Thanks, Carey. Am I right to assume "things" won't work right unless I
install this driver? I seldom pull up media player by itself other than to
listen to the radio. Am I right in thinking I need the decoder 'cause some
of the news clippings will be video and they won't play without this NVIDIA
decoder?

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> "John Gregory" wrote:
>
> | I can't believe how entangled I've become in DVD's, CD's, burning,
> ripping,
> | swearing. it's a world almost foreign to me. My question concerns video
> | decoders for Windows Media Player 10. I've been directed by Dell
> (assembler
> | of my machine) to a web page that lists 4; I don't know which to choose.
> | Listed here
> |
> (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...spx#DVDDecoder
> | ) are 1) CinPlayer DVD Decoder, 2) DVD XPack for Windows XP, 3) Nvidia
> DVD
> | Decoder, and 4) PowerDVD SE for Windows XP
> |
> |
> |
> | My video card is made by Nvidia but I don't have surround sound; just
> two
> | stereo speakers. Didn't think I'd ever need the other two. (Wrong
> again!)
> | But I can buy 'em if really necessary.
> |
> |
> |
> | My questions are:
> |
> |
> |
> | A) Which of these four should I download and install? It
> | looks like I have to buy these puppies. damn it. The only reason I have
> | Media Player 10 on my system is because a window popped up to tell me it
> was
> | available and recommended I download it. I thought it was just an
> upgrade
> | that would require little maintenance on my part. Little did I know I'd
> get
> | wrapped up into buying decoders to go with it. I don't even watch
> anything
> | on Player expect software instructions and video clippings occasionally
> | embedded in the news articles that get clipped by a service I use.
> |
> | B) What's the optimum number I'd need to cover the most
> | bases and if more than the one in A above, what should be made default?
>