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    Lost DVD Player

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by orthorim, Feb 27, 2007.

  1. orthorim

    orthorim Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi,

    I was going to watch a DVD in Media Player 11 and was told that it doesn't have a mpeg 2 plugin so it can't play DVDs. It then offered me DVD plugins from a website which I would have to pay for.

    Now I am pretty sure when I got this laptop - Acer TM 8204 with Win XP Pro - it was able to play DVDs. I seem to remember that PowerDVD was pre-installed.

    Does anyone know how I can get it back? Was that on some CD that came with the computer?

    thanks!

    ps: I ended up pulling out my 5 year old Powerbook which played the DVD just fine ;)
     
    orthorim, Feb 27, 2007
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Check out DivX :)
     
    Greg, Feb 27, 2007
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  3. orthorim

    orthorim Notebook Evangelist

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    Somebody pointed a free mpeg2 codec to me - works great!

    http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=Dscaler_5

    I still would like to know if the laptop came with PowerDVD and if I can get it back from somewhere, but for the time being using the free codec will do ;)
     
    orthorim, Feb 27, 2007
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  4. Airman

    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

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    Usually when you revieve PowerDVD or WinDVD it's only a trial and not the full version so after awhile your license will expire thus leaving you without a DVD Decoder.

    I posted a fix yesterday please read this thread:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=107454
     
    Airman, Feb 27, 2007
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