Dvd Decoders

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xxamdxx

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I was wondering if there was a dvd decoder software that is free that i could download, I have a memorex dvd player drive but whenever i put in movies to my computer it never lets me watch movies
 
Does that program have a build in decoder? I know Media Player Classic works great, but you still need some type of decoder installed on the machine.

K-Lite Codec pack should include a decoder.
 
I'm not sure what you mean by dvd decoder. but I got it cos WMP Player wouldnt play my dvd's and I couldnt get a program like power dvd that wasnt on a trial. The only thing I dont like about it is that when you put a dvd in. it "analyses" it or something. this takes longer when the disc has more scratches. I guess it does this to get all the information to ensure smooth playback.
 
I'm not sure what you mean by dvd decoder
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Short version is "an MPEG2 codec of sorts". A few years ago, free options were rare but now they are commonplace. You can get ffdshow to do MPEG2 and then you can play DVDs in almost any standard player :)
 
Oddly enough I got ffdshow a while back and WMP still couldn't play DVDs, yet I clearly remember using it for WMP before. So I'm using my 30 days of purevideo right now.
 
Oddly enough I got ffdshow a while back and WMP still couldn't play DVDs, yet I clearly remember using it for WMP before. So I'm using my 30 days of purevideo right now.
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Perhaps this was back in Windows2000 days? My early W2K days, System32\dvdplay.exe could play it fine (or it might have been WME, it's all a blur at this age)
 
No it was on XP, in fact it's right now :P Maybe it's just WMP11 is broken, I think I remember it working on WMP9 and I know it was with WMP 10. It doesn't really matter, Media Player Classic works fine for me as does purevideo.
 
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