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Playing a DVD
Posted by: Bigstik (IP Logged)
Date: October 30, 2009 12:55PM
I am new to the PC world.Bought an Acer 10.1 netbook,and a USB CD/DVD player ,reader writer.Plugged it in the machine,and said I did not have proper plug in or something of that nature for windows media player to work.The manual that came with player did not address this issue,so I am at a loss as what to do next.The machine came with Windows XP,and the device was recognized,but no go on showing the movie.Is there a simple solution for this problem?Thanx
Re: Playing a DVD
Posted by: Gigantic Robotic Penguin (IP Logged)
Date: October 30, 2009 05:09PM
I remember a problem like this back when I was running Win98SE. My first suggestion is to see if updating to a newer version of Windows Media Player allows you to play movies.
If that does not work then try a CODEC pack like Gordian Knot that has some DivX support.
[www.free-codecs.com]
From a Raines Cohen T-Shirt: "The day Microsoft makes a product that
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If that does not work then try a CODEC pack like Gordian Knot that has some DivX support.
[www.free-codecs.com]
From a Raines Cohen T-Shirt: "The day Microsoft makes a product that
does not suck will be the day they start making vacuum cleaners."
Re: Playing a DVD
Posted by: Bigstik (IP Logged)
Date: October 31, 2009 07:27PM
Thanx for all of your suggestions.I concluded that the Acer,since it had no optical drive,did not have the decoder,so I did download and install the VLC media player.Works like a champ.Any one who buys this machine ,take note,and download a decoder.Again,thanx very much to all of you!!
Re: Playing a DVD
Posted by: Gigantic Robotic Penguin (IP Logged)
Date: November 1, 2009 05:15PM
VLC is a very good program but it still has some serious problems. It crashes and does not enable all the functions properly, like Media Center controls.
From a Raines Cohen T-Shirt: "The day Microsoft makes a product that
does not suck will be the day they start making vacuum cleaners."
From a Raines Cohen T-Shirt: "The day Microsoft makes a product that
does not suck will be the day they start making vacuum cleaners."
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