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27-10-2008
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Windows is a fairly sophisticated operating system. I paid good money for XP Pro. Why do I have a "media player" that never plays media properly? It's either "looking for codec" or "codec unknown" or simply audio with no picture. VLC Media Player plays them all. What's up, Microsoft? Why do I have to become a technical wizard and download unknown "codec packs" from unknown 3rd party vendors to make this sophisticated operating system do what it should already be doing?  |
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27-10-2008
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So how do i get a VLC media player, and does that play avi? "Alphonse" wrote: > Windows is a fairly sophisticated operating system. > I paid good money for XP Pro. > > Why do I have a "media player" that never plays media properly? > > It's either "looking for codec" or "codec unknown" or simply audio with no > picture. > > VLC Media Player plays them all. > > What's up, Microsoft? > > Why do I have to become a technical wizard and download unknown "codec > packs" from unknown 3rd party vendors to make this sophisticated operating > system do what it should already be doing? > > > |
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27-10-2008
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it plays everything that WMP SHOULD play, and more. it'll also play video and audio cd file systems from HD interesting. still no reply why WMP is so lame. "janel88" <janel88@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CD1FDD0F-54F3-48CF-88D5-6D7E7A23125B@microsoft.com... > So how do i get a VLC media player, and does that play avi? > > "Alphonse" wrote: > >> Windows is a fairly sophisticated operating system. >> I paid good money for XP Pro. >> >> Why do I have a "media player" that never plays media properly? >> >> It's either "looking for codec" or "codec unknown" or simply audio with >> no >> picture. >> >> VLC Media Player plays them all. >> >> What's up, Microsoft? >> >> Why do I have to become a technical wizard and download unknown "codec >> packs" from unknown 3rd party vendors to make this sophisticated >> operating >> system do what it should already be doing? >> >> >> |
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28-10-2008
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| Re: why does WMP not play DVD's? "Alphonse" <al@al.com> wrote in message news:3k7Nk.4185$%%2.2437@edtnps82... > Windows is a fairly sophisticated operating system. > I paid good money for XP Pro. > > Why do I have a "media player" that never plays media properly? > > It's either "looking for codec" or "codec unknown" or simply audio with no > picture. > > VLC Media Player plays them all. > > What's up, Microsoft? > > Why do I have to become a technical wizard and download unknown "codec > packs" from unknown 3rd party vendors to make this sophisticated operating > system do what it should already be doing? > > cos PowerDVD does........... |
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28-10-2008
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VLC MEDIA PLAYER can be found here: http://www.videolan.org/ it's free (unlike windows XP) "janel88" <janel88@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CD1FDD0F-54F3-48CF-88D5-6D7E7A23125B@microsoft.com... > So how do i get a VLC media player, and does that play avi? > > "Alphonse" wrote: > >> Windows is a fairly sophisticated operating system. >> I paid good money for XP Pro. >> >> Why do I have a "media player" that never plays media properly? >> >> It's either "looking for codec" or "codec unknown" or simply audio with >> no >> picture. >> >> VLC Media Player plays them all. >> >> What's up, Microsoft? >> >> Why do I have to become a technical wizard and download unknown "codec >> packs" from unknown 3rd party vendors to make this sophisticated >> operating >> system do what it should already be doing? >> >> >> |
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03-11-2008
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| Re: why does WMP not play DVD's? I thought distribution of DVD codecs wasn't free per the MPEG Licensing Authority - it'd be interesting to check with VLC to see how they're handling that. As regards DVD playback on XP, there are actual DVD playback packs available- http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#mpeg2 -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "Alphonse" <al@al.com> wrote in message news:3k7Nk.4185$%%2.2437@edtnps82... > Windows is a fairly sophisticated operating system. > I paid good money for XP Pro. > > Why do I have a "media player" that never plays media properly? > > It's either "looking for codec" or "codec unknown" or simply audio with no > picture. > > VLC Media Player plays them all. > > What's up, Microsoft? > > Why do I have to become a technical wizard and download unknown "codec > packs" from unknown 3rd party vendors to make this sophisticated operating > system do what it should already be doing? > |
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12-11-2008
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check which version you are running, you should update to wmp11 you shouldnt have any problems with this version, I can play dvd's on my laptop running vista Jenny |
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