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Wise Elder
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,292
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Wise Elder
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,292
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I can't play my Avatar dvd
Help Please
I never had any trouble playing any DVD's before my computer went into the shop and got a new motherboard about two months ago.
So my husband got me Avatar as a present and tonight I popped it in my DVD LightScribe DVD Writer thing and all the prompts came up asking me which option I wanted to open up the DVD with.
I chose Windows Media Player (because that's what I did in the past).
Well, I get a message "Windows media player cannot play DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is not installed on your computer".
It then gave me a "web help thing", and I clicked on it and it took me to a Microsoft thing that said it could check my computer and see if I have a decoder installed, but I have to click on continue and get validation.
It prompted me to download something that would, I guess, tell me if I have this decoder thing or not.
I have a HP Media Center PC. I NEVER have had a problem playing dvds.
When I pop in this Avatar it gives me other options besides Windows Media player. I tried all of them.
Nothing works. I clicked on the "Real Player" option and I got this screen saying there are two versions. A $39.99 real player and a free two week version".
What the heck is going on?
All I want to do is play my Avatar.
Help pulllleeeeeze.
Melody
P.S. I pulled out my old portable dvd player and I'm watching Avatar. I don't care how small the screen is, I ADORE THIS MOVIE. It puts me in a whole different zone. Very calming
But I WOULD really like to know what happened to my lightscribe dvd player thingee
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Last edited by MelodyL; 05-13-2010 at 09:21 PM.
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