- Another decoder question
- Posted by gmanfan on January 7th, 2006
I, too, am getting decoder error messages. It doesn't matter what kind of DVD
I play, XP media won't play it. I have PowerDVD and as long as I go in
through that I can watch videos but XP Media won't let me play. I've
downloaded the check up and I have 2 installed decoders.Both are Cyberlink
Video. 1 has a yellow triangle with "!" in it and says it's not compatible
with Media Player 10. 5.0.0.1031 MCE Compatible. The other has a green check
and is the Cyberlink Video 6.0.0.818 MCE compatible Preferred decoder. Since
this one is checked it says no further action is necessary.
As long as I use something else to play video I can watch but I DON"T want
to do that since I just bought this computer and it should work.
--
Just me
- Posted by Ed L. on January 7th, 2006
I experienced the same issue out of the box, with my Gateway Media center
7200. MC would not play or record DVDs. I fixed the issue, by downloading
and installing the latest trial version of PowerDVD off of their website,
then un-installed it. That removed the program, but upgraded the MC decoder
components (even though I un-installed it). It worked from then on.
Give it a shot!
Ed
"gmanfan" wrote:
> I, too, am getting decoder error messages. It doesn't matter what kind of DVD
> I play, XP media won't play it. I have PowerDVD and as long as I go in
> through that I can watch videos but XP Media won't let me play. I've
> downloaded the check up and I have 2 installed decoders.Both are Cyberlink
> Video. 1 has a yellow triangle with "!" in it and says it's not compatible
> with Media Player 10. 5.0.0.1031 MCE Compatible. The other has a green check
> and is the Cyberlink Video 6.0.0.818 MCE compatible Preferred decoder. Since
> this one is checked it says no further action is necessary.
>
> As long as I use something else to play video I can watch but I DON"T want
> to do that since I just bought this computer and it should work.
> --
> Just me
- Posted by gmanfan on January 7th, 2006
Do I then reinstall my old PowerDVD cd? I have an external DVD burner that I
bought right before I bought the new computer. Thanks
--
Just me
"Ed L." wrote:
> I experienced the same issue out of the box, with my Gateway Media center
> 7200. MC would not play or record DVDs. I fixed the issue, by downloading
> and installing the latest trial version of PowerDVD off of their website,
> then un-installed it. That removed the program, but upgraded the MC decoder
> components (even though I un-installed it). It worked from then on.
>
> Give it a shot!
>
> Ed
>
>
> "gmanfan" wrote:
>
> > I, too, am getting decoder error messages. It doesn't matter what kind of DVD
> > I play, XP media won't play it. I have PowerDVD and as long as I go in
> > through that I can watch videos but XP Media won't let me play. I've
> > downloaded the check up and I have 2 installed decoders.Both are Cyberlink
> > Video. 1 has a yellow triangle with "!" in it and says it's not compatible
> > with Media Player 10. 5.0.0.1031 MCE Compatible. The other has a green check
> > and is the Cyberlink Video 6.0.0.818 MCE compatible Preferred decoder. Since
> > this one is checked it says no further action is necessary.
> >
> > As long as I use something else to play video I can watch but I DON"T want
> > to do that since I just bought this computer and it should work.
> > --
> > Just me
- Posted by Ed L. on January 7th, 2006
No, that should not be necessary. I have however for another issue,
reinstalled the orginal software from the recovery CD, and it did NOT
over-write the updated decoder files.
Ed
"gmanfan" wrote:
> Do I then reinstall my old PowerDVD cd? I have an external DVD burner that I
> bought right before I bought the new computer. Thanks
> --
> Just me
>
>
> "Ed L." wrote:
>
> > I experienced the same issue out of the box, with my Gateway Media center
> > 7200. MC would not play or record DVDs. I fixed the issue, by downloading
> > and installing the latest trial version of PowerDVD off of their website,
> > then un-installed it. That removed the program, but upgraded the MC decoder
> > components (even though I un-installed it). It worked from then on.
> >
> > Give it a shot!
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
> > "gmanfan" wrote:
> >
> > > I, too, am getting decoder error messages. It doesn't matter what kind of DVD
> > > I play, XP media won't play it. I have PowerDVD and as long as I go in
> > > through that I can watch videos but XP Media won't let me play. I've
> > > downloaded the check up and I have 2 installed decoders.Both are Cyberlink
> > > Video. 1 has a yellow triangle with "!" in it and says it's not compatible
> > > with Media Player 10. 5.0.0.1031 MCE Compatible. The other has a green check
> > > and is the Cyberlink Video 6.0.0.818 MCE compatible Preferred decoder. Since
> > > this one is checked it says no further action is necessary.
> > >
> > > As long as I use something else to play video I can watch but I DON"T want
> > > to do that since I just bought this computer and it should work.
> > > --
> > > Just me
- Posted by gmanfan on January 8th, 2006
Well, I uninstalled the trial version but then it never worked. I had to
reinstall PowerDVD from my CD for my external drive. So far things are
working fine. Hopefully no more problems. Thanks
--
Just me
"Ed L." wrote:
> No, that should not be necessary. I have however for another issue,
> reinstalled the orginal software from the recovery CD, and it did NOT
> over-write the updated decoder files.
>
> Ed
>
> "gmanfan" wrote:
>
> > Do I then reinstall my old PowerDVD cd? I have an external DVD burner that I
> > bought right before I bought the new computer. Thanks
> > --
> > Just me
> >
> >
> > "Ed L." wrote:
> >
> > > I experienced the same issue out of the box, with my Gateway Media center
> > > 7200. MC would not play or record DVDs. I fixed the issue, by downloading
> > > and installing the latest trial version of PowerDVD off of their website,
> > > then un-installed it. That removed the program, but upgraded the MC decoder
> > > components (even though I un-installed it). It worked from then on.
> > >
> > > Give it a shot!
> > >
> > > Ed
> > >
> > >
> > > "gmanfan" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I, too, am getting decoder error messages. It doesn't matter what kind of DVD
> > > > I play, XP media won't play it. I have PowerDVD and as long as I go in
> > > > through that I can watch videos but XP Media won't let me play. I've
> > > > downloaded the check up and I have 2 installed decoders.Both are Cyberlink
> > > > Video. 1 has a yellow triangle with "!" in it and says it's not compatible
> > > > with Media Player 10. 5.0.0.1031 MCE Compatible. The other has a green check
> > > > and is the Cyberlink Video 6.0.0.818 MCE compatible Preferred decoder. Since
> > > > this one is checked it says no further action is necessary.
> > > >
> > > > As long as I use something else to play video I can watch but I DON"T want
> > > > to do that since I just bought this computer and it should work.
> > > > --
> > > > Just me
