When I try and play a dvd from my gear head mobile slim external dvd drive it says Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is not installed on your computer. Any idea what I need?

might want to try this with computer off, then plug in ext drive, then turn on computer fresh see if that helps out.

hi. my name is rui i will answer your question regarding your problem about how to setup a compatible dvd decoder for sumsung external dvd drive.

1st of what's the model of yoursumsung external dvd drive?

2nd if you have a internet connection and know the model of your dvd drive you can download a compatible decoder for your sumsung(model)using google.

here is one that you can try out its a NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder (NVIDIA DVD Decoder) 1.02.186 (Samsung Dvd Decoder).

NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder is a combination of a hardware video processor and video decode software for playback of DVD and MPEG-2 videos using Microsoft Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center Edition.

you can download it @ http://samsung-dvd-decoder.fyxm.net/

it's easy to use just follow the instruction...

hope it helps you in anyway.^_^

some writers will only write to specific types of media, either + or -, just check the spec for your drive to see if it says dvd+r or dvd-r

click start control panel,administrive tools,computer management,device manager scroll to cd/dvd rom drives right click properties then properties again then tick enable cd digital cd audio for this cd rom device or scroll to dvd regions select the no _ for your specific area or

http://majorgeeks.com/Realtek_High_Definition_Audio_for_VistaWin_7_d5513.html

hope this helps

I can play a audio cd, but can not get any sound on a dvd. I verified the above that it was set up properly

if you will playing the DVD thru windows media player make sure you installed all the media player codecs. or, you can download VLC media player(freeware) .

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get Nero Showtime.or Power DVD or any DVD playing software...u can get in my website...go to Download page...
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Win Media Player does play videos but not all formats...

Try loading DVD decodeing softawre, windows media player rarely plays DVD's without help from other decoding software. Use this link, download, and try this. Then let me know.

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