JW

Vista has a built in MPEG2 Decoder for DVDs.
What graphics card and driver are you using and how much memory on the
graphics card?

"Oceanwatcher" <Oceanwatcher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I downloaded Vista today and wanted to try out some of the online content.
> Also, I wanted to see the few clips that comes with Vista and check how
> DVD's
> are playing.
>
> When I try to access any online content or play the recorded clips, I get
> a
> "Video Error" - Files needed to display video are not installed or working
> correctly. Please restart Windows Media Center or restart the computer.
>
> Also, I can not find any place in Media Center to play DVD....
>
> I know I need to buy a codec to have MPEG2 playback, but the online
> content
> should be WindowsMediaVideo and have no problems playing!
>
> What is wrong here?
>
> And yes - the PC has been restarted countless times.