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472291 2006-07-20 09:34:00 Could someone help me out with a VLC link and configuration instructions.

It seems to be the most popular but I couldn't get it to work.
DeSade (984)
472292 2006-07-20 09:56:00 Go here (www.videolan.org)

And if theres a help file in it, read it.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
472293 2006-07-20 09:58:00 www.videolan.org/vlc

download and install the program

now, once installed, open the program.

Click Settings / Preferences

Click on "Input / Codecs". On the right hand menu, scroll do "Default Devices".

Change what ever is in the box to the letter of your optical drive.
E.G J:

Now, click on save on the bottom left corner of the Window.



OK, now youve set up VLC to select your optical drive for playing DVD's and audio CD's.

Now to run a DVD, on the main VLC window look on the left for a triangle pointing upwards with a line below it.
Click it. This will op the "Open" menu, Click on "Disc" at the top.
Leave the button set to "DVD(Menus)" for the menu screen.

Verify that the device name is set to the Letter of your optical drive e.g J:

Click on "OK"

Your DVD should run, so you better catch it!
bob_doe_nz (92)
472294 2006-07-20 10:06:00 an option is StormCodec, writen by some Chinese, has most of the current popular codec's integrated, one player plays most formats.

[edit: direct link to executable removed]

[edit: A new member whose first post is to an executable hosted on a website in a foreign language with no other details about that file tends to be regarded suspiciously. I've removed your link - Jen (Moderator)]
developer (4447)
472295 2006-07-20 10:10:00 an option is StormCodec, writen by some Chinese, has most of the current popular codec's integrated, one player plays most formats.

[edit]But thats what VLC and Media Player Classic do...

That and the fact that your a first time poster as well as linking directly to an executable from a site many of us have never heard of .... well it's just a little well suspicious... :xmouth:
bob_doe_nz (92)
472296 2006-07-20 11:11:00 Bob its playing now cheers for that

One final question, its a piddly little window in the middle of my nice 19" monitor
how do I get it to play full screen?
DeSade (984)
472297 2006-07-20 12:16:00 doubly lick it. :D

Ooops I meant double click the video window
bob_doe_nz (92)
472298 2006-07-20 12:17:00 Edit: Damn, I double posted :waughh: bob_doe_nz (92)
472299 2006-07-20 12:26:00 Didn't work
anything else I can try?
DeSade (984)
472300 2006-07-20 12:33:00 Didn't work
anything else I can try?
Did you double click in the middle of the video window?
Rob99 (151)
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