DVD's not playing in windows xp

I have windows XP/SP3 loaded on my Macbook Pro 15".
The drive does not accept dvd's.The disc loads and then is ejected.Even the Mac OS dvd is ejected.Audio cd's play all right.There is no problem when in Mac mode.
Do I need a dvd decoder.Does not Bootcamp install the required decoders?

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
if these are video DVDs you are trying to load than the needed dvd decoder is indeed missing.
XP never had such a decoder 'on board' and BootCamp is just a set of drivers for accessing the hardware.
Use VLC http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ as player since it includes the needed decoder.
But the mentioned 'rejected OSX DVD' might indicate a general problem with the disc drive.
Have you tried a standard DVD-cleaner disc yet ?
Hope it helps
Stefan
Message was edited by: Fortuny

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