windows media player cannot play DVD video

sare^baw's · 2 Feb 2008 at 13:47

im not sure whats gone wrong here, i could play my dvds the other week, i recenlty reinstalled xpmce. I can still play .mkv and divx files etc.

i get an error in media player - windows media player cannot play dvd video, you might need to adjust your windows display settings.

zoom playaer throws up and error, theatertek just does nothing. i have removed the codec and programs and reinstalled them but still no joy.

i checked there was a compatable codec installed with the media player codec checker.

i have tried nvidia codec and ffdshow and my 3 media players wont play a dvd

any ideas, surely this is nothing to do with the latest ati drivers ?

4T5 · 2 Feb 2008 at 13:48

Download VLC media player & use that.

sare^baw's · 2 Feb 2008 at 13:55

malc30 said:
Download VLC media player & use that.

i know theres other players that are good too but there must be some reason why my 3 players wont play a dvd so i would rather sort the problem, its dvd so should be simple to play.

4T5 · 2 Feb 2008 at 13:57

Just for you wanted a quick fix. Have you tried Windows update centre to sort your player out ?

sare^baw's · 2 Feb 2008 at 14:01

malc30 said:
Just for you wanted a quick fix. Have you tried Windows update centre to sort your player out ?

yeah i have all the updates installed, its weird how i can play all my other video files but not dvds.

4T5 · 2 Feb 2008 at 14:04

The only thing i have heard like that is Starforce messing your Drive up, been ages since i heard of a case of that though. Have you recently instaled an old game with Starforce on it ?

sare^baw's · 2 Feb 2008 at 14:42

malc30 said:
The only thing i have heard like that is Starforce messing your Drive up, been ages since i heard of a case of that though. Have you recently instaled an old game with Starforce on it ?

been trying to play from an iso loaded to a virtual drive and dvd files on my hard drive and a dvd disc in my drive.

The games i have installed are cod4, gtr2, fear. I have also tried and removed richard burns rally and DIRT colin mcrae.

4T5 · 2 Feb 2008 at 14:45

GTR had Starforce, Don't know whether GTR2 had it though.

sare^baw's · 2 Feb 2008 at 16:10

removed evey codec and media player updates and removed all my media players inc wmp, manually installed media player 10 and nvidia codec then zoom player and all is well so far, maybe it was awmp 11 problem, ill stick with wmp 10.