video - audio codecs not showing up

I have not been able to play dvds in WMP for quite some time now. I
currently have WMP11 and have no shortage of video codecs - I own Pinnacle
Studio 10 and also bought the Cyberlink Powerdvd plug-in for WMP. I can't
get any of the codecs to show up in the WMP plug-in options tab.

When I play a dvd and check to see what codecs are being used, it is blank.
I have run the dvdupgr.exe/detect program and it shows at least two codecs
that could be used - with the Cyberlink one as the preferred.

By the way, I also reinstalled my up-to-date video card driver - Geforce
5200fx - and that didn't help, nor did rolling back to previous WMP versions.
What else can you recommend beside wiping it out and starting over? Thanks.

WMP's Help:about:Technical Support Information menu tool is probably a
better test of what MPEG/DVD filters are installed.

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"BrianJohns" <BrianJohns@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have not been able to play dvds in WMP for quite some time now. I
> currently have WMP11 and have no shortage of video codecs - I own Pinnacle
> Studio 10 and also bought the Cyberlink Powerdvd plug-in for WMP. I can't
> get any of the codecs to show up in the WMP plug-in options tab.
>
> When I play a dvd and check to see what codecs are being used, it is
> blank.
> I have run the dvdupgr.exe/detect program and it shows at least two codecs
> that could be used - with the Cyberlink one as the preferred.
>
> By the way, I also reinstalled my up-to-date video card driver - Geforce
> 5200fx - and that didn't help, nor did rolling back to previous WMP
> versions.
> What else can you recommend beside wiping it out and starting over?
> Thanks.