Windows Media Player becomes a fully featured DVD player when united with a DVD decoder with aspects like full-screen video playback controls, DVD chapter listings, and included cover art.

If you are running Windows XP, you can improve your DVD playback experience by buying a DVD decoder pack. To locate out if you have a DVD decoder installed on Windows XP based PC and whether it is well-suited with Windows Media Player, install and run Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility.

Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility - It helps you decide if an MPEG-2 video decoder also known as DVD decoder is installed on Windows XP PC and whether or not decoder is well-suited with Windows Media Player 10 and Windows XP Media Center Edition.