W2K SP4: How to play DVD Movies from LG 4167B only with Boardtools?

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Hello, how can I play DVD Movies under Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 only
with boardtools of Windows 2000 without installing big software packets
or movie Players?

When I insert a DVD I have the option to click on the right mouse
button and I can choose "play", but then Windows shows me, that I
cannot play the DVD - I dont know why.

My system should be good enought to play that:


W2000 SP4
P4 2,8 GHZ
1GB RAM
LG4167B DVD Burner
 
Ackermann said:
Hello, how can I play DVD Movies under Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 only
with boardtools of Windows 2000 without installing big software packets
or movie Players?

When I insert a DVD I have the option to click on the right mouse
button and I can choose "play", but then Windows shows me, that I
cannot play the DVD - I dont know why.

My system should be good enought to play that:


W2000 SP4
P4 2,8 GHZ
1GB RAM
LG4167B DVD Burner
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You'll need some DVD player software ie WinDVD or PowerDVD etc
 
Ackermann said:
Hello, how can I play DVD Movies under Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 only
with boardtools of Windows 2000 without installing big software packets
or movie Players?
Click to expand...

VLC works well for most DVDs. It isn't very big either -- about 9 MB.

http://www.videolan.org/

PowerDVD is better, but you have to pay for it.
 
VLC works well for most DVDs. It isn't very big either -- about 9 MB.

http://www.videolan.org/

PowerDVD is better, but you have to pay for it.
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Hello,
thank you for your answer, but I thougt I could use the DVD Program
which is included in W2K: DVDPLAY.EXE
What is about that program? Isn't it for use? I thought I only need a
codec but I dont know which codec and I dont know where to copy the
codec so that Windows accepts it
 
There's no such thing native to Windows 2000.

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

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:
| Hello,
| thank you for your answer, but I thougt I could use the DVD Program
| which is included in W2K: DVDPLAY.EXE
| What is about that program? Isn't it for use? I thought I only need a
| codec but I dont know which codec and I dont know where to copy the
| codec so that Windows accepts it
|
 
Ackermann said:
Hello,
thank you for your answer, but I thougt I could use the DVD Program
which is included in W2K: DVDPLAY.EXE
What is about that program? Isn't it for use? I thought I only need a
codec but I dont know which codec and I dont know where to copy the
codec so that Windows accepts it
Click to expand...

You can't go much below 9MBs even if you do find a codec. And frankly a
system in your class likely has AT LEAST a 20 gb hard drive, possibly
much larger . Why pinch megabytes?

It is much, much, much easier and time-efficient to download the stupid
program and forget about WiMP integration. Even if you'are on dial up,
the download time is less than the finding-and-integrating-a-codec
time.
 
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