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Windows Forum / Windows Me / Multimedia / February 2004Windows Media Player 9: DVDs
I cannot play DVDs on my media player!! HELP! I have problems with my DVD player and want to try to use media player. I think I may need to update my decoder software or something like that? How do I do this, or is there anything else I need/should do? Does anyone know of other DVD player programs I could download for free? DVD decoders can be either hardware or software but in both cases cost money due to legal requirement to pay royalties to the MPEG-LA, who represent the patent holders, in respect of their intellectual property rights for the design of the mpeg-4 standard. Software DVD players such as Cyberlink's PowerDVD (http://www.gocyberlink.com/english/products/product_main.jsp?ProdId=28) or Intervideo's WinDVD (http://www.intervideo.com/jsp/WinDVDPlatinum_Profile.jsp) both include the necessary decoder/codec. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP mcmaltby@hotmail.com > I cannot play DVDs on my media player!! HELP! I have > problems with my DVD player and want to try to use media > player. I think I may need to update my decoder software > or something like that? How do I do this, or is there > anything else I need/should do? Does anyone know of > other DVD player programs I could download for free? > I cannot play DVDs on my media player!! HELP! I have > problems with my DVD player and want to try to use media > player. I think I may need to update my decoder software > or something like that? How do I do this, or is there > anything else I need/should do? Does anyone know of > other DVD player programs I could download for free? Reinstalling your DVD playing software should restore functionality. Ensure that the DVD drive has "DMA" checked: Control Panel/System/Device Manager (View by Type) Highlight your DVD drive (you may have to click on the + sign) Click on Properties Settings Tab "DMA Enabled" HTH Rick Where is it? I'm running XP Pro with SP1 and I couldn't find any DMA box to check. > > I cannot play DVDs on my media player!! HELP! I have > > problems with my DVD player and want to try to use media [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Rick Firstly you might want to note that this is a newsgroup supporting those using MovieMaker 1 in Windows Millennium rather than XP. As for enabling or disabling DMA when running XP you will find the option to use "DMA if available" rather than "PIO Mode" for each connected device on the Advance Settings tab of the Properties Sheets for each IDE channel in the Device Manager in the section "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers". The same tab will also tell you the current transfer mode for each connected device.  SignatureMike Maltby MS-MVP mcmaltby@hotmail.com > Where is it? > > I'm running XP Pro with SP1 and I couldn't find any DMA box to check. Sorry about that - thought I was in the windowsme.moviemaker NG rather than the windowsme.multimedia NG when I posted my previous message. :-) SignatureMike Maltby MS-MVP mcmaltby@hotmail.com > Firstly you might want to note that this is a newsgroup supporting those > using MovieMaker 1 in Windows Millennium rather than XP. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> >> I'm running XP Pro with SP1 and I couldn't find any DMA box to check. Siily me - I was looking in Properties for the device itself. > Firstly you might want to note that this is a newsgroup supporting those using > MovieMaker 1 in Windows Millennium rather than XP. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > > I'm running XP Pro with SP1 and I couldn't find any DMA box to check. Jerry, No, not silly at all since in Win 9x systems that is where you will find the checkbox to enable/disable DMA (Device | Properties | Settings). Its just another example of where XP puts things in a different place. :-) SignatureMike Maltby MS-MVP mcmaltby@hotmail.com > Siily me - I was looking in Properties for the device itself. >-----Original Message----- >I cannot play DVDs on my media player!! HELP! I have [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >other DVD player programs I could download for free? >. |
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