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my window media player cannot play Video DVD and CD anymore on my laptop.What must i do.?

In the past,my Laptop can play all video DVD and CD.Oneday,I have install Cd rewritable.I can not tell if I have install it wrongly. Since then,I cannot play my CD any longer.One of the error messages that often appear is

WINDOW MEDIA PLAYER CANNOT PLAY THE FILE.THE PLAYER MIGHT NOT SUPPORT THE CODEC THAT USED TO COMPRESS THE FILE.

Please,What must I do so as to for it to function properly again?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    have you tried another player such as VLC Media Player? (free of charges)

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    If it relatively is an audio CD, via default it might start up enjoying on insertion. in case you prefer to keep the songs in pc, open domicile windows medium participant (9.0 or above), click the 'rip' tab, choose the force the place the CD is inserted, in selection you could adjust the placing for MP3 or WMA format and the bitrates. click rip. Or with out ripping in case you prefer to play the CD, bypass to techniques of domicile windows media participant and 'choose all' interior the 'report style'. Now double click the music interior the CD to play

  • 1 decade ago

    look under tools and then options, then look for file types, hit the block that says select all.

    restart computer, should work

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