I can't watch my DVD in my computer,my media player says I should install it. How can I install my DVD ?

your computer doesn't have hareware/software decoding, so install PowerDVD, and you can watch your movies.

Here's the link:
http://download.cnet.com/3001-13632_4-10352449.html?spi=60954edc1eaf600a7419dd2fb55f15c2

Hi allisalevall,

If you cant watch a DVD movie you need to install a codec pack on your computer so that you can view the movie on your system. Click here to download. Enjoy watching.

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get "FFDShow" codec decoder from google...it's free

If you are looking to play DVD files i.e. VOB files then you can play it using VLC player.

Follow the below link to download VLC player.

www.videolan.org

VLC player plays almost every file format and it does not needs any extra codec to run the files.

Hello,
this problem is due to the decoder is missing in media player. you can download and install decoder from here

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/plugins.aspx#DVDDecoder

just install it and play the DVD in WMP.

Question : Is your laptop is DELL???

Give this a try it should help if you goto http://www.codebluehelp.co.cc/downloads.html you should find a codec pack. Download it and install. dvd's and cd's not working due to not having a lot of codecs installed is a common problem. Start with that first see if it helps. If not post and let me know

You need the correct codecs to play DVD's. The codec needed can be different for different DVD's. Just install K-lite codec pack. That should work fine.

if you bought the computer new or the DVD drive new , you whould have got a CD with it , most probably with something like WinDVD or something , if you have the specific CD with DVD software on it install it , as it will enable you to watch DVD's using Windows media player etc..

if you bought the computer second hand etc.. and or cant find the cd's a free solution is to download VLC media player (Download here) the only disadvantage about using this free solution is that you will have to play the DVD's through VLC you wont be able to use windows media player etc. to play DVD's as VLC does not require decoder software to play DVD's

otherwise you can purchase software such as WinDVD and this will enable you to play using your media player of choice.

Thanks!

By default, Windows does not include a DVD decoder (which is what you need to watch DVDs).
If you are using WMP10: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/plugins.aspx
If you are using WMP11:
http://savvybytes.com/2006/10/02/playing-dvds-with-windows-media-player-11/

Install the codec and you will be able to watch DVDs!

hi , can u be specific, do u mean the DVD rom or the DVD software player to run dvd's???let know