Free DVD Decoder for Win media player 10??

[gucciboy6]

Hello every one I am unable to watch DVD on my computer it ask for dvd decoder which i dont have...is there any site where i can download free DVD decoder for Windows media player 10??
...THANK YOU...

 

[Matthias99]

There are no legal free DVD decoders. The makers of every software program capable of playing back DVDs must pay the DVD Consortium a royalty fee of roughly $10.

The NVDVD decoders from NVIDIA are excellent. If you have a DVD drive, it probably also came with one... unless you "saved" a few bucks by buying an OEM drive.

 

[firerock]

Just go to wmp's plugin site and you can download free dvd plugins there.

 

[gucciboy6]

Thanks Matthias99 I had to change the hard disk and now i dont have decoder.
Thanks for your help.

 

[ponyo]

Just use WMP Classic or Videolan (VLC). Both programs are free and both can play DVDs. I usually install this for people who don't have WinDVD or PowerDVD.

 

[Matthias99]

Just go to wmp's plugin site and you can download free dvd plugins there.

Originally posted by: Naustica
Just use WMP Classic or Videolan (VLC). Both programs are free and both can play DVDs. I usually install this for people who don't have WinDVD or PowerDVD.

AFAIK, none of these actually includes a DVD decoder (see above; you cannot distribute one for free legally). You have to have a decoder on the system already.

 

[yukichigai]

From what I can find in the documentation, the K-lite Codec Pack comes with a DVD decoder, courtesy of Cyberlink. The documentation also indicates that Media Player Classic has a built-in DVD decoder. Both of these are free, and I've not heard anything about them being illegal. (K-lite, maybe, but Media Player Classic doesn't seem very "warez" to me)

EDIT: Oh yeah, and a quick google search found me this.

 

[ponyo]

Originally posted by: Matthias99

Just go to wmp's plugin site and you can download free dvd plugins there.

Originally posted by: Naustica
Just use WMP Classic or Videolan (VLC). Both programs are free and both can play DVDs. I usually install this for people who don't have WinDVD or PowerDVD.

AFAIK, none of these actually includes a DVD decoder (see above; you cannot distribute one for free legally). You have to have a decoder on the system already.

Both WMP Classic and Videolan will play DVD on a system without a decoder installed on the system already. How WMP Classic and VLC gets around not paying DVD consortium I've no idea.

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: Naustica
Both WMP Classic and Videolan will play DVD on a system without a decoder installed on the system already. How WMP Classic and VLC gets around not paying DVD consortium I've no idea.

Because your DVD drive manufacturer probably paid it. That, or the whole thing is an urban myth. I'm more inclined to believe the latter.

DVD video is just MPEG-2 video with CSS encryption on it. And CSS isn't exactly the most sophisticated thing in the world either.

 

[user1]

[EDIT: Oh yeah, and a quick google search found me this.

this appears to be an upgrade for those with a valid ATI multimedia or ATI Installation and DVD Disk only... No disk, no upgrade.

 

[user1]

Originally posted by: firerock
Just go to wmp's plugin site and you can download free dvd plugins there.

for any player santa, or just winamp's...?

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: user1

Originally posted by: firerock
Just go to wmp's plugin site and you can download free dvd plugins there.

for any player santa, or just winamp's...?

Windows Media Player plugin's... and fyi, NONE of the DVD playback plugins on the site are free.

 

[yukichigai]

Looks like the K-lite Codec Pack is the way to go.

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: yukichigai
From what I can find in the documentation, the K-lite Codec Pack comes with a DVD decoder, courtesy of Cyberlink. The documentation also indicates that Media Player Classic has a built-in DVD decoder. Both of these are free, and I've not heard anything about them being illegal. (K-lite, maybe, but Media Player Classic doesn't seem very "warez" to me)

EDIT: Oh yeah, and a quick google search found me this.

That codec pack is distributing Cyberlink's DVD decoder. I'm pretty sure this is not allowed to be freely distributed, although I suppose it is possible they somehow got permission from Cyberlink. That page doesn't say. Like I said, AFAIK there's a royalty fee per license of anything that has the DVD Consortium's blessing to decrypt/play DVDs.

MPC indicates it has an MPEG2 decoder included, but not one that will play encrypted DVDs (which is most commercial DVDs). Of course, you can use DeCSS to strip the encryption, but this is not exactly something the MPAA would be real happy about (although whether or not this should be illegal under fair use laws is still up for debate). If it will play encrypted DVDs without any further software or a full DVD decoder installed, that's news to me.

VLC's features page has this note next to the DVD playing feature:

[1] DVD decryption is done through the libdvdcss library.

ie, it only plays unencrypted DVDs without that library installed. It looks like it includes that library with the package, though, so it will probably work -- but again, the legal status of anything like this is unclear.

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: Matthias99
...but again, the legal status of anything like this is unclear.

Look, do you want legal or do you want something that works? 😛

 

[Solutions]

Originally posted by: yukichigai
Look, do you want legal or do you want something that works? 😛

LoL! Its a shame that is often the case... yuki- I saw the pic of your Kitten helping u fix the PC. Where is her anti-static paw-strap? Shame on you....