Windows XP Pro won't play dvd's?

[bricro]

Good afternoon, good evening,

I was wondering if anyone had the answer to why I can't watch dvd's on my comp? I have two dvd players one a burner and one soley for reading dvd's, and whenever I pop in a DVD to watch it on my comp, it comes up with this error " Windows Media Player cannot play DVD video. You might need to adjust your Windows displat settings, and lower your screen resolution."

And before this I had windows xp home in which case I could watch every movie I had. not sure what to do please help! thanks in advance.

 

[KSoD]

Have you installed any codec packs?

 

[peterhuang913]

You need to install DVD playing codecs and software.

 

[bricro]

Any specific DVD codec I should look for?

 

[KSoD]

Vista codec pack. It works in XP as well.

 

[peterhuang913]

I recommend K-lite.
Once installed, it enables your WMP to play any(most) video files and DVDs.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download_soft.php?d=4372&s=95

 

[KSoD]

I believe that all of those are included in VCP as well.

 

[bricro]

Thanks for the help I appreciate it.