Free dvd player?

Chris01 · 5 Sep 2006 at 19:39

hey all,

im looking for a free dvd player as i really cant afford to go paying for something like power dvd etc, i just want something simple that will play dvds on my latop.
ive tried with media player but it asks for a decoder sadly.

thanks,

Chris

Steve09 · 5 Sep 2006 at 19:57

Download DivX player, and the codecs in that will allow Windows Media Player to play whatever is asking for a decoder, but if not, DivX player will play anything!

Also check out VLC Media player

Both are free...

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

DivX
http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/

Greenlizard0 · 5 Sep 2006 at 20:04

VLC media player is a gem. It doesn't involve you changing the region of your system either. So with this software you've got yourself a multi-region DVD player

KizZ · 5 Sep 2006 at 20:06

VLC 4TW

FunkyCowie · 5 Sep 2006 at 22:29

VLC is definately recommended

james.miller · 5 Sep 2006 at 22:30

vlc, or media player classic with ffdshow. i personally use the latter

bledd · 6 Sep 2006 at 00:30

vlc is for noobs only imo, mpc + ffdshow is best

you could download the dscaler mpeg filters if you want, and that'd make windows media player work with dvd's, its freeware too