DVD playing- Windows Media Player 11, Vista

I just recently bought a new computer with Windows Vista Home operating
system. It came with Windows Media Player version 11. I DO have a DVD
burner/DVD drive on the computer. However, I can't seem to play ANY DVDs
using Windows Media Player 11, even ones that are store bought. According to
google, i need a decoder (which i SHOULD have, shouldn't i?) and/or Microsoft
was too cheap to pay for licensing for the decoder or something? Does anyone
know anything about this issue?

How do i resolve this issue? --> is there something I need to download and
install in order to play my DVD media in Windows Media Player 11?

If I can't resolve it, is there any way I can uninstall WMP 11 and rollback
to version 10?

Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

Tess wrote:
> I just recently bought a new computer with Windows Vista Home
> operating system. It came with Windows Media Player version 11. I DO
> have a DVD burner/DVD drive on the computer. However, I can't seem to
> play ANY DVDs using Windows Media Player 11, even ones that are store
> bought. According to google, i need a decoder (which i SHOULD have,
> shouldn't i?) and/or Microsoft was too cheap to pay for licensing for
> the decoder or something? Does anyone know anything about this issue?
>
> How do i resolve this issue? --> is there something I need to
> download and install in order to play my DVD media in Windows Media
> Player 11?
>
> If I can't resolve it, is there any way I can uninstall WMP 11 and
> rollback to version 10?
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
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Since your system includes a DVD drive,
I would suspect there is a DVD decoder
installed. If you simply insert a DVD in the
drive and wait you may find that the player
will open.

And....maybe the following links will offer
some ideas:

Info on DVD Decoders:
Plug-ins for Windows Media Player
http://tinyurl.com/j9e29

VLC media player
http://tinyurl.com/atgf3


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