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qwertyMike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:30 PM
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Geeks - DVD Rom movie player
I have a DVD ROM on my computer. Can anyone recommend any good software to play regular movies on it? Never used the thing.
Free of course.

I gave my regular DVD player to my daughter cos hers got drowned at a kegger.

Bill Gates
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:32 PM
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1. Won't Windows Media Player do it?
The only free movie players I know about are xine (http://www.xinehq.de) and MPlayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu) but both of those are Unix/Linux programs I don't know if either have been ported to Windows.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:33 PM
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2. Just stick a DVD in the drive and see what program launches itself!
:)
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SlackJawedYokel Donating Member (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 03:59 PM
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3. On Windows XP
Windows Media Player 10 will play DVDs.

Cletus
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Flammable Materials Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:06 PM
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4. PowerDVD probably came on the install disc. It's decent enough. n/t
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:10 PM
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5. My copy of XP came with:
Intervideo WinDVD 4, and it's great. Yours is probably similar. Just put the disk in and XP will give you a list of suiatable programs to choose from, in a small window.
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porkrind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:59 PM
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6. I agree. PowerDVD is the best I've seen.
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qwertyMike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 09:09 PM
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7. Thanks Y'all n/t
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