DVD playing software

letsbehonest

I have just fitted a DVDwriter to my pc but I need some software to play dvd's on it, can anyone suggest some simple free software I can use and where to get it.
regards

Browntoa

this is good

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_players/media_player_classic.cfm

alared

Thanks for that Browntoa

Do you happen to know of any free DVD burning software?

A-Wing

XP has its own builtin tool in explorer or there is http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

alared

XP has its own builtin tool in explorer

A-Wing could you explain further please.

A-Wing

Apologies, I am wrong, XP only has CD burning in it, not DVD by the look of it. Take a look at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03september16.mspx

f1charlie

alared wrote:

Do you happen to know of any free DVD burning software?

Having previously installed an Ashampoo product from a computer magazine cover disc, I receive the occasional marketing/spam from them.
Recently they sent me a key for the full version of their Burning Studio v5 (I noticed that this was also on the cover of one of the computer mags this month).
I have installed it (but not used it) and noticed that one of the options was to register for a full key (in the process probably agreeing to them sending their emails).
It claims to burn CD/SVCD/DVD and Blu-ray. Might be worth a look:

http://www.ashampoo-root03.com/webcache/html/1/product_2_0510_.htm

Charlie

Willow147

letsbehonest wrote:

can anyone suggest some simple free software I can use and where to get it.
regards

Try VLC

"VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols."

Available for most platforms.

jinkssick

vlc will allow you to play a DVD.

copytodvd and nero will allow you to burn files to a DVD-r

letsbehonest

Many thanks one and all for your advice.