Can't play a video. it Says "can't play dvd because compatible dvd decoder is not installed in my computer"

have you tryed playing on media player or power dvd

The common advice is to go to cyberlink, pay and then download windvd, however there is a better option.
Download VLC which is a tremendous video player (plays every video format) that will play DVDs. It's free too :-)
Here you go: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

try downloading vlc player
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

or google media player codecs

get "FFDShow" codec decoder from google...it's free

Dear Sir,

Here is the solution.
To play DVD video you must have DVD decoder Codec.
So you can use power DVD softwares of VLC media players,these players decode the DVD video.If you had latest Power DVD software download and install it.Otherwise here is the link for free VLC media player Download
Download VLC player
otherwise download Trial version of Power DVD
Download Power DVD 9

If you find any difficulty leave a feedback,we will glad to assist you


good luck

well you can download the vlc program which can easily play the all format videos........this program u can download it from here

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

Have a look at VLC media player at http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ It's free and plays pretty much any video format, including DVDs

install vlc player.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_vlc/

Hi,
are you trying to play DVDs from a different region ?
PC DVD Drives, are region set to the computer, if you have a region 1 dvd drive, trying to play region 2 dvds et,c. it won,t let you. theres a couple of ways around this. go to Afterdawn ( on the web ) and download a region free dvd device.
Solution 2. try to obtain any updates or re-install windows media player. suggest player version 9 or above.

Mike @ compurepair.

p.s finally is to check that your drive, indeed supports DVD Or certain types of dvd media. i.e DVD+ Or DVD- some only support One type.

Your DVD drive should have included a dvd playing software, such as WinDVD or PowerDVD. If it didn't, you may need to purchase one of these or install the Elecard DVD Codec for free. This link may work:

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Elecard_MPEG_Player/1016751417/1