wmp11 and playing a dvd

I know this question has probably been answered a hundred times and yet I am
really not sure of the correct answer.....I currently run Vista business at
home and wish to play DVD's on windows media player 11....I have seen a lot
of answers involving divx codec's but am not sure that is all I need...I am
not trying to create or modify the movies just watch them...Can someone
point me in the right direction ???

DVD Playback options for users of Windows Vista Home Basic, Business and
Enterprise:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...dvdcodecs.aspx

Simply, you need to buy a codec
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"Drew" <> wrote in message
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>I know this question has probably been answered a hundred times and yet I
>am
> really not sure of the correct answer.....I currently run Vista business
> at
> home and wish to play DVD's on windows media player 11....I have seen a
> lot
> of answers involving divx codec's but am not sure that is all I need...I
> am
> not trying to create or modify the movies just watch them...Can someone
> point me in the right direction ???

"Andre Da Costa [ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
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> DVD Playback options for users of Windows Vista Home Basic, Business and
> Enterprise:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...dvdcodecs.aspx
>
> Simply, you need to buy a codec

Doesn't http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow alpha build work on vista?

Drew Vista Business Does not have the DVD decoder included with the vista
home and ultimate packages. your choices are to upgrade to ultimate or buy a
third party decoder. Any decoder that is free is illegal and can get you and
your company into trouble.

"Drew" <> wrote in message
news:CB8DD173-78C5-4E40-B6D6-...
> I know this question has probably been answered a hundred times and yet I
> am
> really not sure of the correct answer.....I currently run Vista business
> at
> home and wish to play DVD's on windows media player 11....I have seen a
> lot
> of answers involving divx codec's but am not sure that is all I need...I
> am
> not trying to create or modify the movies just watch them...Can someone
> point me in the right direction ???

I hardly ever use media player as there are a lot of other players on the
market. A good free one is VLC media player which works fine under Vista 32
bit (not sure about 64 bit). You can also download the K-Lite Codec pack
(free) and use Media Player Classic (mplayerc.exe) which is still in
Windows. If you have a DVD player or burner installed (you must or you
could not watch DVDs) it should have software like Roxio, Nero or HP player
installed - any of those will work (most of the time).




"Drew" <> wrote in message
news:CB8DD173-78C5-4E40-B6D6-...
>I know this question has probably been answered a hundred times and yet I
>am
> really not sure of the correct answer.....I currently run Vista business
> at
> home and wish to play DVD's on windows media player 11....I have seen a
> lot
> of answers involving divx codec's but am not sure that is all I need...I
> am
> not trying to create or modify the movies just watch them...Can someone
> point me in the right direction ???

You say vista ultimate does not have the it, then tell him to upgrade ? I
have no 3rd party DVD viewer and wmp in vista ult plays them just fine.


"Joseph Highfill" <> wrote in message
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> Drew Vista Business Does not have the DVD decoder included with the vista
> home and ultimate packages. your choices are to upgrade to ultimate or buy
> a third party decoder. Any decoder that is free is illegal and can get you
> and your company into trouble.
>
> "Drew" <> wrote in message
> news:CB8DD173-78C5-4E40-B6D6-...
>> I know this question has probably been answered a hundred times and yet I
>> am
>> really not sure of the correct answer.....I currently run Vista business
>> at
>> home and wish to play DVD's on windows media player 11....I have seen a
>> lot
>> of answers involving divx codec's but am not sure that is all I need...I
>> am
>> not trying to create or modify the movies just watch them...Can someone
>> point me in the right direction ???
>

K-Lite is horrible and dangerous. Please don't recommend that. I've done
more clean-up after that nastyware than any other application on the planet.

Media Player Classic is pretty cool, but hasn't been updated for Vista yet,
sadly. =)

--
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.
--

"anonymous" <> wrote in message
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>I hardly ever use media player as there are a lot of other players on the
>market. A good free one is VLC media player which works fine under Vista
>32 bit (not sure about 64 bit). You can also download the K-Lite Codec
>pack (free) and use Media Player Classic (mplayerc.exe) which is still in
>Windows. If you have a DVD player or burner installed (you must or you
>could not watch DVDs) it should have software like Roxio, Nero or HP player
>installed - any of those will work (most of the time).
>
>
>
>
> "Drew" <> wrote in message
> news:CB8DD173-78C5-4E40-B6D6-...
>>I know this question has probably been answered a hundred times and yet I
>>am
>> really not sure of the correct answer.....I currently run Vista business
>> at
>> home and wish to play DVD's on windows media player 11....I have seen a
>> lot
>> of answers involving divx codec's but am not sure that is all I need...I
>> am
>> not trying to create or modify the movies just watch them...Can someone
>> point me in the right direction ???
>

* zachd [MSFT]:
> K-Lite is horrible and dangerous. Please don't recommend that. I've done
> more clean-up after that nastyware than any other application on the planet.

Perhaps, if WMP 11 just worked, folks wouldn't feel the
need to download things like K-Lite.

> Media Player Classic is pretty cool, but hasn't been updated for Vista yet,
> sadly. =)

I've seen users state MPC works fine in Vista... have not tried it myself.

Have you tried MPC - Homecinema?
http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...roup_id=170561


-Michael

"MICHAEL" <> wrote in message
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>* zachd [MSFT]:
>> K-Lite is horrible and dangerous. Please don't recommend that. I've
>> done
>> more clean-up after that nastyware than any other application on the
>> planet.

> Perhaps, if WMP 11 just worked, folks wouldn't feel the
> need to download things like K-Lite.

That's not a particularly fair/valid request given the very very specific
arena of codecs. I can make any player on the planet fail here. There are
*always* going to be problems with codecs - licensing, distribution, etc
etc.

"Things like K-Lite" -- I can certainly tell random people to format their
computer or to download trojans, but that's not a good thing. Educationally,
it's just important that people are aware that downloading random versions
of K-Lite is extremely extremely destabilizing and dangerous.

There are forward routes for almost every codec problem you can find on
Windows. None of those routes involve codec packs. Codec packs had a very
limited useful lifespan.

* If user is *missing* AVI codec
-- Identify codec via Error Details:Web Help, go get it.
* If user is missing MPEG2/DVD codec (non-Ultimate/Premium SKUs)
-- Get an MPEG2/DVD decoder
* If the codec is broken
-- Identify the codec, get an updated version from the vendor if possible.
(Won't always work, there are formattags out there with no working decoder.)
* If the content is broken
-- Identify the file format. I know most of the current file format based
"codec failure" issues and can probably sort through those.

In no case does trouble-shooting need to involve a codec pack. If a codec
pack is needed, which is generally regarded by anybody actually familiar
with them as a dangerous move, the CCCP codec pack is actually probably the
best choice.


This is utterly regardless of which player you use. All players will have
codec problems at some point, and codec packs are always a pretty bad idea.

If WMP11 is being hurtful, there's tons of other good players and solutions
that don't involve damaging *every other player and the system* too which is
what you're going to get from 80% of codec packs.

--
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.

* zachd [MSFT]:
> "MICHAEL" <> wrote in message
> news:e3HiXj%...
>> * zachd [MSFT]:
>>> K-Lite is horrible and dangerous. Please don't recommend that. I've
>>> done
>>> more clean-up after that nastyware than any other application on the
>>> planet.
>
>> Perhaps, if WMP 11 just worked, folks wouldn't feel the
>> need to download things like K-Lite.
>
> That's not a particularly fair/valid request given the very very specific
> arena of codecs. I can make any player on the planet fail here. There are
> *always* going to be problems with codecs - licensing, distribution, etc
> etc.
>
> "Things like K-Lite" -- I can certainly tell random people to format their
> computer or to download trojans, but that's not a good thing. Educationally,
> it's just important that people are aware that downloading random versions
> of K-Lite is extremely extremely destabilizing and dangerous.
>
> There are forward routes for almost every codec problem you can find on
> Windows. None of those routes involve codec packs. Codec packs had a very
> limited useful lifespan.
>
> * If user is *missing* AVI codec
> -- Identify codec via Error Details:Web Help, go get it.
> * If user is missing MPEG2/DVD codec (non-Ultimate/Premium SKUs)
> -- Get an MPEG2/DVD decoder
> * If the codec is broken
> -- Identify the codec, get an updated version from the vendor if possible.
> (Won't always work, there are formattags out there with no working decoder.)
> * If the content is broken
> -- Identify the file format. I know most of the current file format based
> "codec failure" issues and can probably sort through those.
>
> In no case does trouble-shooting need to involve a codec pack. If a codec
> pack is needed, which is generally regarded by anybody actually familiar
> with them as a dangerous move, the CCCP codec pack is actually probably the
> best choice.
>
>
> This is utterly regardless of which player you use. All players will have
> codec problems at some point, and codec packs are always a pretty bad idea.
>
> If WMP11 is being hurtful, there's tons of other good players and solutions
> that don't involve damaging *every other player and the system* too which is
> what you're going to get from 80% of codec packs.

Zach,

I expect nothing less than your defense of WMP 11, you do work
for Microsoft , after all.

The best way to troubleshoot/fix most software is not available for
those that are having problems with WMP 11- uninstall/reinstall.
Having customers reinstall the operating system to fix WMP is
really pathetic and unacceptable. You should feel that way, too-
"This is utterly regardless of which player you use."


-Michael