Petr Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Hello,what DVD (video) player would you recommend for Windows 98? I only read that dvdplay.exe that is part of Windows 98 does not work without 3rd party DVD decoder.I'm looking for some easy-to-use application that has minimum hardware requirements, i.e. gives good results even on old computers. The only feature that seems not to be in all players is a possibility to select the DVD drive for playback.Petr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZaPbUzZ Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 I recommend the freeware dvd mpeg decoder unless you want to author them.google it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscardog Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Hello,what DVD (video) player would you recommend for Windows 98? I only read that dvdplay.exe that is part of Windows 98 does not work without 3rd party DVD decoder.I'm looking for some easy-to-use application that has minimum hardware requirements, i.e. gives good results even on old computers. The only feature that seems not to be in all players is a possibility to select the DVD drive for playback.PetrMedia player classic with its inbuilt dvd decoder might be useful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainyd Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Petr, MPC is quite good but you can try also Zoom Player Standard (version 5.00 was just released) but honestly I don't know hardware requirements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petr Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) Petr, MPC is quite good but you can try also Zoom Player Standard (version 5.00 was just released) but honestly I don't know hardware requirements.Unfortunately: "DVD Support is only available in Zoom Player Professional. Buy now!"Before installing Zoom Player Standard Windows 98 SE DVDPlay.exe plays audio and not video. After installing Zoom Player Standard Windows 98 SE DVDPlay.exe plays video and not audio. Petr Edited December 31, 2006 by Petr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGadAllah Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Media Player Classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainyd Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Yes, I was wrong but I remember that an older version made it possible to watch DVD (probably they removed support in never versions).You can try VLC player (definitely works with Win98SE) - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ or MPlayer from http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petr Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 Thank you, I just tried MPC and it seems to work.Petr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxHound Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Try VideoLAN, its one of the best DVD players I've seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGx Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Advantages + disadvantages of using dvdplay.exe in Windows 98/98 SE:http://www.mdgx.com/newtip16.htm#FDPIMO:I use PowerDVD 5.0 [$$$ = not free]:http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/products/main_1_ENU.htmlBest full featured DVD player I know of.PowerDVD 4.0 works great with older hardware in my experience.WinDVD is also decent, but also $$$ [not free]:http://www.intervideo.com/WinDVD/HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 DeCSS and ffdshow, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGadAllah Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 DeCSS and ffdshow, lolWhen I searched for DeCSS in http://www.free-codecs.com it gives meThere are no results for your search.Where to get it from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 The Internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGadAllah Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 The Internet. any way...thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noguru Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 I use MPC to watch everything but DVD's. Not that it doesn't work, it works fine. I also prefer PowerDVD (6.0), much more features, better menu support, much better sound and faster. It cost $ for sure, it can't beat MPC on that, but I think it is the best DVD player. And I was so lucky to get a free copy together with a videocard. What made me not so happy was that it came together with a complete bloated DVD copy, write, edit, etc. etc. suite that takes over your system and wants to "call home" all the time. After registering my legal copy it still wants to do that. But after you have removed all that crap, ( by it's own uninstallers, no real problem but why force me to install it anyway?) then it's very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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