For the Techie's - DVD's Won't Play....?

Question

I can't get "commercially produced" DVD's to play on my PC.

One is an exercise video and the other is a Disney movie.

PC is brand new: Windows XP, Multimedia Edition 2005; 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo; 1 G RAM; 256 M Video; 250G Hard Drive.

This is the first time I try to play a DVD on the PC. Neither will play the video portion. On the Disney Movie I can access the miscellaneous things like the coloring book to print for the kids but that is about all I can view on the DVD. The exercise video will not play/launch at all.

I looked on AfterDawn.com but couldn't find an answer there.

Hope you can help.

Thanks!!

Answer 1

Hey Dick. You need a third party download to help media player out, it is such a wimp. I use this one:http://www.videolan.org/vlc/. Download it, you will like it. Will play almost anything.