Free media player?

gt568

Are there any good free media players I can use for my optical drive? Its come with nero 9 essentials, but it doesn't seem very good and I can't get it to play dvds?

jayme1

nero 9 is used to burn CDs/DVDs

to play a DVD movie you can use windows media player or media center built into your computer, or you can download something like VLC player.

Sublime_2

I've got Ashampoo Burning Studio 2010 Advanced. You just have to sign up for the occasional newsletter, and untick a couple of boxes during installation. It is excellent software for free.

A.Penny.Saved

Here is a list of Media Players and many are free, you will have to find which ones are good at DVD Playback.

gt568

Windows media player wont play dvds for some reason, it says that a compatible dvd decoder is not installed on this computer...

Its windows starter 7...

OK_Sauce

You could try Media Player Classic - Home Cinema

http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/

It's my player of choice and it will play practically any video format....

GeoffX

Try different ones yourself and see which you prefer. As well as MPC-HC there are:
SMPlayer
VideoLan VLC

If you have plenty of time on your hands:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_player_software

JJ_Egan

nero 9 is used to burn CDs/DVDs
Suite usually contains nero media player .

jje

gt568

What are some good free burning programs? MTIA....

pedrothefish

i use KMPlayer its the only one that played videos from my camera really well.
it also plays lots of other formats try it its free
http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25

A.Penny.Saved

Media Player Classic/MPC home cinema
KMPlayer or the newer PotPlayer

I don't know why anyone would use Windows media player. It's horrible software which likes to hijack all file extension associations. Absolutely vile!

Nero does have a media player and that can play DVD's. It's not just burning software and hasn't been for a very long time.