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DVD Player (Windows ME)

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by eghtball69

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My DVD Player no longer works.But this message keeps popping up "to use the DVD player, you need to install either a software DVD decoder/ or a hardware DVD decoder." Now the book say's that Windows Millennium Edition already supports the software. So why does it not work??????

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by parvus1202

You might have to reinstall the DVD player sofware. In WInME, usually it's Power DVD. It shoud be in your recovery disc.

by thechas

While Me and XP support DVD playback, a DVD player is not part of the Windows OS. (Or Windows Media Player)
You need to install either a hardware DVD decoder card, or a software DVD player.

If you were able to play DVDs, you need to determine what has changed.

New Video card?
Some video cards come with DVD player software that only works with that card.

Software or driver update?
Either may have disabled your DVD player software.

Check the driver CDs for your video card, or your system CDs for a DVD player.
If you do not have one, then search the web for either WinDVD, or Power DVD.
I have seen both for under $10 at various e-tailers.

Chas

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