Play DVD’s in Windows XP’s Media Player

Posted on March 31st, 2010 by admin in windows media player | 25 Comments »

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This quick registry tweak enabled the Windows Media player in XP to play DVD’s so you do not have to get another program to play them. This was tested with Media Player version 11 in Windows XP and works great.

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25 Responses

  1. heythisrocks Says:

    i had my dvd touch …
    i had my dvd touch stone working fine but i think i deleted somthing importiant by accident and i keep getting a prompt about my dvd decoder is there any way i can download a decoder i dont have the nero disk anymore and i need somthing i can play dvds on that is good quality

  2. heythisrocks Says:

    if he is going to …
    if he is going to fast pause the video at the begining duh it tells u everything

  3. tbel1ma Says:

    You’re talking to …
    You’re talking to fast can you email me the instructions?

  4. ALTDABEAST Says:

    hey man mine comes …
    hey man mine comes up a error mesage tht says something bout my video driver being out of date?? any sugestions?? pm me a answer if u got one

  5. IrishDudeNamedShamus Says:

    you should be able …
    you should be able to

  6. urielmimi Says:

    I’m Mimi,
    question …

    I’m Mimi,
    question?….
    my windows isn’t
    original?
    can I still do this?

  7. stydel311 Says:

    thanx man
    thanx man

  8. zeshybadboy Says:

    i havent got that …
    i havent got that player folder in regedit :( what does that mean?

  9. luissayacv Says:

    GREAT that help me …
    GREAT that help me alot !!
    TY

  10. trk1050 Says:

    I tried this. It …
    I tried this. It wouldnt work. I guess I dont have codecs. I downloaded VLC and it works great.

  11. JFREEDOML Says:

    Dude thank you! …
    Dude thank you! I’ve been needing to do something cause my other media player program kept messing up :( Now there is a quick and easy solution for me. :) :) FINALLY!

  12. FlyingAce1015 Says:

    Thanks I’ve been …
    Thanks I’ve been wanting this

  13. switch0123 Says:

    here i use vlc …
    here i use vlc media player .for my xp

  14. ThugishHipHopBAB3 Says:

    i did all that & i …
    i did all that & i still ended up with a pop-up saying “Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is not installed on your computer.”
    what do i do now ?

  15. 777Kiana Says:

    Hey, no problem for …
    Hey, no problem for watching..lol..you speak clearly, and give easy details to follow…thanks! The other thing I did on another cpu.. was sorta..hacking WMM, and thats not always the best choice..

    Anyway! Thanks again! Now I can watch FF7 AC whenver! (my mom doesn’t like it..tch! she does…she likes Sephy…she just wont’ admit it)

  16. howtoby27 Says:

    thank you so much …
    thank you so much man!!
    you’re the guy!

  17. SGASGCfan Says:

    thank u so much u …
    thank u so much u really helped me out

  18. aguirreruru Says:

    :( i need DVD …
    :( i need DVD decoder ): (T_T)

  19. aguirreruru Says:

    that was …
    that was awesome!!!! thnx!!!

  20. wellsparker Says:

    worked exactly as …
    worked exactly as described. thanks!!

  21. PeronMiles Says:

    sorry dude didnt …
    sorry dude didnt work

  22. TheNicolasProduction Says:

    when i insert a dvd …
    when i insert a dvd it has mo audio help

  23. southernsmoke18 Says:

    Great video, still …
    Great video, still never worked for me.

  24. emofashioncoreemo Says:

    i don’t get it what …
    i don’t get it what should i download again

  25. DavidPlim Says:

    get k-lite codec …
    get k-lite codec pack and that fixes it

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