Cannot play DVDs on laptop or desktop

XabbaRus · 06-06-10, 02:05 PM

Well WMP does not play any DVD on either laptop or desktop.

Says there is not the appropriate decoder.

I put on MS decoder checker and no MPEG-2 decoder found.

WTF. Where have they gone? I watched DVDs a couple of months ago.

Please help as nothing is working right now.

kiwi_2005 · 06-06-10, 02:14 PM

Try KM player
http://kmplayer.en.softonic.com/

or

VLC Media player
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

What windows media player can't play, guaranteed the above players will.

Otherwise if you don't want any other player you might need the right codecs I have found in the past K-lite codecs was spot on for windows media player issues. You can choose the right one for your os

http://www.free-codecs.com/

Sailor Steve · 06-06-10, 02:32 PM

That is frustrating, but Kiwi is right. I have four or five different players I downloaded for free, and what one won't play one of the others almost always will.

XabbaRus · 06-06-10, 02:52 PM

WEll the odd thing is a couple of months ago all my dvds were playing fine.

Wonder what happened there.

06-06-10, 02:05 PM	#1
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Cannot play DVDs on laptop or desktop Well WMP does not play any DVD on either laptop or desktop. Says there is not the appropriate decoder. I put on MS decoder checker and no MPEG-2 decoder found. WTF. Where have they gone? I watched DVDs a couple of months ago. Please help as nothing is working right now. __________________

06-06-10, 02:14 PM	#2
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Try KM player http://kmplayer.en.softonic.com/ or VLC Media player http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ What windows media player can't play, guaranteed the above players will. Otherwise if you don't want any other player you might need the right codecs I have found in the past K-lite codecs was spot on for windows media player issues. You can choose the right one for your os http://www.free-codecs.com/ __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

06-06-10, 02:32 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	That is frustrating, but Kiwi is right. I have four or five different players I downloaded for free, and what one won't play one of the others almost always will. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-06-10, 02:52 PM	#4
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	WEll the odd thing is a couple of months ago all my dvds were playing fine. Wonder what happened there. __________________