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playing DVDs on sony laptop - how?!
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Ok so maybe I'm being entirely stupid but how do you do it?!
If I put a dvd in, a screen comes up saying which program to use, the default is sony's VAI0 one so I use that, then a screen comes up saying CD/DVD, so click on that and then F: or G: comes up (have no idea what that means). Anyway I've tried clicking on various things and arrows but just can't work it out...
All I want to do is to play a dvd goddamit!
Thanks x
If I put a dvd in, a screen comes up saying which program to use, the default is sony's VAI0 one so I use that, then a screen comes up saying CD/DVD, so click on that and then F: or G: comes up (have no idea what that means). Anyway I've tried clicking on various things and arrows but just can't work it out...
All I want to do is to play a dvd goddamit!
Thanks x
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Install and you should be able to read them with windows media player which will select automatically which drive the DVD is in...
It will also install media player classic and bsplayer which can both read dvd easily too...
Seconded. BSPlayer - best video player on Windows.
I'd recommend VLC media player instead.
Just to confirm - BSplayer does contain adware
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bsplayer
No it doesn't, unless they changed it, but in the Mega Codec Pack it comes as a full release and doesn't have any adware at all...
Possible, always got it from the pack, never from the website...
well if they did it suck then!
In which case, BSPlayer sucks almost as much as WMP. Pity, I used to like BSPlayer...
I use Kaffeine and VLC - didn't even think of checking whether there was a Windows release . VLC is nice, if a little minimalistic.
As to BSplayer they are really honest about it when you install the new version, but then any anti-spyware just goes mental during the install.
Do the older versions still do everything properly? I'd be inclined to stick with an older release if I could - it is(was?) leaps and bounds ahead of VLC...
Am I wrong to actually feel sad about this? I think I need to get a life!
Although a nav bar in fall screen could be usefull *reminds self to update* I have only ever had one movie not work in VLC when I tried and it just lagged, (used Media player Classic for it)