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Neill

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2. September 2002 @ 00:08

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I don't have a dvd drive yet but would like to play my dvds on my computer, can someone tell me what to do and download plz.

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Racemann

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2. September 2002 @ 06:34

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Most PC DVD players sold now come with free software that allows you to play back DVD's [hence it's called a software decoder].

You just have to meet the minimum hardware requirements for DVD viewing. I find that my old 1998 PII 400 128mb system works just fine with a software decoder.

If you wish, you can purchase [usually seperately but sometimes in a bundle] a add in card that decodes for you [a hardware decoder]. A hardware decoder will take the decoder burden off of the CPU and allows you to do other things while you watch DVD's.

Personally I don't really think a hardware decoder is necessary unless you want to surf and watch DVD's simultaneously.

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VCDjunkie

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18. September 2002 @ 14:29

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Dude, he don't even have a DVD drive, he will not be able to use software or hardware decoding unless he has an optical drive that can read DVD discs.

Neill, do yourself a favor and buy a DVD rom drive, they are not very expensive as you can see here:

http://www.pricewatch.com

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Dela

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21. September 2002 @ 11:18

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You can't play dvds but you can play ripped dvds in vcd/svcd format.

If you get someone to rip a dvd to vcd for you, download WinDVD. Click the open button, open the cd drive, open the MPEGAV folder and play the file in it. That is the movie. Hope I could Help.

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dRD

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21. September 2002 @ 11:54

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But seriously, buy DVD-ROM drive and some good DVD software player such as WinDVD 4 or PowerDVD XP 4.0.

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Dela

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21. September 2002 @ 15:27

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