please Help >>=> Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder, and video card. Try installing an updated driver for your video card.

I get this message

Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem
with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder, and
video card. Try installing an updated driver for your video card.

when i try to play a dvd in media player i can not seem to get this
fixed i have installed the vista codecs pack i have in stalled the vlc
player i have updated my video card driver, my dvd player driver and
all update for media player i can play dvd with nero or vlc player but
i want to use media center and it uses media player. Please help if
you can.

I found this thread when searching the site and I am having the exac
same problem. I can,t however find if there was a resolution for thi
problem. Is there anyone that can assist me to find the resolution
The problem states:

Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD because there is a proble
with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder and vide
card

The thread was dated 9/01/07

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Download K-Lite Codec pack
save it on the desktop and run it from there, then close all th
windows and relaunch Window media player

It will work...

If not download VLC Media player.
It will surely wor

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Another leach post from usenet.gateway

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"siddhbos" <> wrote in message news:...
>
> Download K-Lite Codec pack
> save it on the desktop and run it from there, then close all the
> windows and relaunch Window media player.
>
> It will work....
>
> If not download VLC Media player.
> It will surely work
>
>
> --
> siddhbos

You are aware that Service Pack 1 has a work-around to block part of
K-Lite's badness given that K-Lite was causing horrible and crippling
problems for users?

Codec packs are pretty horrible plans in general. The onl yone I'm aware of
that has a serious interest in stability and sanity is CCCP. K-Lite has
done very significant damage to people's systems and it always saddens me
when people are recommending that joke.

-Zach
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"siddhbos" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Download K-Lite Codec pack
> save it on the desktop and run it from there, then close all the
> windows and relaunch Window media player.
>
> It will work....
>
> If not download VLC Media player.
> It will surely work
>
>
> --
> siddhbos

Zach

You are wasting your time answering these leach posts. Nobody on the other end. You can see by the post properties when posted from Usenet.gateway with the post starting with Re:

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"zachd [MSFT]" <> wrote in message news:5F0CDACE-4B9E-48C0-B257-...
>
> You are aware that Service Pack 1 has a work-around to block part of
> K-Lite's badness given that K-Lite was causing horrible and crippling
> problems for users?
>
> Codec packs are pretty horrible plans in general. The onl yone I'm aware of
> that has a serious interest in stability and sanity is CCCP. K-Lite has
> done very significant damage to people's systems and it always saddens me
> when people are recommending that joke.
>
> -Zach
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
> "siddhbos" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> Download K-Lite Codec pack
>> save it on the desktop and run it from there, then close all the
>> windows and relaunch Window media player.
>>
>> It will work....
>>
>> If not download VLC Media player.
>> It will surely work
>>
>>
>> --
>> siddhbos
>

I don't think it really hurts anybody to have accurate information out
there. Plus it does hurt people to have bad information out there, so - it
doesn't seem like anybody really suffers here.

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"Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
news:%...
Zach

You are wasting your time answering these leach posts. Nobody on the other
end. You can see by the post properties when posted from Usenet.gateway with
the post starting with Re:

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"zachd [MSFT]" <> wrote in message
news:5F0CDACE-4B9E-48C0-B257-...
>
> You are aware that Service Pack 1 has a work-around to block part of
> K-Lite's badness given that K-Lite was causing horrible and crippling
> problems for users?
>
> Codec packs are pretty horrible plans in general. The onl yone I'm aware
> of
> that has a serious interest in stability and sanity is CCCP. K-Lite has
> done very significant damage to people's systems and it always saddens me
> when people are recommending that joke.
>
> -Zach
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> --
> "siddhbos" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> Download K-Lite Codec pack
>> save it on the desktop and run it from there, then close all the
>> windows and relaunch Window media player.
>>
>> It will work....
>>
>> If not download VLC Media player.
>> It will surely work
>>
>>
>> --
>> siddhbos
>

::Rono-::

::Hi, my name's Cody, and I'm working witht the Windows Media Outreach
Team to help answer questions people might have about their copies of
Windows Media Player. ::

::It sounds like your issue is due to your recent upgrade of your video
driver. Hardware upgrades can sometimes lead to issues with digital
rights management (DRM). DRM is what retailers use to control the way
their files are distributed and shared. ::

::You might want to check out this FAQ, as it should be able to guide
you through resolving your issues! 'Using protected files (DRM)'
(http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...aq/drm.mspx)::

::Let me know if this was helpful. If you're still having problems,
there may be some other options for resolving the issues. ::

::Thanks,::

::Cody::
::Windows Media Outreach::


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CodyG [Windows Team]

Hi CodyG

Whilst I appreciate that there is DRM built into the operating system and
video which in my humble opinion is an unfortunate blight, for folks like
myself that have legitimate (bought and paid for DVDs) having the OS refuse
me access to the playback is enraging to put it politely. The more I
encounter DRM on the software and videos I legally purchase makes me
completely sympathise with the pirates out there. At the moment Vista running
the MC either refuses to play back the files due to copyright issues and
hardware or it plays it but gives me stuttered blocky checkerboard like video.

Is there any way that I would be able to play this content using the Media
Centre software that comes with Vista ? I can play it fine using third party
software like VLC, however I would like to be able to use the Media Centre as
it makes life easier for others in the family.

Thanks for your time and advice, its appreciated

"CodyG [Windows Team]" wrote:

>
> ::Rono-::
>
> ::Hi, my name's Cody, and I'm working witht the Windows Media Outreach
> Team to help answer questions people might have about their copies of
> Windows Media Player. ::
>
> ::It sounds like your issue is due to your recent upgrade of your video
> driver. Hardware upgrades can sometimes lead to issues with digital
> rights management (DRM). DRM is what retailers use to control the way
> their files are distributed and shared. ::
>
> ::You might want to check out this FAQ, as it should be able to guide
> you through resolving your issues! 'Using protected files (DRM)'
> (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...aq/drm.mspx)::
>
> ::Let me know if this was helpful. If you're still having problems,
> there may be some other options for resolving the issues. ::
>
> ::Thanks,::
>
> ::Cody::
> ::Windows Media Outreach::
>
>
> --
> CodyG [Windows Team]
>

The FAQ that Cody pointed you to was an incorrect reference contextually and
inappropriate for DVD playback issues, as you probably noticed when there
were no DVD issues covered in that FAQ.

The sole questions of initial interest for this exact error should be:
* What "MPEG filters" are listed under WMP's Help:About:Technical Support
Information menu tool?
* What video card driver do you have, and what version is it? Does the
video card vendor have an updated version available?
* What cable connection type is connecting the monitor and the PC, if any?

That'd give investigation into this particular area a baseline to start
with. The WMDRM FAQ you were accidentally pointed to here was probably not
helpful to you in any way and resulted from an accidental misperception.

-Zach
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"Flagging Vista User" <Flagging Vista > wrote
in message news:94B95158-449A-4AFB-A508-...
> Hi CodyG
>
> Whilst I appreciate that there is DRM built into the operating system and
> video which in my humble opinion is an unfortunate blight, for folks like
> myself that have legitimate (bought and paid for DVDs) having the OS
> refuse
> me access to the playback is enraging to put it politely. The more I
> encounter DRM on the software and videos I legally purchase makes me
> completely sympathise with the pirates out there. At the moment Vista
> running
> the MC either refuses to play back the files due to copyright issues and
> hardware or it plays it but gives me stuttered blocky checkerboard like
> video.
>
> Is there any way that I would be able to play this content using the Media
> Centre software that comes with Vista ? I can play it fine using third
> party
> software like VLC, however I would like to be able to use the Media Centre
> as
> it makes life easier for others in the family.
>
> Thanks for your time and advice, its appreciated
>
> "CodyG [Windows Team]" wrote:
>
>>
>> ::Rono-::
>>
>> ::Hi, my name's Cody, and I'm working witht the Windows Media Outreach
>> Team to help answer questions people might have about their copies of
>> Windows Media Player. ::
>>
>> ::It sounds like your issue is due to your recent upgrade of your video
>> driver. Hardware upgrades can sometimes lead to issues with digital
>> rights management (DRM). DRM is what retailers use to control the way
>> their files are distributed and shared. ::
>>
>> ::You might want to check out this FAQ, as it should be able to guide
>> you through resolving your issues! 'Using protected files (DRM)'
>> (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...aq/drm.mspx)::
>>
>> ::Let me know if this was helpful. If you're still having problems,
>> there may be some other options for resolving the issues. ::
>>
>> ::Thanks,::
>>
>> ::Cody::
>> ::Windows Media Outreach::
>>
>>
>> --
>> CodyG [Windows Team]
>>