Best dvd player software

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  1. nobby12

    nobby12 Member

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    I use the nvidia decoder to play dvd's in wmp but is giving me trouble. I just installed win xp pro and was using this before so i cant think why. My pc spec is p3 700 with geforce ddr (the decoder offloads a lot od the graphics work to graphics card apparently) and i have enough ram for anything as i am a firm believer in it but it keeps lagging now and then.

    Im interested in the best software decoder tbh and why it is the best in your opinion. Doesnt have to be wmp plugin.

    nobby12
     
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    k0k0m0 Regular member

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    PowerDVD is a very good choice IMHO
     
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  3. nobby12

    nobby12 Member

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    Just watched some episodes of spaed with power DVD. Problems persiisted so im beging to suspect dvd drive on the blink.

    Power DVD good though. WMP been getting on my tits lately so i will keep it for now. Good shout.

    nobby
     
    nobby12, Aug 4, 2005
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    The Best 3 Software DVD players are "Cyberlink PowerDVD" and "InterVideo WinDVD" and "Sonic CinePlayer" and you should not use WMP to playback DVD"s or Mpeg files because WMP Allways Ignores Aspect ratio Flags so it will never give you an accurate representation of how it would look when Played on your TV set....

    Cheers
     
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  5. k0k0m0

    k0k0m0 Regular member

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    I don't know about sonic, but I've used winDVD first and later (currently) PowerDVD, and both are awesome.

    I like PowerDVD because it's easy to watch movies ripped on the HD.Very useful after compiling with DVDLab Pro
     
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  6. davidyang

    davidyang Guest

    tell u the truth, windows media player that is preinstalled in windows is good enough for me to watch dvds
     
    davidyang, Aug 9, 2005
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  7. best9797

    best9797 Guest

    i got problem with powerdvd regarding close captioned.
    my dvd movie was installed from tv with CC.
    If i played it at WMP, CC can display
    If i played it at powerdvd, it gves garbage font.

    anyone can give idea? thank you.
     
    best9797, Aug 18, 2005
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  8. tenplus1

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    VideoLAN VLC is a very good and configurable DVD Player (as well as every other format out there, and it's Free)...

    Get here: http://www.videolan.org/
     
    tenplus1, Aug 18, 2005
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    saugmon Senior member

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    I've got windvd 4 on my backup pc:p3 celeron 598 mhz/256 mbs rimm!Beautiful viewing program.

    Windvd 5 trial on this pc-I will be replacing it with windvd 6 gold.I only use it to test view my backups and some net videos.


    Windvd 6 gold on my piece of crap/broken athlon 3000+ machine.

    Excellent players.I just haven't messed around with all the extra features in the windvd 6 gold very much.

    I've got powerdvd sitting in a box. It came with my last benq 1620.
     
    saugmon, Aug 18, 2005
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    borhan9 Active member

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    I like WinDVD and PowerDVD both do a great job and i think they are the best in the market at the moment...
     
    borhan9, Aug 18, 2005
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