What's up with GOMPlayer?

[Eireann]

This program used to play everything, but EVERYTHING, I had. Now, when I try to play a DVD - any DVD - it tells me I don't have the right codec. When I download the codec and try to run it, I get a window telling me that it isn't a Windows executable file.

What now?

[lordlundar]

Well, standard questions apply here.

What changed when it stopped working? (aka, and in no means meant to be offensive, what did you do?) That gives us a better understanding on where to go from there.

[Eireann]

It may have something to do with my hard drive dying, and me buying a new one and installing Vista on it. When I try to play something on it now, I'll get the codec message and I'll see the picture, but I won't hear any sound.

[Ravenzfire]

I use GOM as well but not for DVDs. I always seem to have issues playing dvds in media players. If you installed vista shouldn't you have media center on there? I'm not a huge fan of it but it never gives me too much trouble when playing DVDs. I'll use my other players (GOM, Zoom) for downloaded tv shows and what not.

So I'm guessing since you had to get a new harddrive that this was a clean install of Vista and you are having problems with GOM since changing? Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling? Does the player have any compatiblity issues with Vista?

[Eireann]

Oh, maybe I should have mentioned that I've had to install Vista more than once. Vista sucks the big one; I should have traded it in for Windows 7. I didn't have any problems playing DVDs with my previous hard drive and XP, but lately... problems galore.

[lordlundar]

Odds are XP had a codec installed related to audio that was yanked with Vista. There was an overhaul done with Vista to supposedly make separate sound processors obsolete and have them run through the CPU. Went over about as well as you expect.

Grab the KLite Codec pack. It should cover pretty much any issues you might have.

[PepperElf]

any chance you can downgrade (upgrade?) to XP?

[Eric the Grey]

Odds are XP had a codec installed related to audio that was yanked with Vista. There was an overhaul done with Vista to supposedly make separate sound processors obsolete and have them run through the CPU. Went over about as well as you expect.

Grab the KLite Codec pack. It should cover pretty much any issues you might have.

Personally, I prefer the Combined Community Codec Pack. It contains most of what people currently use and none of the obnoxious extras. Too many codecs can have an adverse effect on your system.


Eric the Grey

[Eireann]

I downloaded the Combined Community Codec Pack. Now, when I put the DVD in, Windows will play it (though I haven't tried one of the DVDs I have that ONLY played on GOM), and GOM will show the opening screen, but won't let me choose any of the options.

[Ravenzfire]

I always used CCCP for my codec pack before I found GOM. The reason I started using GOM was becuase it seemed to be similar to VLC in that the codecs came built into the player but with a more user friendly interface. I'll try to play a DVD in GOM tonight when I get home from work and see if I have the same issues. I have Win7 though so it might not be very helpful to you.

[lordlundar]

Okay, another option. Uninstall the Codec pack and your current GOM Player (keep the install file though) and download GOMPlayer again and install the new download.

It could very well be that there's a new version out that will resolve the problem and the one you have isn't updated to the new version.

[lwb]

Another option might be to install VLC player (www.videolan.org) to play your DVDs. I've yet to find any video that VLC has refused to play.

[Eireann]

Damn it - neither codec pack worked! Yet according to the info I found online, GOM is supposed to work just fine with Vista.

[Geek King]

Damn it - neither codec pack worked! Yet according to the info I found online, GOM is supposed to work just fine with Vista.

It does. I've used it for a few things. Have you tried reinstalling GOM player, in case something got corrupted?

[Eireann]

I reinstalled it. Nothing. It will show the main menu of the DVD, but it won't let me click on any of the options.