dvd/pc

[bork[e]]

I've tried a few over the past few weeks, but right now I'm using AVS DVD player, and honestly, it's not that bad of a player... but with each movie I watch I find something else that bugs me. I've tried a few others in the past, but very rarely watched movies on my pc due the ancient monitor I've been using. Few weeks ago I picked up a nice little widescreen lcd and have been using it like crazy and it's about to drive me mad.

Can anyone recommend a better app for watching dvds, I would prefer it be free, but I wouldn't mind spending a bit more to get this working without this many problems.

Main gripe I have is if you pause a movie using AVS for about a minute or more, you have to stop the movie, and then restart it or it's going to look like a out of sync youtube vid. That and pretty much any somewhat "new" movie I try and play normally freezes up as soon as I hit play.

[SoM]

VLC

[Captain]

WinDVD 8 is perfect IMO.

[DTS]

Media Player Classic can play DVDs aswell as VLC, though VLC might be better at it depending on the DVD. Both are free.

I used to have WinDVD on my old PC and it was good, but I don't have it any more. It came with the graphics card for that PC.

With this PC I got CyberLink PowerDVD which was OK at first but later it had a problem where it overlayed a window obscuring the video window. So I just use Mplayerclassic or VLC now, they work, but the seeking and volume controls could be better.

Maybe I'll look into getting WinDVD again cause I remember it being better than PowerDVD (without the bug).

[bork[e]]

Media Player Classic can play DVDs aswell as VLC,

I remember trying MPC some time ago, but something about it turned me off iirc. Don't think I've tried VLC though, I'll check both out next time around.

WinDVD 8 is perfect IMO.

checkmate

[obsidian]

VLC

All you need.

[+JuggerNaut+]

VLC

yep, all you'll ever need unless you're a fan of big fat shiny gui's.

[AmIdYfReAk]

MPC has a Big fat shiney Gui?

[+JuggerNaut+]

did i say MPC? i was referring to WinDVD/PowerDVD you fucking gimp.

[Tormentius]

VLC

yep, all you'll ever need unless you're a fan of big fat shiny gui's.

Which is bizarre since DVDs usually get played in full screen so the GUI is pointless. VLC is a great free choice.

Btw, damn you Foo. Thanks to some of your recommendations a couple years back I'm now using Firefox, Foxit, Openoffice, VLC, 7zip, etc.....you've infected me with your open-sourcedness

[+JuggerNaut+]

finish your journey into the dark side. which isn't really dark at all, is it

[Tsakali]

VLC

yep, all you'll ever need unless you're a fan of big fat shiny gui's.

you like that? big fat cow looking guis with absolute no added features with the added bulk

[+JuggerNaut+]

what? read again, goof.

[Tsakali]

sorry but it seems it's not the first time you're misunderstood in this thread alone.. it's prolly your accent

[+JuggerNaut+]

perhaps you both need glasses or a new cranial turret.

[Scourge]

No shit, tsakali, I think you misunderstand.