| Forum Home | ||||
| PC World Chat | ||||
| Thread ID: 124589 | 2012-05-05 08:47:00 | No DVD Playback on WIN8 | The Error Guy (14052) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1273691 | 2012-05-05 08:47:00 | Just read there will be no DVD playback on win8 natively (to cut down on royalty costs since many PC's didn't have a DVD drive and most of those that do don't actually play DVD's) What's your thought on that? Personally I don't care/mind as it is unlikely to affect me in anyway. Article from Neowin: www.neowin.net |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1273692 | 2012-05-05 09:28:00 | Somewhat meh, as long as I can still rip them... | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1273693 | 2012-05-05 10:43:00 | DVDs playback alright on my Windows 8 computer. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1273694 | 2012-05-05 12:49:00 | So this just means that i'd have to install PowerDVD or VLC? I don't use media player or any of that windows crap. | goodiesguy (15316) | ||
| 1273695 | 2012-05-05 19:24:00 | Title of thread should of said, No DVD Playback 0n Win8 using Windows Media Player. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1273696 | 2012-05-05 22:38:00 | There was some discussion at neowin saying that VLC and other media players played DVD's on previous versions because the MPEG2 decoder licence was all ready present in the windows environment and therefore it [VLC] was able to use the licence to play DVD's. Since it is not present on Win8 a workaround would have to be developed. (either through a paid version or a bit of "tweaking") The end result is the same though, the people who use VLC and the like probably know whats going on with the lack of DVD licensing. It's the "simple" end users that will be confused as hell |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1273697 | 2012-05-05 22:47:00 | Available with media centre at A cost with win8 pro, I'm sure this was the same as win7, apart from the cost. And xp | plod (107) | ||
| 1273698 | 2012-05-05 22:48:00 | Nero Player works fine, thats probably because I bought Nero 9 a couple of years ago. Now up too Nero 11. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1273699 | 2012-05-06 02:20:00 | VLC doesn't use the windows codecs it has it's own inbuilt ones, which is why it will play formats you haven't installed codecs for. I'm not 100% sure this is the case for DVDs as well but I hope so. Interestingly windows never used to provide the DVD codec, and it's a feature they seem to have added quietly along the way because I never heard it mentioned, just one day noticed it worked after a fresh install. Still, I have accumulated a collection of free versions of Power DVD from various hardware over the years so I'm not concerned. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1 | |||||