dvd playability
 

I have a dvd with a concert on it... When i try to play it on my computer it says I need a decoder or something. Also, is there any way to copy the audio to my computer?

thanks

wow..
do you have dvd playback software?
that might help.

DVD codecs aren't standard as part of the DVD constortium agreements. You can get a DVD ROM drive but the codecs need to be manually installed. Stupid but that's what they did.

Tell me if I am wrong here, but you need a program like WinDVD and such to playback DVD's on a computer, just go to www.download.com and search for DVD playback or something like that and it should play after installing... strange, usually when you buy a DVD ROM drive retail it comes with WinDVD standard or pro... all the ones I have bought have. Yet another reason not to buy OEM...

I have used "Power DVD" extensively on my PC and Laptop. It works pretty good and has a free trial available here:

http://www.gocyberlink.com/english/d...id=1&ProdId=28

Try that and if you like it ....um, I guess you should buy it or something.

In so much as ripping the audio off of the DVD, I think you might be able to do that with ReelDVD. Linky: www.sonic.com But I've never tried it.

Two words: VideoLan Player