deportes

Lost my hardrive, had to buy new and install XP. Now I can't play the DVD's I was able to play before. Missing codecs or something like that.
Any ideas how to get the codecs I need and installing them for reccognition.
Thanks.

Lasereth

Try getting DivX player:

http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=divx

Make sure Xvid is installed:

http://download.divxmovies.com/XviD-1.1.2-01112006.exe

If you don't have a DVD player program, get Power DVD:

http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=powerdvd

If it still won't play, install the K-Lite codec package:

http://codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

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deportes

Thanks, I will try dowloading them.

DaveOrion

Or try this....free codecs and/or player...http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...Codec_Pack.htm

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connyosis

I'd recommend installing vlc (http://www.videolan.org). Using that you should not have to install any extra codecs at all, and it's free too!

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SecretMethod70

Yes, VLC is teh God of video players. There are only a few occasions where I've found myself actually needing to search out and install a codec.

I recommend highly *against* codec packs. Some codecs interfere with others and if you don't know this when you're picking which codecs to install, you can screw up your system.

Best way to deal with downloading codecs is to use GSpot to find out which codecs you need and download and install them individually.

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MikeSty

I always used to use Winamp until I reformatted a few months ago, and now I use VLC. It is THE god of video players.

cyrnel

One more VLC vote, for ease of playback, but god I hate the user interface. Hate, hate, the modal bastard, hate.

Media player classic rubs me better but gathering codecs mean more work.

I agree with SM about the codec packs. Like the roommate who never flushes.

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deportes

I got VDL to work but my picture is pretty jerky, what do I need to adjust?
Thanks.

mikec

did you install the latest drivers for your video card? also make sure hardware acceleration is turned on - display properties - settings - advanced - troubleshoot

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deportes

thanks Mikec. ill try the acceleration.

snicka

just get ffdshow, should provide decoders for pretty much everything you ever need.