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What's the difference between visual and printed media?

Intervideo WinDVD, Cyberlink Power DVD and WIndows Media Player ...?

  • So I archived all my old dvds to an extrenal hard drive as a backup and storage. I can play them fine with WinDVD and Cyberlink Power DVD but not with Windows Media Player. Why will the play in Intervideo WinDVD and Cyberlink PowerDVD but NOT in Windows Media Player, whats the difference between those softwares ? Is there a way I can convert the files so they play in Windows Media Player ? I'm just worried that in a few years I won't be able to play these files anymore as I'm throwing the old DVDs away to make space.

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    In Simple Terms All applications have diffenrent functionalities and PowerDVD and WinDVD players are built to play DVD files but Windows Media Player is a Native Windows player that plays almost many of the Movie and Music files. It will play a DVD file if it has a supporting software called 'a CODEC'. These additional files help native players like Media Player to play all kinds of music and video files. So all you need is a DVD Codec for your Media player and well you can play all your DVDs. Here are some Codec packs that will help you get along, K-Lite Codec Pack FFD Show Codec Pack XP Codec Pack Just Google for these names and you'll find the codecs available for free.

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It isn't a case of that but supported formats for each peice of software go into their settings and see what software supports which movie formats

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Go into your WMP, Tools, Download then Plus-Ins and get the Codecs you require.

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