WMP 11 not play DVDs on a new Ultimate install

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rabscuttle

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Hi all, any help would be appreciated. WMP 11 will not play DVDs on a fresh install of Vista Ultimate 32-bit. Gives the usual "Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder, and video card. Try installing an updated driver for your video card" error. VLC plays DVDs just fine. All updates are installed up to SP2. Video card is ATI radeon 9600/9700 mobile with latest drivers (note, Vista WDDM drivers gave same error as did the "windows update" recommended driver - finally used catilyst to load newest 4/27/2009 drivers 8.593.100.0)... No other decoders or codecs are installed. WDM info:

MPEG/DVD Filters

TypeNameBinaryVersionvideoMicrosoft MPEG-2 Video Decodermsmpeg2vdec.dll11.0.6001.7110videoCBVA DMO wrapper filtercbva.dll6.0.6001.18254audioMicrosoft MPEG-1/DD Audio Decodermsmpeg2adec.dll11.0.6001.7000
 

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Hi rabscuttle, and welcome to the forums.

Looks like WMP is not "using" the codecs your computer has. Download and install K-Lite codecs. Doing so, allows you to "tell" WMP during the codecs installation, to use the codecs too. If that doesn't help, then you need to get some sort of third-part app to "rip" the zone protection from the DVDs.

Cheers,
 

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    Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 OC to 3.4Ghz
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    EVGA 780i Triple SLi
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    8GB (4 x 2GB OCZ DDR2-1066 / PC2-8500 / Platinum Series)
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Have you not got Windows Media Centre? That should do the trick
 

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  • CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo Quad Q8200
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    4Gb DDR2
    Graphics card(s)
    nVIDIA GeForce 9800GT 512MB DDR3
    Hard Drives
    500Gb

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    CUSTOM BUILT BY ME
    CPU
    AMD PHENOM II X3 710 2.6GHZ Overclocked to 3.25GHZ Stable
    Motherboard
    Ecs Gf8200a Phenom-2 X4 Quad Core Mboard
    Memory
    8BG PC5300 4 x 2GB OCZ
    Graphics card(s)
    PCI-E ATI HD 4670 1GB Overclocked 4GB Total
    Sound Card
    Onboard 7.1 HD AUDIO
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    55" Vizio LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 1200 HD
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    1TB Seagate, 1TB Hitachi, 250GB Maxtor, 250GB Seagate
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    Kingwin ABT-610MM Maximum Power 610 Watt ATX 12V
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    GENERIC
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    Zalman CNPS7500-AlCu LED Universal CPU Cooler, 4 CASE FANS
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    MICROSOFT WIRELESS MOUSE
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    MICROSOFT WIRELESS KEYBOARD
    Internet Speed
    CABLE 15MBPS
Thanks all for the advise. I was really hoping to avoid using K-lite or any other codecs on this machine. Also, since it is the "Ultimate" version, Windows Media Center is already built in as is the MPEG2 codec.
 

My Computer

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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    CUSTOM BUILT BY ME
    CPU
    AMD PHENOM II X3 710 2.6GHZ Overclocked to 3.25GHZ Stable
    Motherboard
    Ecs Gf8200a Phenom-2 X4 Quad Core Mboard
    Memory
    8BG PC5300 4 x 2GB OCZ
    Graphics card(s)
    PCI-E ATI HD 4670 1GB Overclocked 4GB Total
    Sound Card
    Onboard 7.1 HD AUDIO
    Monitor(s) Displays
    55" Vizio LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 1200 HD
    Hard Drives
    1TB Seagate, 1TB Hitachi, 250GB Maxtor, 250GB Seagate
    PSU
    Kingwin ABT-610MM Maximum Power 610 Watt ATX 12V
    Case
    GENERIC
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS7500-AlCu LED Universal CPU Cooler, 4 CASE FANS
    Mouse
    MICROSOFT WIRELESS MOUSE
    Keyboard
    MICROSOFT WIRELESS KEYBOARD
    Internet Speed
    CABLE 15MBPS
K-Lite standard is exceptional and will allow WMP to play virtually any file and give thumbnails to mkv videos. There are also frequent updates released that update the codecs K-lite contains to the newest versions. Finally, an MPEG-2 decoder should already be installed on your PC. K-LIte will install its own decoder if necessary.
 

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    Sony Vaio Z46GDU
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    6GB DDR3 1066MHz SDRAM
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    9300M GS 256MB + Intel Integrated 4500MHD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    13.1" WXGA True Colour Tough
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900
    Hard Drives
    320GB SATA 7200RPM
    Internet Speed
    1MB/s
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