Sorry not a gardening thing but I trust gardeners more than Google . I
have a laptop but it has XP on it but windows media player can't play
DVD's on it as it doesn't have one installed. Now I know I can get a
free compatible DVD player from somewhere but who to trust to download
it?

Any suggestions please?
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Janet Tweedy

"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
...
Sorry not a gardening thing but I trust gardeners more than Google . I
have a laptop but it has XP on it but windows media player can't play
DVD's on it as it doesn't have one installed. Now I know I can get a free
compatible DVD player from somewhere but who to trust to download it?

Any suggestions please?
--
Janet Tweedy

Seems you didn't see the result of the bit of research I did on your Tom
question.

Pity, or is it just your rudeness in not saying thank you?

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I'm an Angel, honest ! The horns are there just to keep the halo straight.

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On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:16:01 +0100, Janet Tweedy wrote:

Sorry not a gardening thing but I trust gardeners more than Google . I
have a laptop but it has XP on it but windows media player can't play
DVD's on it as it doesn't have one installed. Now I know I can get a
free compatible DVD player from somewhere but who to trust to download
it?

Any suggestions please?

Rephrase the question?

I'm not sure what you are missing. A bit of DVD player software or a
physical DVD drive in the laptop. I don't think we have perfected
downloading hardware yet.

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Cheers
Dave.

On 11/09/2012 22:16, Janet Tweedy wrote:
Sorry not a gardening thing but I trust gardeners more than Google . I
have a laptop but it has XP on it but windows media player can't play
DVD's on it as it doesn't have one installed. Now I know I can get a
free compatible DVD player from somewhere but who to trust to download it?

Any suggestions please?

Could you ask the question again in English please?

ALDI do cheap reasonable external DVD players (rewriters) or you could
buy one from Maplin, Amazon, Dabs or PCW. They are all much of a
muchness now - a few complete dogs but look for 4 or 5 * reviews.

Maplin has Samsung ext slimline on offer for £35 at the moment.

For playback the cheapest one will do - you might better off with one
that has buffer underrun protection if you intend to burn DVDs.

If you are asking about software the VideoLan VLC is as good as anything
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

That won't help if your internal drive can't read a DVD!

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Regards,
Martin Brown

If you are asking about software the VideoLan VLC is as good as anything
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

+1

That won't help if your internal drive can't read a DVD!

+1

On 12/09/2012 10:33, stuart noble wrote:

If you are asking about software the VideoLan VLC is as good as anything
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

+1

+2


That won't help if your internal drive can't read a DVD!

+1


+2

In article o.uk, Dave
Liquorice writes
Rephrase the question?


Oh, er, well I have windows media player for XP but it doesn't have a
compatible DVD player in the software and wants me to pay for an add on
just so i can play my Bridge lessons! i know you can download a free
software add on for Windows media player but the two i was recommended
and faithfully tried still won't work with WMP for XP on the la top. i
did it on my last lap top so just wondered.......
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Janet Tweedy

In article , Martin Brown
writes
If you are asking about software the VideoLan VLC is as good as
anything
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

That won't help if your internal drive can't read a DVD!



Xperion should read DVD's but my copy of XP and Windows media player
doesn't include a compatible DVD player, can read DVD's/CD's but not
play them Downloaded one that was recommended only to find it didn't
seem to 'gel' with XP well it wouldn't play anyway !


Sorry couldn't think of another word for DVD player software, don't need
hardware
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Janet Tweedy

On 16/09/2012 14:31, Janet Tweedy wrote:
In article , Martin Brown
writes
If you are asking about software the VideoLan VLC is as good as anything
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

That won't help if your internal drive can't read a DVD!

Xperion should read DVD's but my copy of XP and Windows media player
doesn't include a compatible DVD player, can read DVD's/CD's but not
play them Downloaded one that was recommended only to find it didn't
seem to 'gel' with XP well it wouldn't play anyway !

There is something odd going on. XP should be able to do this and VLC
definitely will run on XP and it will play most types of video file. You
might perhaps have to download a codec for a really obscure format.

Sorry couldn't think of another word for DVD player software, don't need
hardware

I think you have some sort of config error that is preventing DVD
decoders from working on your PC. You should in extremis be able to
nagivate around the disk in EXplorer and double click on the large MPEG
files and let the OS go and find the right reader.

The only other thing I can think of is that you have region locked
content on the disk and a mismatched player region.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

In article , Martin Brown
writes
The only other thing I can think of is that you have region locked
content on the disk and a mismatched player region.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown


It's only a disc from the Andrew Robson Bridge Club - has card play and
lessons so should be bog standard.

Windows media player just says that I need a compatible DVD
player/software.

XP was never given a media DVD player so I could just jump to Windows 7
I suppose
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Janet Tweedy

On 17/09/2012 16:24, Janet Tweedy wrote:
In article , Martin Brown
writes
The only other thing I can think of is that you have region locked
content on the disk and a mismatched player region.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown


It's only a disc from the Andrew Robson Bridge Club - has card play and
lessons so should be bog standard.

Windows media player just says that I need a compatible DVD
player/software.

XP was never given a media DVD player so I could just jump to Windows 7
I suppose

First off, try opening it on a friend's machine, or in your public
library. If that works, report back.

Windows 7 won't help :-)

On 17/09/2012 16:24, Janet Tweedy wrote:

It's only a disc from the Andrew Robson Bridge Club - has card play and
lessons so should be bog standard.

Windows media player just says that I need a compatible DVD
player/software.

XP was never given a media DVD player so I could just jump to Windows 7
I suppose

You are trying to play a DVD disc on your computer, right?

Then go he http://www.videolan.org/ to download free, open source
video player software. No trackers, no malware, no trackers, no ads.
--
Phil Cook

On 17/09/2012 18:37, Phil Cook wrote:
On 17/09/2012 16:24, Janet Tweedy wrote:

It's only a disc from the Andrew Robson Bridge Club - has card play and
lessons so should be bog standard.

Windows media player just says that I need a compatible DVD
player/software.

XP was never given a media DVD player so I could just jump to Windows 7
I suppose

You are trying to play a DVD disc on your computer, right?

Then go he http://www.videolan.org/ to download free, open source
video player software. No trackers, no malware, no trackers, no ads.

That is where we started. She said it didn't work.

Does this DVD actually play on a normal TV connected DVD player?

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

In article , Phil Cook
writes

You are trying to play a DVD disc on your computer, right?

Then go he http://www.videolan.org/ to download free, open source
video player software. No trackers, no malware, no trackers, no ads.

Sorry if this has already been covered, but does the machine actually
have a dvd player or is it just a cd player? Most recent ones will play
dvds, but it wasn't always so.

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regards andyw

On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:24:07 +0100, Janet Tweedy wrote:

It's only a disc from the Andrew Robson Bridge Club - has card play and
lessons so should be bog standard.

So a physical disc not a file you have downloaded.

Does the drawer of the player have any mention of DVD embossed onto it?

If "No" you don't have the required hardware to play a DVD. Stop.

If "Yes" try VLC, as previously linked, to play the disc.

If VLC fails is the disc a commercially produced stammped DVD one or a
short run home produced "burnt" DVD? A home produced DVD might be a bad
burn. Try it in a normal DVD player and TV.

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Cheers
Dave.