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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: kernix on September 25, 2009, 05:39:03 am

Title: DVD player software for a PC?
Post by: kernix on September 25, 2009, 05:39:03 am

OK, so I'm one of those people who do not have a TV - yes, you read that right. I was so addicted to watching tv I gave mine away. But I do watch a lot of DVD's late night. I have Dell's Cineplayer on my computer it locks up so often, to the point I have to manually reboot.

Can anyone suggest a good DVD player software I can buy and install in place of Cineplayer? Here's a link I found on a review of the top 10 DVD player software. What do you think?

http://dvd-player-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ (http://dvd-player-software-review.toptenreviews.com/)

Thanks!

Title: DVD player software for a PC?
Post by: Christopher Sanderson on September 25, 2009, 10:56:34 am

WinDVD (http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/ca/en/Product/1189528458632)

Title: DVD player software for a PC?
Post by: DarkPenguin on September 25, 2009, 02:08:43 pm

Try VLC media player.

Title: DVD player software for a PC?
Post by: NikoJorj on September 25, 2009, 02:32:59 pm

Quote from: kernix

OK, so I'm one of those people who do not have a TV

You're not alone.  

I second VLC player, and profit to add another question : how can one see video on a PC with color management?

I realized that unchecking the "use overlay" checkbox in VLC did it, but fear it could put a huge load on the CPU?

Title: DVD player software for a PC?
Post by: David Sutton on September 25, 2009, 10:21:00 pm

Stick with freeware for this one. VLC is the first one I reach for. Sometimes I get some stuttering with some DVDs on an older laptop, and switching to Media Player Classic (http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli2/) will usually sort it out.
David

Title: DVD player software for a PC?
Post by: David Sutton on September 25, 2009, 10:27:04 pm

PS. Don't forget to get the codecs for Media Player Classic from ffdshow at  http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/ (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/)
They tend use less cpu.