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dvd decoder

Man eating cow · 2003-10-13 10:48:37

hey just wondering does anyone know of any free dvd decoder software that works under windows 2000. Since i upgraded my OS, software cinemaster dosent work anymore. cheers in advance

13-10-2003 11:48am

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Man eating cow

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hey just wondering does anyone know of any free dvd decoder software that works under windows 2000. Since i upgraded my OS, software cinemaster dosent work anymore.

cheers in advance

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#2 13-10-2003 11:49am

Sleipnir

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decrypter

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#3 13-10-2003 11:56am

Man eating cow

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dont wanna rip dvd's. just wanna be able to play them...

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#4 13-10-2003 12:01pm

Robbo

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The latest version of Windows Media Player plays DVDs.

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#5 13-10-2003 12:10pm

El_MUERkO

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Actually robo you need another DVD player like winDVD or Power DVD on your machine for Windows to play DVDs.

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#6 13-10-2003 12:12pm

Man eating cow

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hey El_MUERkO so do you know any free dvd player software available on the web?

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#7 13-10-2003 2:00pm

Jam

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Have you lot never heard of VideoLAN? And WMP is pants.

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#8 14-10-2003 9:02am

omathuna

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The reason WMP does not work without another software player is that Microsoft will not distribute a MPEG codec. To make WMP play DVD's you need to download and install a MPEG codec.
On this page there are several free ones.
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/encoding_plugin.html

See item listed as "Free DVD Filters". This will do the job nicely.

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#9 21-10-2003 12:04pm

Man eating cow

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thanks a mil for your help

works like a charm.....

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