RealAlternative? Got a link for XP MCE?I would avoid installing it if I were you. If you really need that specific codec support (and please make sure it's what you actually need) then use something like RealAlternative. You don't need Real Player to view a standardly formatted DVD so there must be something different or off about the files on that disc.
Rabbot01, I've tried playing the DVD of Alien 3 on my VLC player & it won't play,yet my other DVD's will play in my VLC.Both VLC & MPC-HC can play DVD.
As for Real Alternative mentioned by LNCPapa, I think it's this: http://download.cnet.com/Real-Alternative/3000-2139_4-10698783.html
DUNNO WHAT I did,but I'm watchin' it. BBL8RThe DVD that didn't play using VLC, have you tried selecting Open Folder then navigate to the Video_TS folder on the disc?
I just remember VLC has a pop-up for displaying error messages & etc. Before playing the movie, press Ctrl-M, than start your movie, whatever problems the player encounters, those should show up in the Message window. And you might be able to find solutions to fix/work around them.
Well, other than trying the above, I've exhausted every thing. My neighbor wants to see ALIEN 3 too, so once we watch it on his tv, I'll be returning the DVD to the library. Hopefully it won't happen with future DVD's. Thank you to everybody that tried to help.I would avoid installing it if I were you. If you really need that specific codec support (and please make sure it's what you actually need) then use something like RealAlternative. You don't need Real Player to view a standardly formatted DVD so there must be something different or off about the files on that disc.
I will do a search on my pc because I "think" I had that player on here. If not,I will d/l it in hopes it'll help. Thanks.Ideally, all you need is one media player. But that's never the case. After I posted here yesterday afternoon, I popped in a DVD and used MPC-HC (what I use primarily) to play it. It sort of played. For some reason everything was blocky. Opened it in VLC and it was fine.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VLC.Autorun\shell\PlayDVDMovie\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe\" dvd:///H:/"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers\VLCPlayDVDMovieOnArrival]
"Action"="Play DVD Movie"
"DefaultIcon"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe\"
"InvokeProgID"="VLC.Autorun"
"InvokeVerb"="PlayDVDMovie"
"Provider"="VLC"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\EventHandlers\PlayDVDMovieOnArrival]
"VLCPlayDVDMovieOnArrival"=""
I appreciate that but I've had excellent viewing with the Media Player Classic.A bit late reply but I'd like to comment that it's possible to add VLC as the default autoplay handler for DVDs, I just did it for mine. You'll need to edit this snippet to change your DVD drive letter to match. Copy & paste as .reg file, run it as administrator.
edit: Ehh, this isn't for decade old OSes...
Code:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VLC.Autorun\shell\PlayDVDMovie\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe\" dvd:///H:/" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers\VLCPlayDVDMovieOnArrival] "Action"="Play DVD Movie" "DefaultIcon"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe\" "InvokeProgID"="VLC.Autorun" "InvokeVerb"="PlayDVDMovie" "Provider"="VLC" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\EventHandlers\PlayDVDMovieOnArrival] "VLCPlayDVDMovieOnArrival"=""