Free DVD codec

[camo]

Hi,

One of our PC's at work has a DVD RO<, but Media Player 9 won't play the DVD because a codec isn't installed.

What is the best FREE codec to install?

Will Divx alone install the right codec?

[Sam I Am]

AFAIK for media player to read encrypted DVD's you have to install a 3rd party DVD player. Mediaplayer will then work fine.

Try the videolan client. Has all the codecs you will ever need built in.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

[Chilling_Silence]

Region-Free too

DivX will allow playback of DivX compressed MPEG4 movies. DVD is MPEG2.

VideoLAN is definately your best bet

[camo]

So anything with a MPEG-2 decoder will play DVD's?

[tweak'e]

So anything with a MPEG-2 decoder will play DVD's?

basicly yes.

however you need to remeber that mpeg2 is a lienced system so most mpeg2 codecs you have to pay for. thats why there is so few good free dvd codecs advailable.

[Metla]

Free DVD decoders are warez......

[tweak'e]

Free DVD decoders are warez......

mmmm....not all. a few companies produced a few free ones but they are crap (some no longer advailable). not to sure about open source ones or video lan....yet

[Metla]

Doesn't work that way, Hacking some code to get around the lisence fees is just illeagal software,As in warez.

[tweak'e]

you missed the point. the companies payed the leicence fees etc and they made and released a free codec. totally legit. not warez or any hacked/modded/etc. they are free for download off the companies website. no keys/regs/money required. totally free and totally legal.

the reason no one uses those particular codecs is they are crap and the later paid/warez ones are better.

[Metla]

Hmmm...Due to it being licensed technology every device capable of playback of a DVD has to have a license fee which goes back to the license holder built into the price, Due to the fact that a computer DVD player might only be used for Data the license fee is built into the software , which is why just getting a codec from any source circumvents the payable fee and makes it illegal, The license holder would be nuts to sell the rights to a party who intended to distribute it royalty free, Infact it just wouldn't happen.