DVD Decoder Freeware??

Trev

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Feb 27, 2004, 2:51:52 AM2/27/04

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Anyone know of any, suitable for XP??

Thanks

Trev

E. Scrooge

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Feb 27, 2004, 4:09:04 AM2/27/04

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"Trev" <lewis at quicksilver.net.nz> wrote in message
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> Anyone know of any, suitable for XP??
>
> Thanks
>
> Trev

Did you not get any DVD software with your DVD drive, Trev?
Also a good Video card could well have a DVD player on it's CD as well.

Do you not have anything to play DVDs, or are you looking for something
better than whatever it is you might be using already?

Media Player will play DVDs. You might have to tick DVD in the file types
first, and if you still need a codec then get the trial WinDVD player which
should then let MP play your DVDs.

Checkout the magazines, some of which have very good free Cyberlink Software
as well as other software.

E. Scrooge

Dave Taylor

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Feb 27, 2004, 4:38:59 AM2/27/04

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"Trev" <lewis at quicksilver.net.nz> wrote in news:1077868338.25220
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> Anyone know of any, suitable for XP??
>
> Thanks
>
> Trev
>
>

To watch or to Transcode to xvid/ divx?
If to transcode /rip, check out any one of the many at doom9.org:
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/software2.htm
They have full write ups on which one to use and why. Price/ performance
etc.

JedMeister

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Feb 27, 2004, 5:55:09 PM2/27/04

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Trev

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Feb 27, 2004, 10:43:18 PM2/27/04

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"E. Scrooge" <scrooge@*shot.co.nz (*sling)> wrote in message
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The new/old pc I bought has a DVD drive in it, with Windows XP pro as the
O/S.

It did not come with software for the drivers, etc.

So... when I try and view DVDs using Windows media player, I just get "You
do not have a DVD decoder installed" ... or some such crap.

lol

Trev

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E. Scrooge

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Feb 27, 2004, 11:51:19 PM2/27/04

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"Trev" <lewis at quicksilver.net.nz> wrote in message

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Fair enough. Even a trial DVD player should then give you a DVD codec for
so you can watch DVDs with the Media Player.

This looks like a good free player, and you can grab screenshots with it
like WinDVD does (by the look of the camera icon in it). Apart from Windows
Media Player there are very few good free DVD players. The one below looks
like a good one that would be worth trying. Interactual was another player,
but it doesn't look like it's free any longer.

http://www.maximusdvd.com/

You need to download the DVD codec seperate, which should then work for MP
and the one above.

http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/encoding_plugin.html

From halfway down there are a few filters that should do the job.
"Free DVD Filters" is linked to the site with free DVD player, so you
shouldn't have any trouble with those ones.

That lot should help you see DVDs on your PC.

E. Scrooge

Trev

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Feb 28, 2004, 1:33:27 PM2/28/04

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"E. Scrooge" <scrooge@*shot.co.nz (*sling)> wrote in message

<snip>

> This looks like a good free player, and you can grab screenshots with it
> like WinDVD does (by the look of the camera icon in it). Apart from
Windows
> Media Player there are very few good free DVD players. The one below
looks
> like a good one that would be worth trying. Interactual was another
player,
> but it doesn't look like it's free any longer.
>
> http://www.maximusdvd.com/
>
> You need to download the DVD codec seperate, which should then work for MP
> and the one above.
>
> http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/encoding_plugin.html
>
> From halfway down there are a few filters that should do the job.
> "Free DVD Filters" is linked to the site with free DVD player, so you
> shouldn't have any trouble with those ones.
>
> That lot should help you see DVDs on your PC.
>
> E. Scrooge

Thanks Scrooge, downloaded both. Yet so far just get a blank black screen
from the Maximus DVD player??

I will keep trying.

:-)

Trev

E. Scrooge

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Feb 28, 2004, 5:54:23 PM2/28/04

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"Trev" <lewis at quicksilver.net.nz> wrote in message

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If still no luck. Try some of the other codecs on the lower half of the
website.
And go play with the settings on the player. After installing the codecs
you'll have to restart your PC for them to work most likely.

E. Scrooge

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Feb 29, 2004, 6:55:42 AM2/29/04

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"GraB" <gr...@nothing.co.nz> wrote in message
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> Same here. No problem with PowerDVD, or WinDVD when I tried it, but I
> couldn't get MaximusDVD to play. I also tried ZoomPlayer Pro but
> couldn't get that to play a DVD from the beginning. I managed to make
> it play but couldn't navigate back to the beginning of the DVD.
> Couldn't get the menu page to come up at all. Now if only PowerDVD
> could zoom in with the fine control of ZoomPlayer.

That's strange. I haven't tried Maximus, but at least since it didn't work
for you, then it's not that strange that it didn't work for Trev either.
Could be something in the settings of the overlay of the video or something.
The thing must work for some people.
You should be able to get Media Player to play them as well.

E. Scrooge

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Feb 29, 2004, 7:29:00 AM2/29/04

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"Trev" <lewis at quicksilver.net.nz> wrote in message

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1 more tool you might well need is DVD Genie. Your DVD software could be
locked into region 1 or whatever. If so DVD Genie could well fix it for
you.

http://www.inmatrix.com/files/dvdgenie_download.shtml

E. Scrooge

geoffm

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Feb 29, 2004, 3:30:21 PM2/29/04

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On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 20:51:52 +1300, "Trev" <lewis at
quicksilver.net.nz> wrote:

>Anyone know of any, suitable for XP??

have a look around
http://www.burnworld.com/software/dvd-decoder/dvd-decoder-software.htm
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/articles/index.html
http://www.dvdhelp.us/
geoff