If you need a basic decoder that works with MCE, there's a guy on eBay who's
selling WinDVD decoder for about 8 bucks (with shipping). I bought one from
him and it works great with my system.

Go here: http://stores.ebay.com/id=730692&ssP...:SIB:StoreView

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Joe Pastori
Gigabyte mainboard w/AMD Sempron 2200+
Avermedia UltraTV 1500MCE
GeForce 5200
InterVideo WinDVD 5.0 Decoder
786MB RAM


"Oscar Vogel" wrote:

> How can I get my computer to play a DVD (as if it were a TV)?
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> I have a HP Pavilion laptop with XP Media Center. When I insert the DVD;
> -if I choose to play the DVD using Windows Media Player, I get an error
> message that says, "Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD because a
> compatible DVD decoder is not installed on your computer."
> -if I choose to play DVD video using Media Center, I simply get a blue box
> that says "Video Error".
>
> I really don't care what it uses to play the video, I just want it to play
> it. How do I make that happen? Thanks!
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