DVD De-coder

**Cappy** · 09-04-2007, 07:38 PM

ok guys whats a decent DvD De-coder and not real expensive???

HD quality if there is such a thing. i have this beautiful 22" monitor and i never thought about a DvD De-coder when i was putting this machine together soooooooo what is out there for me??????

=Sarc= · 09-05-2007, 12:05 AM

Are you talking about DVD player software?

I use Intervideo DVD and I think it's not too bad. VLC plays DVD's too but I don't really like the interface much.

Satertek · 09-05-2007, 01:06 PM

The normal Windows decoder has always worked fine for me. I use Media Player Classic to play them though.

For not-free and if you have an nVidia card, they have a good decoder. (though pricey at $50) If you want HD acceleration (H.264/Blu-Ray/HD-DVD) with an nVidia card, you need to get PowerDVD or WinDVD. (These may support ATI acceleration too, not sure)

**Cappy** · 09-05-2007, 08:33 PM

well the players that come with the movies(Interactual) and so on are just players. there has to be a de-coder for the player to interpet or understand what its being sent.. well thats what i have read so far anyway..... reg Windows media player or any Windows stock player does not come with a De-Coder so no it wont work.

most pre-built machine( Dell, HP,, Compaq) you know them all come loaded with the software if they promote watching DvD's on their computers....

mine is home built and i never thought of it till i wanted to watxh a movie the other night and got the error message stating i need a de-coder to proceed

ill look into the nvidia one next pay,,, ty for the respounces....

is there any FREE de-coders?????

prolly not sooooooooooo looks like ill be buying one

=Sarc= · 09-05-2007, 08:41 PM

VLC is free and I don't think it needs a decoder installed. I'm using it on my laptop with Vista without any other DVD decoder installed. Intervideo installs a decoder along with the player. I'm going to check out the Miro player that was posted in another thread. I like the concept of VLC but hate the interface. Maybe Miro provides a much better interface.

IceCold · 09-06-2007, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Cappy

well the players that come with the movies(Interactual) and so on are just players. there has to be a de-coder for the player to interpet or understand what its being sent.. well thats what i have read so far anyway..... reg Windows media player or any Windows stock player does not come with a De-Coder so no it wont work.

The InterVideo player that comes on most DVDs includes a decoder.

Also, I'm not sure if there are different installs of WinXP, but Windows Media Player has a built in DVD decoder. It might have come from a Windows Update, but I definitely didn't have to download any third party software.

**Cappy** · 09-06-2007, 05:59 AM

just running stock XP home ehre,,, i could see how Media player may come with it.... i just know HOME didnt....

its telling me i didnt anyway... when i get back from work ill find it and post what it says... 5 am time to go to work now

see ya'all at 2 pm est

=Sarc= · 09-06-2007, 04:27 PM

I don't remember WinXP Pro coming with a decoder. I always had to install some other program like Intervideo before WMP would play DVD's.

09-04-2007, 07:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cappy Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Washing County, Pa. Age: 42 Posts: 964	DVD De-coder ok guys whats a decent DvD De-coder and not real expensive??? HD quality if there is such a thing. i have this beautiful 22" monitor and i never thought about a DvD De-coder when i was putting this machine together soooooooo what is out there for me?????? __________________ \|TG-6th\| Cappy BF2 Rules\|Teamspeak Info\|Become a Supporting Member\|The 6th Devil's Brigade\|TG Primer

09-05-2007, 12:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
=Sarc= Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 4,600	Re: DVD De-coder Are you talking about DVD player software? I use Intervideo DVD and I think it's not too bad. VLC plays DVD's too but I don't really like the interface much. __________________ JO Guides & Tutorials Team Element - It's who you game with.

09-05-2007, 01:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
Satertek Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Auburn, Alabama, USA Age: 22 Posts: 259	Re: DVD De-coder The normal Windows decoder has always worked fine for me. I use Media Player Classic to play them though. For not-free and if you have an nVidia card, they have a good decoder. (though pricey at $50) If you want HD acceleration (H.264/Blu-Ray/HD-DVD) with an nVidia card, you need to get PowerDVD or WinDVD. (These may support ATI acceleration too, not sure) __________________

09-05-2007, 08:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
Cappy Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Washing County, Pa. Age: 42 Posts: 964	Re: DVD De-coder well the players that come with the movies(Interactual) and so on are just players. there has to be a de-coder for the player to interpet or understand what its being sent.. well thats what i have read so far anyway..... reg Windows media player or any Windows stock player does not come with a De-Coder so no it wont work. most pre-built machine( Dell, HP,, Compaq) you know them all come loaded with the software if they promote watching DvD's on their computers.... mine is home built and i never thought of it till i wanted to watxh a movie the other night and got the error message stating i need a de-coder to proceed ill look into the nvidia one next pay,,, ty for the respounces.... is there any FREE de-coders????? prolly not sooooooooooo looks like ill be buying one __________________ \|TG-6th\| Cappy BF2 Rules\|Teamspeak Info\|Become a Supporting Member\|The 6th Devil's Brigade\|TG Primer

09-05-2007, 08:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
=Sarc= Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 4,600	Re: DVD De-coder VLC is free and I don't think it needs a decoder installed. I'm using it on my laptop with Vista without any other DVD decoder installed. Intervideo installs a decoder along with the player. I'm going to check out the Miro player that was posted in another thread. I like the concept of VLC but hate the interface. Maybe Miro provides a much better interface. __________________ JO Guides & Tutorials Team Element - It's who you game with.

09-06-2007, 05:59 AM	#7 (permalink)
Cappy Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Washing County, Pa. Age: 42 Posts: 964	Re: DVD De-coder just running stock XP home ehre,,, i could see how Media player may come with it.... i just know HOME didnt.... its telling me i didnt anyway... when i get back from work ill find it and post what it says... 5 am time to go to work now see ya'all at 2 pm est __________________ \|TG-6th\| Cappy BF2 Rules\|Teamspeak Info\|Become a Supporting Member\|The 6th Devil's Brigade\|TG Primer

09-06-2007, 04:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
=Sarc= Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 4,600	Re: DVD De-coder I don't remember WinXP Pro coming with a decoder. I always had to install some other program like Intervideo before WMP would play DVD's. __________________ JO Guides & Tutorials Team Element - It's who you game with.

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