Recommend codec or player for DVD on XP

[Suntoucher]

It's a software thing, if you reformat you have a fresh new five.

The K-Lite Codec Pack will also do it if you want to use Windows Media Player, has it's own little program(Windows Media Classic) but it also loads all the codecs to WMP.

[Grasshopperus]

Yeah it confuses the hell out of me as a firm believer that quality and price are linked.

Yep. In the software world world there are people that do work for the satisfaction of knowing that it's helping others. The great thing is that all it costs these people is time.

As a free software developer myself you know what really makes us happy? A simple email of thanks from the users. If you want to spend something, then spend 5 minutes writing them a nice email. They also have a 'contribute' page here http://www.videolan.org/contribute.html where you can send them a fiver or contribute your own time to make their product better.

[The Singing Chef]

+1 for VLC

I like to use a bit of both, at the same time. If i move the windows to take up half of my screen each i can then watch two pornos at the same time.
Not much point in it but it's fun trying to get them in sync with each other..

[oldguy]

My Daughters DVD player in her laptop has used up its region changes and I can't find an unlock for it.

So I tried to set up my sons old PC for her to watch her DVD on.

But the old XP install on my sons PC only had Windows Media Player on it, which upgraded itself to 11, but wouldn't play a DVD without the right codec installed.

Found one and downloaded and installed it - the DVD now plays, but zero sounds and all black picture (yay!).

Sigh. I hate this crap. Should "just work"^TM.

Anyone recommend a source for a good DVD codec pack for XP? Or a player?

(Yes I can google it and have done so (that's how I found the codec I did try); but I prefer a personal recommendation. Unless it's to go to Linux or buy a mac; or get my son a new PC.)

For your daughters Laptop install a software program called, DVD region free, she be away laughing again.