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Rocketsprink
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 06:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

my brother in law, an I.T. guy, "fixed" my computer, but in doing so, wiped out it's ability to play DVD's. I was able to rip and burn DVD's and watch them before he repaired it.
I had Nero before.
Anyone have a suggestion as to a program to replace it with?
Thanks
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 06:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I've been using Plato. It's pretty good.
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Birdy
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 06:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Any idea what he did?

I'd try a system restore to a point before he "worked" on it first myself.

Then I'd try to uninstall NERO and reinstall it.

I've use NERO for years and never have found anything that runs on Windows I like as well.
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Indy_bueller
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 07:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You might just need to install codecs to play DVDs.
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 07:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My favorites:

for playing media:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

For burning CDs and DVDs:
http://cdburnerxp.se/
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Lost_in_ohio
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 07:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Nate is correct that is what I use and best of all it is free.
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Reepicheep
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 07:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Videolan does a great job of transcoding as well (except when it doesn't).
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Froggy
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 07:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Rocket, PM me, I got a buttload of software I can send you. : )
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Dbird29
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 11:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

He probably upgraded to Windows Media Player 11 which does not include the DVD (MPEG2) decoder codec.

Guess what?

Yep, got to spend money.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/play er/plugins.aspx#DVDDecoder
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Vortec57
Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 11:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I switched from Nero to DVD fab, it's WAY easier and much more reliable of a burn
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Nautique4life
Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 02:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

+3 for Nero.

Sonic DigitalMedia is what I use at work. It is solid.
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Haven564
Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 03:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Rocket PM me your Address if you want and I will send you a copy of Nero. It is an older version but does the job.
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