Unable to play DVD

[KCD]

Was given a Toshiba Satellite Pro laptop e/w Win XP SP3.

Works good except Windows Media Player will not play dvd's, software displays the # 11 in "add / remove programs"

This is the response under the Header when I try to play Windows Media Player

Windows media player cannot play the dvd because a compatible dvd decoder is not installed on your computer.

So I click on the "web help" option & am sent to this link

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...userlocale=409

which says

"DVD Playback Options for Windows
If you are running the Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista

Enterprise, or Windows XP operating system on your computer, you might need to install a

compatible DVD decoder (also known as a MPEG-2 decoder) before continuing with the

following activities.

*
Playing a DVD
*
Playing a recorded TV show
*
Playing video files that were encoded with the MPEG-2 codec (.mpeg, .mpg, and some

.avi files)

To purchase a compatible DVD decoder, visit Plug-ins for Windows Media Player."

Have tried the Toshiba website but the 6100 is no longer supported.

In searching the web found cdfreaks.com that offers the following download software

AVSMedia
Coolsoft (Sweden)...
CyberLink
DivX
Intervideo

Anyone ever use such or can recommend something better?

Thanks much

[cocutzamisca]

try this software satsuky decoder pack http://yatoshi.com/en/index.php?p=downloads it works with anykind of windows,easy to configurate for all types of dvd.I use it on my mine xp pro sp3.

[glc]

The easiest thing to do is use VLC for playing your DVD's. It does not require any codecs, they are self-contained. VLC is open source, and free. I would use that LONG before I installed a questionable codec pack.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

[shadowpr]

Another option I will throw out there is jetaudio

[KCD]

Would have responded earlier but am just now coming around after the dentist did some removal.

She asked me if I was one of those that had "hard teeth."

So I asked her to explain that remark a bit more.

She said; "You know, someone that I got to put my knee into the chest in order to get that molar out."

Said yup, that's about what the last dentist had to do & he was a man.

Now I'm beginning to think that she took it as a sexist remark as I feel the whoomp, whoomps.

Appreciate your help, guys. Will look into it tomorrow.

[KCD]

glc,

downloaded & dvd's now play. Thanks much.

cocutzamisca,

the VLC download is about a 1/3 of the size of the software that you recommend.

However, I've bookmarked the link for possible future use. Thanks as well.