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| 334902 | 2005-03-16 23:24:00 | Hi, One of our PC's at work has a DVD RO<, but Media Player 9 won't play the DVD because a codec isn't installed . What is the best FREE codec to install? Will Divx alone install the right codec? |
camo (4895) | ||
| 334903 | 2005-03-16 23:33:00 | AFAIK for media player to read encrypted DVD's you have to install a 3rd party DVD player. Mediaplayer will then work fine. Try the videolan client. Has all the codecs you will ever need built in. www.videolan.org |
Sam I Am (1679) | ||
| 334904 | 2005-03-17 00:24:00 | Region-Free too :D DivX will allow playback of DivX compressed MPEG4 movies. DVD is MPEG2. VideoLAN is definately your best bet |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 334905 | 2005-03-17 01:07:00 | So anything with a MPEG-2 decoder will play DVD's? | camo (4895) | ||
| 334906 | 2005-03-17 01:31:00 | So anything with a MPEG-2 decoder will play DVD's? basicly yes. however you need to remeber that mpeg2 is a lienced system so most mpeg2 codecs you have to pay for. thats why there is so few good free dvd codecs advailable. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 334907 | 2005-03-17 02:25:00 | Free DVD decoders are warez...... | Metla (12) | ||
| 334908 | 2005-03-17 02:36:00 | Free DVD decoders are warez...... mmmm....not all. a few companies produced a few free ones but they are crap (some no longer advailable). not to sure about open source ones or video lan....yet |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 334909 | 2005-03-17 02:40:00 | Doesn't work that way, Hacking some code to get around the lisence fees is just illeagal software,As in warez. | Metla (12) | ||
| 334910 | 2005-03-17 02:48:00 | you missed the point. the companies payed the leicence fees etc and they made and released a free codec. totally legit. not warez or any hacked/modded/etc. they are free for download off the companies website. no keys/regs/money required. totally free and totally legal. the reason no one uses those particular codecs is they are crap and the later paid/warez ones are better. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 334911 | 2005-03-17 02:57:00 | Hmmm...Due to it being licensed technology every device capable of playback of a DVD has to have a license fee which goes back to the license holder built into the price, Due to the fact that a computer DVD player might only be used for Data the license fee is built into the software , which is why just getting a codec from any source circumvents the payable fee and makes it illegal, The license holder would be nuts to sell the rights to a party who intended to distribute it royalty free, Infact it just wouldn't happen. | Metla (12) | ||
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