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Free software DVD player

  • 20-08-2004 10:04pm
    #1
    RuggieBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,958 ✭✭✭✭


    Can someone recommend a decent free software dvd player for the pc. Have oem powerdvd and windvd but neither of these do 5.1. So i suppose it would have to have more than just stereo capability!

    Thanks,

    P


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  • #2
    Webmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


    pekelly wrote:
    Can someone recommend a decent free software dvd player for the pc. Have oem powerdvd and windvd but neither of these do 5.1. So i suppose it would have to have more than just stereo capability!

    Thanks,

    P
    Isn't it your sound card that handles the surround sound, like they handle Dolby, if you have a good soundcard, that should do the rest for you?, i dunno but i doubt you'll get free dvd software better than Powerdvd and windvd....they are the big names


  • #3
    RuggieBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,958 ✭✭✭✭RuggieBear


    Webmonkey wrote:
    Isn't it your sound card that handles the surround sound, like they handle Dolby, if you have a good soundcard, that should do the rest for you?, i dunno but i doubt you'll get free dvd software better than Powerdvd and windvd....they are the big names


    Yeah that's waht i thought but powerdvd is limited to stereo only. So it won't play at all on the rear speakers while its powerdvd is being used unless i mix the channels which is a wee bit poo....I'd have to pay €30 to upgrade to a 5.1 version which is bull**** as far as i'm concerned!

    p


  • #4
    Webmonkey
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    You must have an old or limited version, find someone with it around. it does support Dolby Surround, mine does


  • #5
    RuggieBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,958 ✭✭✭✭RuggieBear


    Webmonkey wrote:
    You must have an old or limited version, find someone with it around. it does support Dolby Surround, mine does

    Yeah its a version that comes with hardware (in my case a dvd burner).


  • #6
    savemejebus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,662 ✭✭✭savemejebus


    maybe videolan?


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  • #7
    Syth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,865 ✭✭✭Syth


    Y'see that's one of the things I love about Linux, there are no demos, no shareware, no 30-day trials. Everything is free! (Well 99.9999% of it is) It's great. And I use MPlayer (available here), it's great.


  • #8
    RuggieBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,958 ✭✭✭✭RuggieBear


    I found an older copy of powerdvd i got a while back that does the trick....cheers one and all.


  • #9
    sceptre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Syth wrote:
    And I use MPlayer (available here), it's great.
    With source code so any idiot can compile it for win32. I suppose you could say that it wouldn't be open source but for linux but either way you wouldn't have to join the penguin brigade to use it.


  • #10
    daveirl
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