DVD movies/video do that when a 3rd party decoder is'nt installed,or the
license does not exist.3rd party DVD decoders (powerdvd,etc) are available
for
time set fees..An ATI mfg video card lets you get one for free,but must be
ATI,nvidia charges by the month.

"snedunuri" wrote:

I run Win XP with all the latest updates. When I try to play a DVD (that used
to play ok) or any DVD for that matter, using Windows Media Player I get
sound but no video. Interestingly, Real Player says that it is unable to play
the DVD at all and offers some ridiculous suggestions about lowering the
screen resolution and depth (which i already tried). Windows Support KB
suggested the codec may be corrupted, so i deleted it and installed a
different one (XP Codec Pack) but still no luck. Unf. I am unable to restore
to an earlier System Restore point, b/c Windows said it couldn't find any
restore points. Any ideas?

This is new behavior. Everything *used* to be OK.