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Playing DVD's on your computer?
2008-10-15, 12:48 AM #1
Apparantly I need a dvd converter. Windows media Player is essentially stating that I must "buy" an MPEG-2 converter for 14.95 or some such.

This is ridiculous. I've played DVD's on my computer before, I'm not paying to do so now because microsoft feels like writing software that forces me to pay them 15 bucks.

Are there any free decoders or softwares that are decent/good for playing DVD's on a computer?
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2008-10-15, 12:49 AM #2
I use Media Player Classic... I don't know if it decodes DVDs on it's own though.
2008-10-15, 1:03 AM #3
DivX Player should do it.

[url]www.divx.com[/url]
2008-10-15, 5:11 AM #4
pretty sure VLC will.
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2008-10-15, 5:47 AM #5
Originally posted by Temperamental:
DivX Player should do it.

[url]www.divx.com[/url]


I really wish people would realize how trash this program is and stop recommending it.

Anyway, just get CCCP and any program will work.
2008-10-15, 6:02 AM #6
Yeah the proper codec pack should fix it.

I use MPlayer myself, though it has no DVD menu support yet. VLC and Media Player Classic both work fine (MPC will probably need codecs, MPlayer and VLC come with their own codecs).

2008-10-15, 6:40 AM #7
another vote for vlc
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2008-10-15, 7:27 AM #8
VLC is ugly, downvotin'.
2008-10-15, 7:34 AM #9
Also, are you using Windows Vista by any chance? If you are, I suggest you google something called "The Vista Codec Pack" which is a compilation of all the known codecs for videos to play on Vista. I think it has somewhere around a few hundred or something like that.
2008-10-15, 8:18 AM #10
Yeah, if you want to trash your system with crappy codecs.

Or you could install CCCP which offers the same functionality without scattering hundreds of codecs all over the damn place.
2008-10-15, 8:25 AM #11
+1 for a good codec pack
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2008-10-15, 9:11 AM #12
Originally posted by Cool Matty:
Yeah, if you want to trash your system with crappy codecs.

Or you could install CCCP which offers the same functionality without scattering hundreds of codecs all over the damn place.


Commie

VLC!
2008-10-15, 9:17 AM #13
it's spelled commie
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2008-10-15, 11:20 AM #14
A friend recommended K-lite http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_lite_codec_pack.htm

It seems to work pretty well.

And no, I'm using XP.
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2008-10-15, 11:23 AM #15
k-lite was the recommended codec pack a while back... cccp kinda took over as the king of codec packs
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2008-10-15, 11:44 AM #16
Quote:
Yeah, if you want to trash your system with crappy codecs.

Or you could install CCCP which offers the same functionality without scattering hundreds of codecs all over the damn place.


I didn't know it did that at all. Weird though, I guess I am one of the lucky ones. I've had em on my cpu for the last 2.5 years and I've had no issues :)
2008-10-15, 11:45 AM #17
I really wish I could use AnyDVD's BluRay codec with WMPC.
2008-10-15, 12:05 PM #18
I I had no trouble view the music DVD (Type O Negative - After Dark) on my laptop, but I think it was aided by some software provided by Dell, Im suprised that this so-called modern operating system does not support such a device. I find my PS2 is the best DVD player, and the quality is much better anyhow :)
2008-10-15, 12:18 PM #19
VLC can play anything dude. I don't care what it looks like - it gets the job done ;)

I've never had issues with playing DVDs, that's odd. Might be because I have DVDLab though...

Oh yeah, if you install VLC, don't the MPEG-2 codecs work in Media Player? I'm not sure, can someone confirm this?
2008-10-15, 12:20 PM #20
Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet:
I really wish I could use AnyDVD's BluRay codec with WMPC.


anydvd doesn't have a "bluray codec" it just bypasses the copy protection you still need codecs for the video and audio formats and a player

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=11341294&postcount=1 instructions for setting up media player classic for hd dvd and bluray
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2008-10-15, 12:21 PM #21
CCCP is definitely the best option now for a codec pack. K-Lite was the best option prior.

VLC is the last good option.
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2008-10-15, 3:36 PM #22
We have VLC at work - don't like. And it still didn't play my DVDs (thank you very much).
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2008-10-15, 3:49 PM #23
That's weird that some people say VLC player doesn't work for them, I've never found something it didn't play. (But I also don't download a lot of random stuff some people might)
And how can you beat it's simplicity? Doesn't take any more computer power than it needs with fancy menus and gimmicks. You open the file, and it plays it.
2008-10-15, 4:21 PM #24
I downloaded it just to play MKV files, but then after noticing that it plays nearly everything I throw at it (actually... it plays EVERYTHING I've thrown at it) I can't say no to it.

I don't use it for anything other then the oddball file types (MKV, MP2, etc.) Media Player for MP3, Wave, and all the regular stuff.
2008-10-15, 11:49 PM #25
I use VLC for everything and it is grand. Even lets me play a straight ISO file as a DVD with no questions asked [I burned my course DVDs onto a CF disk so I wouldn't have to lug around a DVD player with my laptop].
Also, I can kill you with my brain.
2008-10-16, 3:02 AM #26
The best way to play DVDs is to run DVD Decryptor and then transcode the vob files into .avis

Fair use, mutha****as
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2008-10-16, 3:20 AM #27
Originally posted by Vegiemaster:
CCCP is definitely the best option now for a codec pack.

For Vista, there's a Vista-specific codec pack that has CCCP as a subset of it. I've had the best luck with that. But yes, normally CCCP is the way to go these days.
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2008-10-16, 6:17 AM #28
There's no reason to get anything except CCCP, as CCCP decodes practically everything already as is. The only thing that's really missing is Quicktime/RealMedia.
2008-10-16, 10:19 AM #29
Originally posted by Xzero:
I downloaded it just to play MKV files...

Have you tried subtitles? They suck bad in VLC. Mplayer in Linux and MPC+CCCP in Windows is the only real way to watch Anime. (often in mkv for dual-audio w/ softsubs)
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2008-10-16, 12:26 PM #30
Yeah subtitles are a ***** in VLC..


for DVD's i use the software that came bundled with my DVD burner, InterActual DVD player. Its simple and does the job.
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2008-10-16, 12:34 PM #31
I only watch Naruto, and those subtitles work fine.
I do recall a long time ago trying to pull up subtitles for a DVD to figure out what someone was saying, and that was a bit off.
2008-10-16, 12:36 PM #32
never tried subtitles in VLC myself... then again i only fiddled with DVDs in VLC once or twice and only use it for hi def movie trailers (it's the only program that plays them properly on my computer)

of course i also rarely watch DVDs on my computer as it is... i have HDTV and PS3 for DVDs
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2008-10-16, 1:32 PM #33
just downloaded the CCCP pack for ****s and giggles since everyone on here said it was the best..

and they were right, its pretty much awesome.
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2008-10-16, 2:15 PM #34
Originally posted by Cool Matty:
There's no reason to get anything except CCCP, as CCCP decodes practically everything already as is. The only thing that's really missing is Quicktime/RealMedia.


It doesn't handle H.264/AVC1 very well ... it's slow as **** and as a result there's often an audio/video desync for huge files / 1080p. CoreAVC is wayyyy better for that (but is unfortunately not free <_<)

For everything else, though, it rocks.

I checked out KMPlayer yesterday and it's actually pretty dang cool. The subtitle features are really good.
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2008-10-16, 4:29 PM #35
Originally posted by Pommy:
It doesn't handle H.264/AVC1 very well ... it's slow as **** and as a result there's often an audio/video desync for huge files / 1080p. CoreAVC is wayyyy better for that (but is unfortunately not free <_<)


Only if your PC sucks. But in any case, you'd have the same problems with VLC/Mplayer/etc. CoreAVC only works as well as it does because of GPU acceleration.
2008-10-16, 4:39 PM #36
It happened to me and my PC doesn't suck. Further investigation via google and various communities showed that it happend to other people too. PCs not being up to playing back files too much for them is a cause of audio/video desync, but in this particular case many people -- especially those with monster computers going 'wtf' - found that it was not the only cause and that switching to CoreAVC fixed all the problems (it did for me).

Also you can set MPC and KMPlayer (and others, but not VLC) to use CoreAVC as an external filter and fix the problem therein.


Also I'm not sure what you mean by 'CoreAVC uses GPU acceleration' because ... well, it doesn't? :confused: at least not right now ... it's still purely a software decoder. One of the reasons for its existence is to allow people without acceleration to be able to play high-def stuff reasonably.
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2008-10-16, 5:59 PM #37
For the past... oh. Eight years? Nine? Playing a DVD on my computer has taken no more effort than sticking it in the drive and clicking 'play' when the little box pops up.
2008-10-19, 1:18 PM #38
also, i have a question, is there any way i can remove the limits on switching my dvd player's region (or better yet, make it so it doesnt matter) like all DVD players sold in Australia are REQUIRED to be?
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2008-10-19, 1:28 PM #39
I don't think there is any legal way to do it.
So use google :)
2008-10-19, 2:30 PM #40
As far as I know VLC cracks the region encryption so there shouldn't be a reason to switch the region.
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