can media player 9 play dvd's?

Hi,
I tried to play a dvd on my xp home with media player 9 on it and it said it
didn't have a codec for it and asked if i wanted to check on the web so i
said yes and it took me to a site that was talking about vista.
Can meadia player 9 play dvd's?
tia,
mike

Hello,

No, media player can not play DVD without 3rd party help.

You can download a free DVD player software here:

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

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"~Mike Hollywood" <bogus@nowhere.org> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I tried to play a dvd on my xp home with media player 9 on it and it said
> it didn't have a codec for it and asked if i wanted to check on the web so
> i said yes and it took me to a site that was talking about vista.
> Can meadia player 9 play dvd's?
> tia,
> mike
>

~Mike Hollywood wrote:
> Hi,
> I tried to play a dvd on my xp home with media player 9 on it and it
> said it didn't have a codec for it and asked if i wanted to check on
> the web so i said yes and it took me to a site that was talking about
> vista. Can meadia player 9 play dvd's?
> tia,
> mike

Yes, but ... as in all versions, it requires a codec to do so. It would be
easier to use div/x or some similar free app to watch DVDs.
I don't know what the status is today, but you used tohave to pay for the
codecs a few years back. I just lucked out and happened to have one that
came with a video editing app. At that time I had V9. Haven't gone to 11
yet; don't like the changes & nothing new added that interests me now.

Pop`

hey!
Thanks for the quick replies.
Mike

"Poprivet" <poprivet@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> ~Mike Hollywood wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I tried to play a dvd on my xp home with media player 9 on it and it
>> said it didn't have a codec for it and asked if i wanted to check on
>> the web so i said yes and it took me to a site that was talking about
>> vista. Can meadia player 9 play dvd's?
>> tia,
>> mike
>
> Yes, but ... as in all versions, it requires a codec to do so. It would
> be easier to use div/x or some similar free app to watch DVDs.
> I don't know what the status is today, but you used tohave to pay for
> the codecs a few years back. I just lucked out and happened to have one
> that came with a video editing app. At that time I had V9. Haven't gone
> to 11 yet; don't like the changes & nothing new added that interests me
> now.
>
> Pop`
>
>