Windows Media Player

Question

Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder, and video card. Try installing an updated driver for your video card.

This is the message I am getting when I try to view a NetFlix movie.  What do I need to do?

Answer 1

Hi,

The first thing to do is to follow the advice in the error message and see if there's any updated drivers available for your video card. Sometimes these can be delivered via Windows Update (they'll show up under optional, make sure you check there), but you might have to go directly to the website of your video card manufacturer.

Here's a link to some Microsoft documentation that might be helpful (I'm assuming you're runing Windows 7):

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Play-a-CD-or-DVD-in-Windows-Media-Player

You can also try using another application to play DVD discs. I personally use VideoLAN's VLC player or Media Player Classic. Here's some links to those sites:

https://videolan.org/vlc/

http://mpc-hc.org/

At the end of the day though, you're actually asking this question in the wrong forum. This forum is specifically for feedback on the TechNet website/subscriptions, not individual product support. My suggestion is to post this question over in the Windows forums here:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows

Good luck.

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Answer 2

Unfortunately your post is off topic here, in the TechNet Site Feedback forum, because it is not Feedback about the TechNet Website or Subscription.  This is a standard response I’ve written up in advance to help many people (thousands, really.) who post their question in this forum in error, but please don’t ignore it.  The links I share below I’ve collected to help you get right where you need to go with your issue.

For technical issues with Microsoft products that you would run into as an end user of those products, one great source of info and help is http://answers.microsoft.com, which has sections for Windows, Hotmail, Office, IE, and other products. Office related forums are also here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/contact-us-FX103894077.aspx

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Moving to off topic. 

Thanks, Mike

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