If your computer refuses to play DVDs, the problem is most likely that you do not have a DVD decoder installed. In new operating systems, for example, in Windows 7 (all versions are higher than the initial one), the ability to watch DVDs is built in initially, but in the outdated and still popular XP, this possibility was not provided.
Interestingly, having studied the experience of implementing DVD in Windows 7, in its next OS (Windows 8), Microsoft again refuses to embed a DVD decoder. The official position of the company is this: “we spent a lot of money on licensing DVD reading technology for the seventh version, and a significant number of computers that were equipped with our OS did not even have a DVD-ROM installed.”
So, what is required for your WinXP computer to play DVDs?
The easiest and very correct way is to install a program for working with this format, which has a DVD decoder and much more.
I recommend that you opt for the world-famous PowerDVD package. Since its twelfth version has recently been released, a huge number of different features are built into it, including utilities that are not found in any other applications. If you installed PowerDVD, then the question of where to get it and how to install a DVD decoder for you is no longer relevant.
The application has a very convenient interface with the ability to choose various design options, and it is also highly customizable to the needs of the user.
Many experts agree that the PowerDVD DVD decoder is one of the best in the industry, with it you can instantly rewind movies from beginning to end, while the process is smooth and you can see each individual frame flickering on the screen.
In addition to the DVD itself, the application can show those films whose formats are known to Windows Media Player. In addition, she knows how to work with MPEG1 and MPEG2, MKV, FLV, WTV, 3GP and others. If you need to take a screenshot from your favorite movie, you can easily do it with it, (pictures are saved in BMP format).
You will have access to functions: adjusting the image, repeating the section, scrolling with the mouse wheel and remembering the breakpoint. With the Movie Collection option, already well-known to fans of this application, you can easily create entire collections of videos by adding reviews to them, inserting covers, and then sharing all this wealth with other users, which MoovieLive will help you with. If your PC is configured to work with DLNA, then you no longer have a special need to store all the movies on your computer, just connect to the server and all the richness of multimedia content is at your service, and this also applies to devices with an operating system from Apple and even tablets and smartphones on Android.
If you like to watch popular video from the network, for example from the YouTube portal, or admire photos on networks such as Flickr and Facebook, then you will have the opportunity to evaluate your and other people's creations directly from the PowerDVD program interface.
The new version includes hardware support for the decoding process, the dvd decoder works using the latest technologies developed recently by Nvidia, AMD and Intel. This significantly reduces the load that previously traditionally rested only on the central processor, and redistributes it between the CPU and the video core.
Three technologies implemented in the product, such as: HDMI 1.4, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio - are the guarantee that you get the highest quality sound in movies.
Do you think that after all this development fountain it will be difficult to surprise you? But I will try: in this version, you can control playback not only with the traditional mouse and keyboard. How do you like it if you are told that you can do the same with the help of such common devices as the iPhone, iPad or the gaining popularity of smartphones under Android?