[GRLUG] windoz - NOT LINUX

[Matthew Seeley]

If it's missing a DVD decoder, then there is an easy fix

If you download VideoLAN and install it, does it play the DVD video
disc? If it does, then it's a software issue, and you just need to get
a DVD decoder in windows (or just use VideoLan, which won't require
one)

-- Matt



On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> A friend had a new DVD unit installed
> in her Gateway laptop - it's running
> windoz XP.  The unit played DVD movies
> before the change.  Now an error message
> to the effect "needs DVD reader" - or possibly
> "needs DVD decoder" comes up.
> I would have thought the DVD unit would
> have a generic interface.  I don't know what
> model unit it is.
> Based on just this much, any suggestions?
> A driver came to mind, but again, why wouldn't
> one drive work with all standard drives?
>    -- Bob
>
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