DVD digital copy protection error with WMP 9 and 11

I am getting a DVD digital copy protection error when trying to play a DVD
movie with Media Player 9 and 11 on XP Pro SP3. I also have PowerDVD install,
which plays the DVD fine. I ran the MS Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup
Utility, which returned green checks. What am I missing?

Baron wrote:
> I am getting a DVD digital copy protection error when trying to play
> a DVD movie with Media Player 9 and 11 on XP Pro SP3. I also have
> PowerDVD install, which plays the DVD fine. I ran the MS Windows XP
> Video Decoder Checkup Utility, which returned green checks. What am I
> missing?
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If you can play the DVDs with
PowerDVD...what's the problem?

If you must use Windows Media Player...
maybe the following plug-ins would be
worth a try:

Info on DVD Decoders:
Plug-ins for Windows Media Player
http://tinyurl.com/j9e29
or...
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...r/plugins.aspx

Good luck...

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

I noticed that Cyberlink's PowerDVD was a plug-in on the MS link
(http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...r/plugins.aspx). I have
PowerDVD installed (with codecs). Does WMP not support Cyberlink codecs?

"John Inzer" wrote:

> Baron wrote:
> > I am getting a DVD digital copy protection error when trying to play
> > a DVD movie with Media Player 9 and 11 on XP Pro SP3. I also have
> > PowerDVD install, which plays the DVD fine. I ran the MS Windows XP
> > Video Decoder Checkup Utility, which returned green checks. What am I
> > missing?
> =============================
> If you can play the DVDs with
> PowerDVD...what's the problem?
>
> If you must use Windows Media Player...
> maybe the following plug-ins would be
> worth a try:
>
> Info on DVD Decoders:
> Plug-ins for Windows Media Player
> http://tinyurl.com/j9e29
> or...
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...r/plugins.aspx
>
> Good luck...
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

Switched to InterVideo. Everything works perfectly now!

"Baron" wrote:

> I noticed that Cyberlink's PowerDVD was a plug-in on the MS link
> (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...r/plugins.aspx). I have
> PowerDVD installed (with codecs). Does WMP not support Cyberlink codecs?
>
> "John Inzer" wrote:
>
> > Baron wrote:
> > > I am getting a DVD digital copy protection error when trying to play
> > > a DVD movie with Media Player 9 and 11 on XP Pro SP3. I also have
> > > PowerDVD install, which plays the DVD fine. I ran the MS Windows XP
> > > Video Decoder Checkup Utility, which returned green checks. What am I
> > > missing?
> > =============================
> > If you can play the DVDs with
> > PowerDVD...what's the problem?
> >
> > If you must use Windows Media Player...
> > maybe the following plug-ins would be
> > worth a try:
> >
> > Info on DVD Decoders:
> > Plug-ins for Windows Media Player
> > http://tinyurl.com/j9e29
> > or...
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...r/plugins.aspx
> >
> > Good luck...
> >
> > --
> >
> > John Inzer
> > Digital Media MVP
> >
> > Notice
> > This is not tech support
> > I am a volunteer
> >
> > Solutions that work for
> > me may not work for you
> >
> > Proceed at your own risk
> >
> >
> >

Baron wrote:
> Switched to InterVideo. Everything works perfectly now!
====================
Thanks for the update.

--

John Inzer