I can't watch videos and movie on my pc, anyone know how fix this?

Question

this is the problem..."Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD becouse a compatible DVD decoder is not installed on your computer.

i use vista by the way...

Answer 1

dvd's are recorded with a specific file format (yes dvd movies use computer files) which the basic version of windows media player does not support.  Additions to windows media player to help it play unsupported file types are called decoders.   You can find the right one to play dvd's either online or buying it at the store.  I've included a link to where you can buy the decoders.....

Answer 2

You need to download the Windows Media Player Codecs..

If you have WMP 9 then download it from here...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...

If you have a different WMP version, type into google "Windows media player codecs" and download for your version.

To find the version of WMP you have, open WMP, go to "Help" then "About windows media player" and it will say what version it is there.

Hope this helps :-).

Also try to download the codecs from the microsoft.com website :-).