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On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:12:34 +0100, "The Electric Fan Club"
<> wrote:

>Update your Windows media Player to version 8 or 9. Both play DVD's. The

Aleady there, but no codec for DVD's.

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On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 21:11:09 GMT, "Bill" <> wrote:
>Windows Media Player plays DVDs beautifully, but it doesn't come with an

Nice to know.

>MPEG-2 decoder for licensing reasons. If you have other DVD playback

Don't I know.

>software currently installed, Windows Media Player is using the codec
>installed by that software:
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...p/dvdplay.aspx

Seen that site already, but thanks. $15 isn't a lot to spend I
supose.

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On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 18:18:20 GMT, "Pug Fugley" <>
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>Download Windows Media Player 9.

See above.

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On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 23:11:03 +0100, Mike Barnard wrote:

>>mplayer
>
> Thanks, but I'm not going to learn a new OS just for that.

Yeah, I wouldn't either.... But considering that mplayer can also copy
DVDs to avis and break out subtitles and a whole bunch of other stuff,
the effort may be worth it....

Although DVD navigation is still broken in linux..... It all depends on
what you want.

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,>/'_ | only slightly uphill. May the wind bring rain for the slickrock
(_)\(_) | potholes fourteen miles on the other side of yonder blue ridge.
| May God's dog serenade your campfire, may the rattlesnake and
o | the screech owl amuse your reveries, may the Great Sun dazzle
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"Mike Barnard" <> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 18:18:20 GMT, "Pug Fugley" <>
> wrote:
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> >Download Windows Media Player 9.
>
> See above.
>
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> South Coast, UK.
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You could try getting one of the 'trial' versions of PowerDVD or similar,
then don't use it, use Windows Media Player instead. I am not sure if the
codec will be disabled when the trial period runs out, but maybe it is worth
a try.

"Mark W" <s@o> wrote in message
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I am not sure if the codec will be disabled when the trial period runs out,
but maybe it is worth
| a try.

| Yes it will be. YOu will have to buy an mpeg-2 capable program or codec
set.

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> "Mike Barnard" <> wrote in message
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> > On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 18:18:20 GMT, "Pug Fugley" <>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Download Windows Media Player 9.
> >
> > See above.
> >
> > --
> > Regards from Mike Barnard
> > South Coast, UK.
> >
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>
>
> You could try getting one of the 'trial' versions of PowerDVD or similar,
> then don't use it, use Windows Media Player instead. I am not sure if the
> codec will be disabled when the trial period runs out, but maybe it is
worth
> a try.
>
I've downloaded DVD X Player Pro and whilst the playback software is time
limited by 30 days/20 minute playback - The codec isn't and I can use
Windows Media Player to play DVD's.

On Sat, 1 May 2004 19:51:48 +0100, "Stephen Clark"
<> wrote:

>I've downloaded DVD X Player Pro and whilst the playback software is time
>limited by 30 days/20 minute playback - The codec isn't and I can use
>Windows Media Player to play DVD's.

Hmmm, I'm off to try that trick now. Ta very much, work or not.

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"Kamus of Kadizhar" <> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 02:22:51 +0000, Biz wrote:
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> > MPEG2 is not a free technology, legally you *HAVE* to pay for it. Buy a
> > cheap copy of WinDVD or PowerDVD
>
> Huh? Where did this come from? MPEG2 is a video compression standard;

That does not make it free. The basic concepts are patented and copyright.

> I could write a codec for it and give it away...

No.

>You don't *have* to pay

Yes.


> for it; just dump M$ Windows altogether and get mplayer. (Search for it; I
> am feeling ornery enough not to post the URL.)
>
> --Kamus
>
> --
> o__ | May your trails be dim, lonesome, stony, narrow, winding
and
> ,>/'_ | only slightly uphill. May the wind bring rain for the
slickrock
> (_)\(_) | potholes fourteen miles on the other side of yonder blue
ridge.
> | May God's dog serenade your campfire, may the rattlesnake
and
> o | the screech owl amuse your reveries, may the Great Sun
dazzle
> >[] | your eyes by day and the Great Bear watch over you at
night.
> /\ |
> \ \ | - Edward Abbey, Beyond the Wall
>

Wrong

"Mike Barnard" <> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 02:22:51 GMT, Biz <> wrote:
>
> >MPEG2 is not a free technology, legally you *HAVE* to pay for it. Buy a
> >cheap copy of WinDVD or PowerDVD
>
> Wot Kamus said.
>
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> Regards from Mike Barnard
> South Coast, UK.
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