Can't playback DVD's with WMP or WMC in Vista! Help!

Hi all,

For some reason, my laptop now won't playback "protected" dvds anymore in media center or in wmp. I get the error code C00D1163 . I have the most recent (i think) drivers and catalyst control center software for my ATI x1270, and i know some dvds play back on it fine. But apparently the ones im now trying (arrested development season 1) give me that error in both WMC and WMP.

I looked around online and kinda came up short w/ a solution. I've heard you may hafta like change the drivers for your dvd drive, but i havent touched the software for my dvd burner so i dont think that's it. Any resolutions/help would be greatly appreciated! I really don't wanna hafta resort to doing a system restore and a fresh install and losing everying

 

Did you follow the guide from the very first google hit: http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/articles/11496.aspx
Go through the guide and see if that works. By go through, I mean do what it tells you to do.

 

that posts from 2004 and is in reference to XP, i have vista premium so dont have the same options/configurations

 

Do you know what happened around the time it stopped working? You could try a system restore to that point (or as close as possible).

If you can find updated firmware for your DVD player, you could try that. Otherwise, maybe updating the decoder will work...

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/knowledgecenter/mediaadvice/0094.mspx#E3B

 

did u upgrade any hardware recently? well it happened to me after i switched out my cpu for a T9300
All I did was deleted everything in the DRM folder... take a look at this link

Hope this helps