if the DVD decoder you have now is a free, and probably "expired" version using the DecCheck program from microsoft : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DE1491AC-0AB6-4990-943D-627E6ADE9FCB&displaylang=en That will tell you if the DVD decoder you've installed is compatible (and working) for media player 11. If not, you'd have to try another free trial or purchase one - DVD decoders aren't free due to licence costs from the group who license that technology. You could try Elecard or NVidia DVD decoders, which work in WMP11 for sure, and which have initial 21 or 30 day trial versions (i.e. they expire and stop working after that) - you'd have to purchase the full version to keep on using them. http://elecard.com/products/products-pc/codec-pack/mpeg2-decoder-plugin/ http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder.html HTH Cheers - Neil ------------------------------------------------ Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
