> -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 3:48 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: dvd player software > > We need software that plays dvds for our stage machine. I have tried > downloading several free codec packs(the klite mega pack was the > biggest) and installing but no success. A codec that works with media > player would be nice, but I'm willing to go with other standaolne > software. I found the ones you have to pay for on the microsoft site, > but was hoping there was a free solution. > > Does anyone know of anything that might work?
I know that VLC (http://www.videolan.org/) does DVD and is free. There are others but nothing that I know of with as good a reputation as VLC. I've heard that free options are thin on the ground for WMP simply because nearly everybody licenses playback from one of small handful of vendors - and none of those vendors allow for free distribution. nVidia had a whole spiel how the "couldn't" provide their decoder for free due to MPPA restrictions... not sure how true it is, but I know that they don't provide it for free. ;^) Still - I've used both the CyberLink and nVidea codecs and they both work great. For what it's worth Vista comes with DVD playback as do some Linux distros (although most of those provide that via VLC). Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:248981 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
