Can't Playback DVD Movies after installing Vista ?

I'm really getting frustrated to find out that after installing Vista Home
Premium ,that I can't playback movies on dvd on my computer. Playing back
movies was not a problem before Vista. I have the same problem on my lap top.
Is there a patch out there to fix the problem ?
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jocko1

"jocko1" <> wrote in message
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> I'm really getting frustrated to find out that after installing Vista Home
> Premium ,that I can't playback movies on dvd on my computer. Playing back
> movies was not a problem before Vista. I have the same problem on my lap
> top.
> Is there a patch out there to fix the problem ?
> --
> jocko1

Windows does not have a native movie player. You must have had an
application for this purpose on your previous setup if you played movies
previously. With what application were movies played before you moved to
Vista?
--
Michael Solomon
Backup is a PC user's best friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

try VLC, Video Lan
google for it







"jocko1" <> wrote in message news:31EA92A5-10D7-4FBB-BDF6-...
I'm really getting frustrated to find out that after installing Vista Home
Premium ,that I can't playback movies on dvd on my computer. Playing back
movies was not a problem before Vista. I have the same problem on my lap top.
Is there a patch out there to fix the problem ?
--
jocko1

"jocko1" <> wrote in message
news:31EA92A5-10D7-4FBB-BDF6-...
> I'm really getting frustrated to find out that after installing Vista Home
> Premium ,that I can't playback movies on dvd on my computer. Playing back
> movies was not a problem before Vista. I have the same problem on my lap
> top.
> Is there a patch out there to fix the problem ?
> --
> jocko1

Windows XP and Windows Vista do not come with the DVD Playback Codex, been
this way for a long time you used to be able to play movies because at some
point you installed a 3rd party codec to allow playback of DVD movies on
your computer.

If you have old DVD movie software, install it and see if it fixes the
problem. The only freeware DVD codec I know of is used with Videolan (VLC,
you can find it at http://www.videolan.org), but the codec only works in
VLC, not other players like Windows Media Player, and for some reason I
can't get VLC to run very well on my system.

Good luck,
A.

"mikeyhsd" <> wrote in message
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try VLC, Video Lan
google for it







"jocko1" <> wrote in message
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I'm really getting frustrated to find out that after installing Vista Home
Premium ,that I can't playback movies on dvd on my computer. Playing back
movies was not a problem before Vista. I have the same problem on my lap
top.
Is there a patch out there to fix the problem ?
--
jocko1

I don't think there's a Vista compatible version of VLC available as yet.
--
Michael Solomon
Backup is a PC user's best friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

Andy wrote:
> "jocko1" <> wrote in message
> news:31EA92A5-10D7-4FBB-BDF6-...
>> I'm really getting frustrated to find out that after installing Vista
>> Home
>> Premium ,that I can't playback movies on dvd on my computer. Playing back
>> movies was not a problem before Vista. I have the same problem on my
>> lap top.
>> Is there a patch out there to fix the problem ?
>> --
>> jocko1
>
> Windows XP and Windows Vista do not come with the DVD Playback Codex,
> been this way for a long time you used to be able to play movies because
> at some point you installed a 3rd party codec to allow playback of DVD
> movies on your computer.
>
> If you have old DVD movie software, install it and see if it fixes the
> problem. The only freeware DVD codec I know of is used with Videolan
> (VLC, you can find it at http://www.videolan.org), but the codec only
> works in VLC, not other players like Windows Media Player, and for some
> reason I can't get VLC to run very well on my system.
>
> Good luck,
> A.

VLC works properly for us on Windows Server 2008 so it should work on
Vista. We are using it with a Plextor DVD and a RME HDSP 9632 sound card.
One unfortunate problem is that much audiovisual functionality is
limited by the Microsoft imposed content controls.

Media Player will play commercial DVD just fine in Vista Ultimate (don't
know about the other versions). The necessary codec's are included with the
install of Vista.

In the early RC versions of Vista there was a time bomb on the codec's,
after which they no longer worked.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)



"Michael Solomon" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "jocko1" <> wrote in message
> news:31EA92A5-10D7-4FBB-BDF6-...
>> I'm really getting frustrated to find out that after installing Vista
>> Home
>> Premium ,that I can't playback movies on dvd on my computer. Playing back
>> movies was not a problem before Vista. I have the same problem on my lap
>> top.
>> Is there a patch out there to fix the problem ?
>> --
>> jocko1
>
> Windows does not have a native movie player. You must have had an
> application for this purpose on your previous setup if you played movies
> previously. With what application were movies played before you moved to
> Vista?
> --
> Michael Solomon
> Backup is a PC user's best friend
> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
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> Media Player will play commercial DVD just fine in Vista Ultimate (don't
> know about the other versions). The necessary codec's are included with
> the install of Vista.
>
> In the early RC versions of Vista there was a time bomb on the codec's,
> after which they no longer worked.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
>
>
> "Michael Solomon" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
> news:C0EBA9BB-029D-49DE-BC9F-...
>>
>>
>> "jocko1" <> wrote in message
>> news:31EA92A5-10D7-4FBB-BDF6-...
>>> I'm really getting frustrated to find out that after installing Vista
>>> Home
>>> Premium ,that I can't playback movies on dvd on my computer. Playing
>>> back
>>> movies was not a problem before Vista. I have the same problem on my lap
>>> top.
>>> Is there a patch out there to fix the problem ?
>>> --
>>> jocko1
>>
>> Windows does not have a native movie player. You must have had an
>> application for this purpose on your previous setup if you played movies
>> previously. With what application were movies played before you moved to
>> Vista?
>> --
>> Michael Solomon
>> Backup is a PC user's best friend
>> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>

Well, nuts, that'll teach me to look before I leap. I actually hadn't
tested the function. Like you, I don't know if the codec is time bombed but
I put a commercial DVD in the drive and up popped WMP 11 and once I went
through the WMP setup (I had not set it up previously), it played as did a
DVD I burned from a VHS video tape. For the record, this is Vista Ultimate.
I don't know if Vista Home Premium includes that function but if it doesn't,
that would certainly explain the OP's issues.

Thanks, Richard.
--
Michael Solomon
Backup is a PC user's best friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

as others have stated, Windows does not do anything to prevent you from
watching DVDs.

what player and/or codecs are you using?

VLC or MPC are usually recommended players.

VLC for sure
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

I prefer MPC myself.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/


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http://xenomorph.net/


"jocko1" <> wrote in message
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> I'm really getting frustrated to find out that after installing Vista Home
> Premium ,that I can't playback movies on dvd on my computer. Playing back
> movies was not a problem before Vista. I have the same problem on my lap
> top.
> Is there a patch out there to fix the problem ?
> --
> jocko1

> I'm really getting frustrated to find out that after installing Vista Home
> Premium ,that I can't playback movies on dvd on my computer. Playing back
> movies was not a problem before Vista. I have the same problem on my lap
top.
> Is there a patch out there to fix the problem ?

Unfortunately, it isn't a problem, it's by design. Microsoft's way to extort
more money out of you to get you to buy Vista Ultimate. I struggled with this
problem unable to play videos or find a compatible player until someone in
this group suggested "Media Player Classic". It's nice, simple, and not
bloated with a bunch of useless crap.

Unfortunately, you've stumbled onto the first of many ways that upgrading
from XP to Vista is much more like "downgrading" to a less powerful OS.

But hey, you get a 5 pixel wide transparent border around your windows now so
that's got to make it worth all the hassle, right?

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