**HELP** Software for watching DVDs on PCs and laptops.

Henry Irving

Suddenly can't watch work related DVDs on my PC or lap top as says I don't have the right software.

What do I need and where can I get it cheap/free/quickly?

ellisaddick

you could download real player or similar for noyhing

Friend Or Defoe

Flv player is free and plays most formats. I'm pretty sure it has DVD playback for "work related" DVDs.

Henry Irving

[cite]Posted By: ellisaddick[/cite]you could download real player or similar for noyhing

think I've got real player already. Will try that.

[cite]Posted By: Friend Or Defoe[/cite]Flv player is free and plays most formats. I'm pretty sure it has DVD playback for "work related" DVDs.

Where do I get Flv from?

allez les addicks

I know vlc player (type it into google) plays pretty much every file type so I guess it plays DVDs but not certain....useful program to have nonetheless

BlackForestReds

[cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: ellisaddick[/cite]you could download real player or similar for noyhing

think I've got real player already. Will try that.

[cite]Posted By: Friend Or Defoe[/cite]Flv player is free and plays most formats. I'm pretty sure it has DVD playback for "work related" DVDs.

Where do I get Flv from?

Simple, google flv player...

Yep it is that easy.

Swisdom

real player or windows do a free one - better options

FLV will play pretty much anything and can be found by googling I believe

razil

go to the website of the pc manufacturer, search on downloads for that model you can often download the original build software which may include dvd software with codecs - important - try it..

DA9

FLV, free download via google, or windows media player classic version is quite good for it.

Friend Or Defoe

[cite]Posted By: BlackForestReds[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: ellisaddick[/cite]you could download real player or similar for noyhing

think I've got real player already. Will try that.

[cite]Posted By: Friend Or Defoe[/cite]Flv player is free and plays most formats. I'm pretty sure it has DVD playback for "work related" DVDs.

Where do I get Flv from?

Simple, google flv player...

Yep it is that easy.

It does annoy me when people ask, 'where do I find it?' When they have blatantly not making any effort to find it themselves!

Henry Irving

If I google for a software I get 10,000 advert sites trying to flog me something or make me register.

hence the request for a particular site.

Friend Or Defoe

Take your pick Lord Irving.

olster

VLC everytime.

will play dvd's from any/every region as well...

Chizz

That's going to help - Henry's asked for one site, he's complained about getting 10,000 and you've offered him 15.7 million!

Medders

I didnt think you needed any extra software to watch youporn.com ?

Friend Or Defoe

I actually meant VLC player, FLV is for downloading youtube videos

Henry Irving

[cite]Posted By: Medders[/cite]I didnt think you needed any extra software to watch youporn.com ?

I don't, they are working fine I don't watch such things but I do need it for a training course I'm delivering on Friday.

I'll try VLC then

Thanks for the help guys.

JohnBoyUK

I recommend GOM player

McLovin

If Realplayer/Windows Media Player don't work it may be that the ability to play DVDs has been disabled.

razil

[cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: Medders[/cite]I didnt think you needed any extra software to watch youporn.com ?

I don't,[strike]they are working fine[/strike]I don't watch such things but I do need it for a training course I'm delivering on Friday.

I'll try VLC then

Thanks for the help guys.

henry, what is make and model of machine?

SantaClaus

Sounds like a region lock issue. Like others have said try VLC player, plays everything and will update all your codecs during installation.

RedZed333

Try a DVD you know has worked before, if it doesn't work then it's possible a virus called funlove has infected your machine...

allez les addicks

n there i was thinking that if i got funlove on youporn.com it was a good thing......

Henry Irving

think it might be an old software issue.

Got it re-recorded and it seems to work on more uptodate versions of Windows Media Player but not mine.