Topic: DVD Decoder?

[FEVER]

 Hello BCC once again! Just a quick update from a previous post....I just got married a few days ago (thank you thank you) And enlisted in the US Army.....shipping out in less than 2 weeks & trying to get my affairs in order. (including my pc)
 The other day while having a game of BF2, my new MSI P35/Q6600 system decided it was time to show me what a BlueScreen looks like. Quite pretty I might add....the blue & all, with white text. (very wintery & seasonal)
 I checked Vista's error log & found my DVD software mentioned as a troublesome piece on that date, at that specific time. (CyberLink PowerDVD v.6)
 I never had a problem with this software before, so decided to NOT bug you guys for once & ask some clan members, which at 1 guys advice, to remove it completely as its known to cause "Many Troubles" for people, and some reference to being "poo".
 I did remove it, and went to majorgeeks to get VLM MediaPlayer.....then I noticed my media buttons on my Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard no longer could pause/play/stop/rewind/FastForward or control the volume.  A few days later, again in an intense virtual frag match of BF2, I saw that beautiful wintery BlueScreen again.
 This time windows error log was less specific as to the cause & listed no 3rd party software...matter of a fact, I believe the problem was something due to windows itself? Maybe a missing file? Didnt really specify, and what it DID specify was over my head. I allowed it to look online for a solution, to find none  available.
 Since I'll be away from my pc for the next 7 months, I'd like it to be error free when I get permanantly stationed in the Army, so Its getting a shiny new clean install of x64 Vista Basic as we speek.
 I just wanted to ask you all here, what has been your experiences with the whole DVD-playing situation? Windows Media Player recommends the Roxio Cineplayer plugin, but on Roxios forum, I see plenty of people complaining of problems.
 Any other thoughts?
 

[Zeus]

I typically use PowerDVD, but if you've got issues with that, I'd recommend Nero Showtime.  Most people already have Nero for their burning software and it works fine for media playback as well (if you've got V7 or newer).  Congrats on the marriage and good luck in the Army!

[FEVER]

 Yeah like I said, it sounded a bit strange as I never had a problem with it before. Im wondering if CCCleaner maybe deleted something during a registry cleaning process.
 

[Fujitsu]

I've been using Nero Showtime, because I was too lazy to install anything else and it was all included with my Nero Burning software

I was planning on getting something else, however it seems to work good enough and hasn't given me any headaches, so I guess it can keep the job

Congrats on getting married, have a great Christmas/New Years and good luck in the upcoming year with the Army

[Aaron]

I accidentally deleted something that caused my DVDs to stop working. Any ideas?

[Zeus]

Your DVD player software perhaps?  More details would be nice.