Comments on: Why do I need to buy a DVD code to play a DVD in Windows Media Center? http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/buy-dvd-code-play-dvd-windows-media-center/ Ask Questions. Get Answers. Wed, 22 May 2013 21:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Smokey12499 http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/buy-dvd-code-play-dvd-windows-media-center/#comment-68967 Smokey12499 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 07:51:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/?p=7558#comment-68967 My suggestion would be to use something other than WMC, like VLC.

]]> By: FIDELIS http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/buy-dvd-code-play-dvd-windows-media-center/#comment-68949 FIDELIS Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:35:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/?p=7558#comment-68949 Hello, a way around it is to get codec packs like the following ones:
http://www.codecguide.com/

or,

http://shark007.net/

]]> By: Mike http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/buy-dvd-code-play-dvd-windows-media-center/#comment-68936 Mike Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:11:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/?p=7558#comment-68936 Only selected versions of Windows come with a DVD Decoder (MPEG2 Decoder) which enables you to playback DVDs. For all other versions you need to install a third-party Decoder to watch them in Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/windows-media-player/plug-ins

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