adcmarti Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 I am looking for a dvd player/decoder (free). Anyone know of any good ones? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 insanekiwi Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 - vlc - media player classic Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2522900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 cal2002 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 If you are looking for "good" quality, free is not what you want. insanekiwi listed the free ones, but quality sucks in comparison to pay-for-play decoders. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2522916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 insanekiwi Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 uhm, quality sucks? vlc is kinda heavy download but it's a slick, good looking free player which comes with all codecs installed already. besides that you just wanna play a dvd... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2522929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 adcmarti Posted July 20, 2004 Author Share Posted July 20, 2004 Got a link for VLC? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2522944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 inf|nity Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 adcmarti said: Got a link for VLC? http://videolan.org/ http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2522952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Schmoove Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 insanekiwi said: uhm, quality sucks? vlc is kinda heavy download but it's a slick, good looking free player which comes with all codecs installed already.besides that you just wanna play a dvd... Good looking? It's the ugliest player I've seen yet. Though quality wise it is a great player, since it plays almost anything without the need for codecs. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2522966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 cal2002 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Looks (GUI) doesn't matter. Compare the video quality of a DVD in VLC and then in WinDVD Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2522989 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 insanekiwi Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 (edited) Schmoove said: Good looking? It's the ugliest player I've seen yet.Though quality wise it is a great player, since it plays almost anything without the need for codecs. ugly? Edited July 20, 2004 by insanekiwi Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2523004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Schmoove Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 cal2002 said: Looks (GUI) doesn't matter. Compare the video quality of a DVD in VLC and then in WinDVD Different people, different opinions. For me looks do matter..... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2523006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 krmathis Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Schmoove said: Good looking? It's the ugliest player I've seen yet.Though quality wise it is a great player, since it plays almost anything without the need for codecs. Personally I dont think VLC looks that bad. :D Example: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2523082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 adcmarti Posted July 20, 2004 Author Share Posted July 20, 2004 I just installed it and it appears grainy? Do I need to fine tune something? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2523115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 XanDaMan Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Hehehe VLC is good. Clean on windows, slick on mac. Amazing on both. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2523135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rossco_2004 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 VLC is good, but there are too many bugs in it, IMO. For example, with the latest version, sometimes when im using the new skin i can't fast forward or move to a selected part of the film (moving that slider bar thingy over). that's why i rpefer to just use media player classic when i can...much simpler. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2523574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 AgEnTsMiTh Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 BSPLayer is pretty dang good as well. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2523580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 AaronMT Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Media Player Classic is far superior. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2523769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 cal2002 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Superior to what? VLC? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2523916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 l77Il7H Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 why don't you just download a free dvd codec and play it in windows media player? that's what i do and it's great! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2524467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 cal2002 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 There is no "Free" DVD decoder to use with WMP. Anything that says "free" is pirated. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2524529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 PureEdit Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 I like mplayer more then VLC on linux and OS X. I am never tried it on windows, but I imagine it would be good as well. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2524531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 [idkfa] Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 solaris: where did you get that theme? looks great :yes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2524603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 insanekiwi Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Evil2000 said: solaris: where did you get that theme? looks great :yes: it's te default skin for vlc under osx :yes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2524627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 richter Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 I prefer VLC to play my video files. MPC is very light on resources and if you like neither you can just install needed codecs and play files in player of your choice if you don't like VLC which I think would be best as you don't have to mess with installing codecs and stuff (it comes in the package). Zoom Player is good also. There is a fee version of it, but I don't know if it will meet your needs. www.inmatrix.com Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2524647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 krmathis Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 insanekiwi said: it's te default skin for vlc under osx :yes: Your fast! :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2524975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jack_canada Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 media player classic is good! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/192674-good-free-dvd-player/#findComment-2531189 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I am looking for a dvd player/decoder (free). Anyone know of any good ones?
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