Looking for DVD player freeware for HP laptop running windows xp??

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dodgemnz

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Master Geek

#66866 25-Aug-2010 02:27

My daughter just got an older zv 5000 Hp laptop and she wants to play dvds but has no drivers for media player or other dvd player soft ware.
I have Cyber dvd but it needs a licence to operate. She just wants to play movies and watch the weird modern music vids kids now days listen to

Cheers

CYaBro

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#372437 25-Aug-2010 05:51

Vlc media player is Probably the best free one.
Www.videolan.org

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scuwp

3885 posts

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#372467 25-Aug-2010 08:59

CYaBro: Vlc media player is Probably the best free one.
Www.videolan.org

Fully agree, doesn't get much better and plays just about anything

Lazy is such an ugly word, I prefer to call it selective participation

dodgemnz

51 posts

Master Geek

#372496 25-Aug-2010 09:59

Awesome thanks for your comments

valtam

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#372629 25-Aug-2010 13:17

+1 Vlc.

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bongojona

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Ultimate Geek

#372658 25-Aug-2010 13:54

I was going to suggest media player classic. A tiny app that will play most media and uses very little memory.

Looks like a retro win 3.1 media player but isn't MS

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/media_player_classic.htm

Great for older lappies and netbooks.

eXDee

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#372659 25-Aug-2010 13:55

Personally i like Media Player Classic - Home Cinema.
Can customize your codecs, and FFDShow upscaling is excellent on the TV with SD content

dodgemnz

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Master Geek

#374297 29-Aug-2010 21:04

We loaded vlc and its working but the playbck scree seems to stop every few seconds like its loading all the time. The audio is fine. Im wondering if there is an acceleration setting i can change, or perhaps i need more ram (currently has 512).
Any sugestions?
:-)