Problems with Media Player

[cherylmackay]

Hi everyone

I have recently purchased a HP mini netbook which has windows 7 on it. I also got an external dvd drive which works fine when installing programmes or playing audio CDs but when I try to play a dvd, it tells me that there is a decoder error. I have trawled the internet trying to find a decoder but nothing I have downloaded has worked. Can someone please help me by showing me where to download what I need?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Cheryl

 

[clifford_cooley]

Hi cherylmackay - Welcome to w7forums

I usually install K-Lite Codec Pack 5.5.6

Some people say its bloated because it has somany codecs included when you would only need a few of them.

 

[Veedaz]

Actually K-Lite Codec Pack 5.5.6 Full is the best all round choice and will cover 99.9% of things you come across to play :top:

 

[kitesurfa]

Actually K-Lite Codec Pack 5.5.6 Full is the best all round choice and will cover 99.9% of things you come across to play :top:

or do away with Windows Media Player and use VideoLan (www.videolan.org)

 

[Veedaz]

VLC is good and so is KMPlayer

KMPlayer > http://kmplayer.en.softonic.com/

 

[draceena]

Another thing to try if you don't want to play with extra drivers or programs is to use the Add/Remove Windows Programs and untick Media Player and Media Center and reboot. Then reverse the process to add them back in and do yet another reboot and try it then.

 

[pccare_himanshu]

You can try to download and reinstall Windows media player

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...d3-166a-4c75-b90c-a6cef9b414c4&displaylang=en

 

[clifford_cooley]

You can try to download and reinstall Windows media player

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...d3-166a-4c75-b90c-a6cef9b414c4&displaylang=en

Please note this is for special editions.

The Media Feature Pack for Windows 7 N and Windows 7 KN will install Media Player and related technologies on a computer running Windows 7 N or Windows 7 KN edition.