Author Topic: DVD player program (Read 278 times)

Slash27 · « **on:** June 01, 2006, 05:24:34 AM »

Anyone recomend a good program for playing DVDs? Its for an older notebook with WindowsME or 95. Not too sure.Its for my buddy's computer, he's laid up in the hospital for a while with little entertainment. Its does have a DVD rom drive but its says it has no way of decoding DVDs.

Also, there isnt any internet access in there so I willl need to buy a program.

Easyscor · « **Reply #1 on:** June 01, 2006, 03:46:58 PM »

Googled ASUSDVD and got this site that list almost 80 software based players.

Be sure to virus scan anything you get.

http://www.digital-digest.com/software/category.php?cid=76&numpp=25&sort=title&order=0&page=1

LePaul · « **Reply #2 on:** June 01, 2006, 06:54:30 PM »

How fast is the system?

The reason I ask is if the system is really slow, no amount of software decoding will help....the movies will skip, etc

WinDVD and others can be found on Google. A search for "free dvd decoder" might yield some stuff.

However, if you have a stack of DVDs at home, pop a few into your other, DVD equipped computer...some include free players. I know the Star Wars ones do, etc etc I was able to get those to work ok.

I've had the best luck with PowerDVD, which came with my drive.

Rolex · « **Reply #3 on:** June 01, 2006, 07:26:02 PM »

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Easyscor · « **Reply #4 on:** June 01, 2006, 07:51:35 PM »

Good point LePaul, my P4 - 2.6 chokes on DVDs. It's probably my cheap drive.

Sancho · « **Reply #5 on:** June 01, 2006, 10:55:55 PM »

Media Player Classic

Tarmac · « **Reply #6 on:** June 01, 2006, 11:39:32 PM »

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Originally posted by Easyscor
Good point LePaul, my P4 - 2.6 chokes on DVDs. It's probably my cheap drive.

yeah, something's wrong there. I used to watch DVDs just fine on a p3 800 mhz.

I use the windvd that came with my drive, but I've heard good things about the VLC player and media player classic.