[vlc] Re: Question About DVD Playback

[Antoine Cellerier]

On Tue, Nov 16, 2004, Juan Palacios wrote:
> Hello Staff,
> 
>      I had a questiona bout latest free version of
> VLC. The downloads.com website says it plays dvd's but
> my question would be does it support all DVD ROM IDE
> Devices? Or do i need to have my original dvd drivers,
> codects, or whater there called. Other software
> automatically install all dvd roms paperwork for the
> pc and allows to watch a dvd movie. Am I making sense
> here? errr. Like WINDVD 4 auto-detects all DVD players
> and allows for playback does your software autodetect
> dvd players or should i stick to windvd. Im not sure
> if your software is a player only or also provides dvd
> autodetection for playback. You know waht i means?
> Hopefully you do. Do i need my dvd's original
> software? 

Hi,

VLC uses it's own codecs for dvd playback. You can thus use it with any
DVD player without having to install some dvd driver or alike. With VLC
you can even read DVD from any zone, and not just the one your DVD
player was configured to read.

I hope this answers your question.

Regards,

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dionoea

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