what is the best free dvd software player

paulsy · September 24th, 2002

as the subject said

Auri87 · September 24th, 2002

microdvd

paulsy · September 24th, 2002

at the microdvd webpage it says

"IMPORTANT:

The new upcoming version 1.3 of the player is currently being sold commercially, therefore download is not possible at this time.

After one and a half year of development it's now time for me to take the chance to make some real money with the player, after all I need to live too. :-) I hope you'll understand this.

The money I'm going to earn will ensure that the project can be continued later, so please wait for further versions to be released. Thanks a lot for your understanding and patience! If you have further questions, feel free to contact me!"

i kinda need it to be free cause i dont have a credit card or really ne job to pay for it and i still want to play some dvds

so are there any other sugestions to the matter

Auri87 · September 24th, 2002

get version 1.2 here, mirror link 1 works. i just tested it
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/microdvd.html

TalkingANUS · September 24th, 2002

I use PowerDVD but its not free..

Isn't there a DVD player in WMP?

jegHegy · September 24th, 2002

DVD Video (and SVCD) stores video in MPEG-2, which ordinary players can't play. commercial software DVD players come included with the company's own MPEG-2 codec, but i'm not aware of a working freeware one. err, that is: i couldn't use any of the freeware MPEG-2 codecs myself. you should check on these kind of things at http://www.doom9.org (it's the 4th time i post this URL to Emuforums ^_^)

nyaa

metal_ash · September 24th, 2002

asustek dvd.

**Jens Duttke** · September 24th, 2002

hi!

The Media Player (mplay32.exe) plays atleast the video-files on the DVD itself. So it's without the menu's, subtitles & Co.
And since it only plays the video files, it's without sound.

Cu, JNS

DB7 · September 24th, 2002

First install a trial version of any commerical DVD player, this will give you the codecs you need for play back and the codecs never expire unlike the player. Now assuming you have Windows ME or higher (2000, XP), with your DVD title in the drive click Start, run and type "dvdplay" and press ok, this will launch Windows own DVD player. Also now many DVD titles are coming with their own players, I recently bought the Clint Eastwood film "Space Cowboys" and I decided to see what sort of DVD-Rom features it had, one was that I could play the film without having any other DVD player installed, see if the title you are trying to play has this feature.
Sorry for rambling on but I hope this has been some help.

Ps, Media Player will also play DVD's but may have the languages mixed up.

**Demigod** · September 24th, 2002

I believe Windows Media Player has DVD support but only with a 3rd party DVD decoder. I just use PowerDVD myself, I don't know any free ones.

**Kane** · September 24th, 2002

If you want 5.1 support and IDCT, generaly you have to pay for it, as those techs cost money to licesnce

Jonys · September 24th, 2002

i used to have power dvd, now i'm using win dvd which i consider much better....
but both of them are comercial softwares....

zero0w · September 25th, 2002

If you use Linux, xine is one of the available free DVD player - with new DVD navigator plugin such that menu and subtitles will be working. There is supposed to be a very early alpha version of xine on Windows, but I have yet to try out.

For Windows, if you use nVidia display card, the NVDVD 1.22 beta is available via Reactorcritical. You may try that out as well. For ATI, it has its own DVD player and multimedia center utility.

xine for Linux
http://xine.sourceforge.net/

xine for Win32 (early alpha, without user interface)
http://www.matthewgrooms.net/

NVDVD 1.22 beta
http://www.reactorcritical.com/files...a/NVDVD122.EXE

Freeware DVD Player: MicroDVD
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/microdvd.html

jegHegy · September 25th, 2002

under linux, mplayer is prefered over xine. read the docs. nothing can beat mplayer, no kidding (MPlayer official homepage)

nyaa

zero0w · September 25th, 2002

mplayer is good too. But I have yet to try out.

Ninjaa · September 26th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Jonys
i used to have power dvd, now i'm using win dvd which i consider much better....
but both of them are comercial softwares....

I use PowerDVD. It's not without problem, but I find it to be much better than WinDVD, especially in sound and interface.

Anyway, I don't really know any good freeware DVD players. Back in the day I tried a whole bunch, but I always came back to PowerDVD.

DoktorSeven · September 28th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by jegHegy
under linux, mplayer is prefered over xine. read the docs. nothing can beat mplayer, no kidding (MPlayer official homepage)

nyaa

Amen, brother!

I swear by mplayer for all my media playing needs in Linux. Heck, it can even play windows media files!

zero0w · October 9th, 2002

I spotted this article at MandrakeForum:

Watching DVDs in Mandrake Linux 9.0
http://www.mandrakeforum.org/article...d=2477&lang=en

Also a category review of Linux DVD Players at freshmeat.net:
http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/568/

If you got a DVD Rom drive plus some DVD movies, check it out and enjoy!

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paulsy and why shouldn't I Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wisconsin Posts: 305	at the microdvd webpage it says "IMPORTANT: The new upcoming version 1.3 of the player is currently being sold commercially, therefore download is not possible at this time. After one and a half year of development it's now time for me to take the chance to make some real money with the player, after all I need to live too. :-) I hope you'll understand this. The money I'm going to earn will ensure that the project can be continued later, so please wait for further versions to be released. Thanks a lot for your understanding and patience! If you have further questions, feel free to contact me!" i kinda need it to be free cause i dont have a credit card or really ne job to pay for it and i still want to play some dvds so are there any other sugestions to the matter __________________ windows xp 1.8 gig p4 20 gig hd 40 gig hd 256 mb of ram tnt2 m64 "they can beat us but they can't eat us"

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Auri87 aka. "Kr0nic_2000" Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: If i told you then i would have to kill you... Posts: 2,165	get version 1.2 here, mirror link 1 works. i just tested it http://www.divx-digest.com/software/microdvd.html __________________ If you're lying to me, I'll kill ya. If I think you're lying to me, I'll kill ya. If you leave anything out, I'll kill ya. As a matter of fact you're gonna have to work very hard to stay alive. Do you understand? Good, cause if you don't, I'll kill ya. "trying is the first step towards failure" -Homer Simpson- check out my 3d marks http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=4481587

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TalkingANUS talks a lot of $hit Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NZ Posts: 742	I use PowerDVD but its not free.. Isn't there a DVD player in WMP? __________________ .:System Specs:. ::Core 2 Duo E6400 \| 1GB RAM \| Radeon X1950 Pro:: Why am I dying to live if I'm just living to die

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jegHegy Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Hungary Posts: 2,184	DVD Video (and SVCD) stores video in MPEG-2, which ordinary players can't play. commercial software DVD players come included with the company's own MPEG-2 codec, but i'm not aware of a working freeware one. err, that is: i couldn't use any of the freeware MPEG-2 codecs myself. you should check on these kind of things at http://www.doom9.org (it's the 4th time i post this URL to Emuforums ^_^) nyaa

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metal_ash V\|rus Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: house Posts: 521	asustek dvd. __________________

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Jens Duttke Master Programmer Join Date: May 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 190	hi! The Media Player (mplay32.exe) plays atleast the video-files on the DVD itself. So it's without the menu's, subtitles & Co. And since it only plays the video files, it's without sound. Cu, JNS

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DB7 Miserable Bugger Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 994	First install a trial version of any commerical DVD player, this will give you the codecs you need for play back and the codecs never expire unlike the player. Now assuming you have Windows ME or higher (2000, XP), with your DVD title in the drive click Start, run and type "dvdplay" and press ok, this will launch Windows own DVD player. Also now many DVD titles are coming with their own players, I recently bought the Clint Eastwood film "Space Cowboys" and I decided to see what sort of DVD-Rom features it had, one was that I could play the film without having any other DVD player installed, see if the title you are trying to play has this feature. Sorry for rambling on but I hope this has been some help. Ps, Media Player will also play DVD's but may have the languages mixed up.

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Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,811	I believe Windows Media Player has DVD support but only with a 3rd party DVD decoder. I just use PowerDVD myself, I don't know any free ones. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66 Ghz (Yorkfield) Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 2048 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 PCIe w/ 1024 MB GDDR3 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 300 MB Maxtor & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)

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zero0w Maverick Hunter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hunter HQ Posts: 506	If you use Linux, xine is one of the available free DVD player - with new DVD navigator plugin such that menu and subtitles will be working. There is supposed to be a very early alpha version of xine on Windows, but I have yet to try out. For Windows, if you use nVidia display card, the NVDVD 1.22 beta is available via Reactorcritical. You may try that out as well. For ATI, it has its own DVD player and multimedia center utility. xine for Linux http://xine.sourceforge.net/ xine for Win32 (early alpha, without user interface) http://www.matthewgrooms.net/ NVDVD 1.22 beta http://www.reactorcritical.com/files...a/NVDVD122.EXE Freeware DVD Player: MicroDVD http://www.divx-digest.com/software/microdvd.html __________________ Linux and 2003: Time to re-organize << Linux on Desktop >> Mirror page 21 Last edited by zero0w; October 9th, 2002 at 22:34.

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jegHegy Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Hungary Posts: 2,184	under linux, mplayer is prefered over xine. read the docs. nothing can beat mplayer, no kidding (MPlayer official homepage) nyaa Last edited by jegHegy; September 25th, 2002 at 12:19.

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zero0w Maverick Hunter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hunter HQ Posts: 506	mplayer is good too. But I have yet to try out. __________________ Linux and 2003: Time to re-organize << Linux on Desktop >> Mirror page 21

October 9th, 2002	#18 (permalink)
zero0w Maverick Hunter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hunter HQ Posts: 506	I spotted this article at MandrakeForum: Watching DVDs in Mandrake Linux 9.0 http://www.mandrakeforum.org/article...d=2477&lang=en Also a category review of Linux DVD Players at freshmeat.net: http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/568/ If you got a DVD Rom drive plus some DVD movies, check it out and enjoy! __________________ Linux and 2003: Time to re-organize << Linux on Desktop >> Mirror page 21 Last edited by zero0w; October 9th, 2002 at 22:43.

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