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DVD's wont play in WMP11


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Hi,
I've had my latop for a few years now and its been running great, but out of nowhere I can't play Dvd's. I did some looking into and got a bunch of different codecs, and it doesn't seem to be helping.

Problem:
wmp11 will start fine. when I hit play "what ever dvd" its brings up the chapter names and what ever, so i know its reading the disc, and sometimes ill hear the opening to the dvd menu but no picture. Then WMP will become unresponsive and will crash.

What I've done so far:
Went around and made sure I have the latest drivers and codecs <-- done nothing.

Notes:
All seeemed to happen around the time I installed/uninstalled DivX webplayer/player.
Can no longer play a full screen MMORPG (game starts but when it gets moved to full screen it closes) <-- not sure if this is related

thanks for any/all help ^^,
Matt
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Are you running any programs such as.

Ultra ISO?

I noticed when I had that program installed on my laptop and desktop.
My DVD player Didn't want to read properly.
it was really annoying.


I got to the point where I just dont even install it anymore.
If you got that try Un-installing it.
Or any 3rd party burning software also.

Such as Nero.
That did it for me it could possibly be what is causing it for you.
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nope not really. Althought, I do have Zune and I've been using it alot lately, but I've always had zune on here =/.
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See, if VLC will work: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
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Do you got anything like Deamons Tools?
Or a Virtual Drive installed?
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Hello again,
I don't really install alot of stuff on here so mostly its how it came out of the box (except for zune, league of legends, guild wars, mcafee, msn messenger, and a few other things). I installed VLC and it works fine ^^, but do you think there is any way to fix wmp? I guess I'm just set in my old ways =p

thanks for all the help so far ^^
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Go to WMP.
Go to configurations and select it to play DVD type files.

=D
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I installed VLC and it works fine ^^, but do you think there is any way to fix wmp?

We installed VLC for a reason.
It has all codecs built in, so if it play, but WMP doesn't, it looks like codecs problem.

Download and install this: http://www.codecguid...download_kl.htm
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Hi,
Sorry had a busy week. On that site which one should I download? 64-bit, Mega, Full, Standard, or Basic?
Thanks sooooo much for the help ^^
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I'd go standard for you.
Myself I do Mega.

64 bit only works for 64 bit OS's.
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I agree, standard should do.
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T.T no dice. I installed it and did a reboot, and still only sound before it crashes. Although, at some point during the installation it informed me that there were a bunch of broken thing-a-magiggers, about 3-7, and it asked to removed them from the registery (recommened). In retrospect I should have atleast taken a screen shot of it =/
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try re-downloading it.
And installing it again.

Let it uninstall anything it needs.
and then re-install everything manually.

I would try reinstalling WMPII manually also.
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Unfortunately, WMP is part of Vista, so you can't repair, or reinstall it without reinstalling a whole OS.

Go Start>Run ("Start Search" in Vista), type in:
sfc /scannow
Click OK (hold CTRL, and SHIFT, hit Enter in Vista).
Have Windows CD/DVD handy (with Vista, most likely, you won't need it).
If System File Checker (sfc) will find any errors, it may ask you for the CD/DVD (rarely in Vista case).
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D:

So its not like XP?
*disappointment*
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