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chopatha
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_ 		2. April 2005 @ 20:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My Windows Media player no longer seems to play dvds. I've never had a problem before but it's coming up with an error message: can't play dvd because a problem has occurred with digital copyright protection. I've never had this prob. before and some of the dvds I try to play are quite old. Anyway, I presume I need to update my codec? - What do I look for and is there freeware for this? Also my nero dvd (showtime) player has never had sound, is there an update/plug-in I can get to rectify this? I did look at your play-back probs. forum, do I just need to do what is suggested there to make my media player work properly? I downloaded cliprex ds dvd player originally to get windows media player working. I have just uninstalled and re-downloaded with no difference.
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flip218
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_ 		3. April 2005 @ 03:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you could try this:
http://www.videolan.org/
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chopatha
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_ 		6. April 2005 @ 06:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey there, thanks for the link. Just downloaded VLC and tested. Picture and sound jumpy - I obviously have to go and do some reading now on how to fine tune. I'll let you know how it goes. Thankyou for your help - much appreciated. I downloaded some encoder/decoder package from this site (free) when I was trying to get windows media player to work - would you recommend I delete this off my system? Can media players conflict? Should I uninstall Showtime and Windows Media Player?
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chopatha
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_ 		6. April 2005 @ 06:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I guess I mas as well unistall other media players - they are a bout as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle.....
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