Windows Media Player DVD "or" Playing Your DVD In WMP 9, 10 or 11...

For a free piece of software, Windows Media Player is an excellent choice for managing your growing collection of video and audio files.

However to make the experience of using WMP complete you need to add a simple plugin that will allow the software to playback your DVD collection too!

You see Windows Media Player does NOT come with the ability to play your DVDs due to the fact that it is a free application and any manufacturer that wants to have this capability in their software must pay a "royalty" payment to the owners of the DVD format...

So specialist video software companies like COREL and CyberLink have created the necessary plugin for WMP and paid the royalty" payment, so that you and I can enjoy playing our DVDs in Windows Media Player.

For more information on a suitable Windows Media Player DVD Decoder for your PC's operating system you can read Microsoft MVP - Marc Liron's article: Windows Media Player DVD Decoder

Please leave a comment if I can help!

Regards

Xavier Lane
Windows Media Player Product Specialist