Vob & Mpg not playing on ext. desktop

[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by KenKelley

I am not sure why these files play in Win XP without the conversion??? I ran into the same problem with my DVD Video files when I upgraded to a Win 7 laptop.

Probably something to do with Microsoft locking their codecs in Windows 7 media player so they are not accessible outside of it.
You can read something here about it http://windows7news.com/2009/03/27/m...-in-windows-7/

[KenKelley]

Originally Posted by Roy Dennis

Probably something to do with Microsoft locking their codecs in Windows 7 media player so they are not accessible outside of it.
You can read something here about it http://windows7news.com/2009/03/27/m...-in-windows-7/

Thanks Roy!

I took a look at the article and it says pretty much the same as I have read else where. The last scentence however I'm inclined to disagree with as the initial problem on this thread "Vob & Mpg not playing on the ext.desktop" I suspect may be related to digital media rights as I could not use any other 3rd party software to play DVD files on the extended desk top (WMP worked great with a warning that DVD files may not be suported) until I adjusted the filters with GSpot (something that may be above the heads of most users). DVD piracy being a mega ilicit business this may be Microsofts' way of helping to deterr it.

Again it looks like Microsoft has taken something that works great (from our perspective) and is trying to improve it..... Why fix what isn't broke? $$$?

Ken