DVD's wont play

Hello

I don't seem to be able to play DVD's on my Dimension 9200. MY OS is WinXP
Media Centre Edition 2002/2005

Various thing happen when Cine Player opens; on a dvd I recorded myself
pictures play but no sound, on a bought dvd I get copyright warnings & it
doesn't play; on another bought dvd nothing happens at all.

Windows Media Player behaves similarly when I try to play the dvd I recorded
myself in that I have pictures but no sound.

Windows media player won't even attempt to play the bought dvd's claiming
copyright infringement. I'm not trying to copy the dvd's just play them.

Any ideas please?

TIA

Macc

 

Dell has a patch for that exact problem.

 

Have you downloaded and applied the Cineplayer patch from Dell? There
is a problem with Cineplayer that didn't show up until a date in early
December.

Dave

 

No I didn't know about the patch; where do I get it from please?

Macc

 

http://tinyurl.com/yjyowb

 

The free VideoLAN - VLC media player is quite good for playing DVDs.
Windows Media Player Classic (free - Source Forge) is also very good.
Mac

 

I have sound! The patch worked; thanks for the pointer.

Macc

 

Thanks. However I've installed the Dell Patch & it all works perfectly so I
won't be needing VLC after all.