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Title: Playing dvd on pc w/o powerdvd ??
Post by: Bacon on July 12, 2007, 17:18:18 PM
Any decent free players around, i tried one lastnight and it simply refused to play my disc, it said i needed to set the region code on the drive, the drive was already set to region 2 and the dvd i wanted to watch was region 2 so..? clueless really about that :P

So looking for a free alternative to power dvd
Title: Re:Playing dvd on pc w/o powerdvd ??
Post by: Shakey on July 12, 2007, 17:47:21 PM
vlc.

Plays anything, with no need of any codecs or anything.
Title: Playing dvd on pc w/o powerdvd ??
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on July 12, 2007, 18:12:07 PM
Media Player Classic, Easier to use than VLC. Comes with most "codec packs" out there.
Title: Re:Playing dvd on pc w/o powerdvd ??
Post by: neXus on July 12, 2007, 18:57:16 PM
Media Player Classic owns
Title: Re:Playing dvd on pc w/o powerdvd ??
Post by: Bacon on July 12, 2007, 20:56:12 PM
VLC didnt work for me btw, i tried it earlier this week :D

Much love for MPC though, thanks, problem solved :) i can now watch crappy movies ive seen a few times before i sleep!
Title: Re:Playing dvd on pc w/o powerdvd ??
Post by: soopahfly on July 12, 2007, 21:19:55 PM
VLC should work with anything.  You may need to change the video output on vista.
Title: Re:Playing dvd on pc w/o powerdvd ??
Post by: Bacon on July 12, 2007, 22:41:09 PM
I got xp, and vlc gave some error, i would download and install it again but i think thats a bit much :p
Title: Re:Playing dvd on pc w/o powerdvd ??
Post by: Walrusbonzo on July 13, 2007, 18:19:47 PM
Another vote for Media Player Classic :)
Title: Re:Playing dvd on pc w/o powerdvd ??
Post by: neXus on July 13, 2007, 18:38:51 PM
Quote from: WalrusbonzoAnother vote for Media Player Classic :)
It was you got me using it :)
Title: Re:Playing dvd on pc w/o powerdvd ??
Post by: Walrusbonzo on July 14, 2007, 16:11:11 PM
Quote from: neXus
Quote from: WalrusbonzoAnother vote for Media Player Classic :)
It was you got me using it :)

Was it?  Cant remember :)
Title: Re:Playing dvd on pc w/o powerdvd ??
Post by: Cypher on July 14, 2007, 21:44:35 PM
Whats wrong with media player 11?  Plays DVDs fine.
Title: Playing dvd on pc w/o powerdvd ??
Post by: Sweenster on July 14, 2007, 23:34:35 PM
I love media player 11

but unless you have windows mce it wont play dvds out of the box

also it is has a nasty habit of crashing if you confuse it even slightly

i get atleast 1 crash a day
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