You have to rip the DVD's first before you can play them.
Aside from Windows Media Player, you can also try Mplayer which supports a wide variety of media formats.
You need to install a codec pack for DVDs to play in Windows Media Player. You can generally find a codec pack from either Roxio or Cyberlink for under $20.
Windows Media Center * Specialized distribution of Windows XP/front-end application for XP, provided a TV & remote control friendly interface for accessing media. Windows Media Player * Audio & Video player developed by Microsoft, and distributed with Microsoft Windows.
i know you can use windows media player to burn music to blank cds so i think it can also burn video files to dvds. if it cant then you can watch the video files on windows media player.
BS Player and Windows Media Center both offer the ability of setting up your own media center. They allow playback of movie files, DVDs and music. The BS Player, however, faces some compatbility issues with Windows 8 at times, whereas Windows Media Center is built to be compatible fully and offer great functionality and high performance on Windows powered computers.
VLC Media is an open source player for video and audio files, DVDs, and VCDs. It works on most common operating systems such as Mac, Linux and Windows.
It depends on the type of video. To watch online videos, you would need a web browser. If you mean playing DVDs or computer files, you would use a media program such as Windows Media Player. If you have trouble doing the above, then you might need a codec pack or a replacement video driver.
DVDs are protected by DRM (Digital Rights Management). Unless you have DVD decrypting/decoding software, you are not going to be able to import/use the media into Windows Movie Maker.
if your motherboard has a build in sound card (which is most these days) then no. If you are not getting any sound at all, then your sound device is likely configured wrong, you can access it through the control panel. If it is just DVD's that dont play sound then the problem is probably with windows media player. Try downloading VLC media player and play the DVD with that.
dvds are used for storing various kinds of information and media. dvds are often used for storing movies which can be played on a DVD player.
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