DVD decoder help?

Cooper · June 5th, 2003, 09:00 PM

i'm trying to get the DVD player in my girlfriend's laptop to work. it needs a DVD decoder, which is about the one piece of software i'm not familiar with. i don't even know what it is. can anybody out there shed some light on the situation? what are they are where can i get one?

thanks!
coop

telemike · June 6th, 2003, 06:56 AM

What OS are you running? My laptop came with Windows ME and WinDVD as a decoder. I installed XP and WinDVD seems to work fine with it.

Cooper · June 6th, 2003, 07:28 AM

WinDVD? i'll look around microsoft's site for that . . . thanks.

telemike · June 6th, 2003, 07:36 AM

Hey, I went out to my truck and got my laptop. Here is the info on what I have ( I run XP Pro also).

WinDVD version 2.8 (WinDVD 2000)
Copyright 1999 by InterVideo Inc.

Also, go to www.download.com and www.zdnet.com and search for dvd decoders. I would think there might be some shareware ones out there.

Good Luck!

Tremo · June 9th, 2003, 01:47 PM

The two most common Windoze DVD playing softwares are PowerDVD and WinDVD. They both work fine. If you buy a computer with a DVD drive it should come with one of them. Stand-alone DVD drives for desktop computers usually come with one of those packages bundled with the drive.

There are a couple web sites that you may find interesting with useful info for DVD playing. They are:

www.doom9.net
www.afterdawn.com
www.cdfreaks.com
www.zeropaid.com

There's also a site called www.rpc1.com or some such that you may find interesting. Have fun. Beware the greedy MPAA.

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Cooper Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 495	DVD decoder help? i'm trying to get the DVD player in my girlfriend's laptop to work. it needs a DVD decoder, which is about the one piece of software i'm not familiar with. i don't even know what it is. can anybody out there shed some light on the situation? what are they are where can i get one? thanks! coop __________________ I said, "I don't think so, Scooter!" And I was wrong.

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telemike Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Tuscaloosa, AL Posts: 616	What OS are you running? My laptop came with Windows ME and WinDVD as a decoder. I installed XP and WinDVD seems to work fine with it. __________________ 3 >\| ! \/\/

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Cooper Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 495	WinXP Professional WinDVD? i'll look around microsoft's site for that . . . thanks. __________________ I said, "I don't think so, Scooter!" And I was wrong.

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telemike Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Tuscaloosa, AL Posts: 616	Hey, I went out to my truck and got my laptop. Here is the info on what I have ( I run XP Pro also). WinDVD version 2.8 (WinDVD 2000) Copyright 1999 by InterVideo Inc. Also, go to www.download.com and www.zdnet.com and search for dvd decoders. I would think there might be some shareware ones out there. Good Luck! __________________ 3 >\| ! \/\/

June 9th, 2003, 01:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
Tremo Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Silicon Valley, CA, USA Posts: 3,577	The two most common Windoze DVD playing softwares are PowerDVD and WinDVD. They both work fine. If you buy a computer with a DVD drive it should come with one of them. Stand-alone DVD drives for desktop computers usually come with one of those packages bundled with the drive. There are a couple web sites that you may find interesting with useful info for DVD playing. They are: www.doom9.net www.afterdawn.com www.cdfreaks.com www.zeropaid.com There's also a site called www.rpc1.com or some such that you may find interesting. Have fun. Beware the greedy MPAA.