E6410 Windows Media Player 11 DVD Playback Garbled

What help do you have to offer? You seem to be very limited in your experience, having been influenced heavily by some sort of by-invitation-only Microsoft event.

That is something that you apparently made up, without any factual basis. You're not offering help, only misdirection.

GoodBytes, you don't appreciate that DVD playback doesn't demand extensive Codec support. Again, you display a lack of knowledge and/or experience. Just about every media player supports DVD playback, and most players offer superior performance over Windows Media Player.

What GoodBytes either doesn't know, or doesn't understand, or wishes to ignore, is that Windows Media Player offers poor support for the many other file formats in common use. From experience, I can state that Windows Media Player often locks up even when opening a very simple .mpeg file, and then won't shut down when you attempt to close the program.

Your "help" is isn't help as much as willful misdirection. Media Player 12 is almost certainly the problem in this case, and uninstalling other functional programs won't fix the problem.

I never suggested that. You are misrepresenting my statements in much the same way that you misrepresent the facts.

 

The easiest answer is often the best. If "Power DVD DX" can accomplish DVD playback, make it your default player for DVDs. In other words, don't use Windows Media Player for this particular function, since it's entirely likely that the fault might stem from WMP 12.

As far as codec support, DVD playback is not very demanding.

If you do play multiple audio and video formats, you'd be well advised to look for an open source media player with a full codec pack. I can certainly advise further on that topic, but such advice isn't neccessary if you only plan on watching DVDs.

Believe me when I say that Windows Media Player is more often the problem than the solution.