software dvd players

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:56 am

k... the copy of powerdvd that came with my burner has awlays been kinda clunky and irritating.
and now its probably getting kinda old, and time to replace it.
i figured i'd get some opinions on currently available dvd player software, before I go looking around and doing research of my own.

so, what does everyone like?
anything free thats as good as the commercial offerings?

Post by **Pooinyourmouth** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:02 am

Out of all the ones I played with, WinDVD had the best video playback.

EDIT: 2 of the worst ones where PowerDVD and nvDVD.

Post by **Geebs** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:03 am

I quite like videolan player/vlc, but YMMV. Bear in mind this is more for the Mac/Linux fags.

Post by **seremtan** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:22 am

i could never get windvd to actually play a disc, and powerdvd v7 was jittery. so far, nothing has been better than my powerdvd4 oem.

you could try real player for dvds. it's free, and it even handles subtitles. allegedly.

Post by **dzjepp** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:50 am

Media Player Classic or Zoom Player Pro

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:57 pm

umm... mplayer2 doesn't do dvds
while media players will open the VOB files, they don't do menus and such like proper dvd software will.

hmm... apparently i'll just have to take the shotgun approach; grab a bunch and see which one works the best on my pc.

Post by **dzjepp** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:01 pm

This is my main player nowadays... it's really pimp http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Zo ... 78385825/2

Post by **glossy** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:41 pm

dzjepp wrote:Media Player Classic

:icon14::icon14:

Post by **Geebs** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:56 am

Dr_Watson wrote:umm... mplayer2 doesn't do dvds

Does on my mac, as far as I can remember.

Great thing about mplayer and vlc is that they ignore those fucking annoying legal notices at the start of DVDs.

Post by **seremtan** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:32 am

dzjepp wrote:This is my main player nowadays... it's really pimp http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Zo ... 78385825/2

worth a gander

Post by **andyman** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:34 am

Geebs wrote:I quite like videolan player/vlc, but YMMV. Bear in mind this is more for the Mac/Linux fags.

What is YMMV...this is a new one to me

Post by **plained** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:09 am

i seem to remember that mpg2 isnt free like some other codecs ey.so you get what you pay for.

hardware mpg decmpressions' the best as far as i know.