DVD Player software on Win XP

[vex]

Wife and her sisters bought thier mother a laptop for her birthday and we were trying to get it all set up this weekend.

One thing we struggled with was the DVD drive, and the software saying we had to change the screen resolution/number of colours or install the correct codex? to get it to work.

Anyone recommend a freeware DVD player software we can use with the right codex's that I can pull off here, burn onto a CD and ppost up to them?

Thanks

Chris

[Plotloss]

www.free-codecs.com

[vex]

Usefull Matt! , but what about a recommendation.

Ideally I want to send them a CD with the software on rather just a codx that they have to fart about with trying to add to the XP player. (mother-in-law is almost 80!)

>> Edited by vex on Wednesday 31st May 10:52

[Plotloss]

On that site somewhere there should be an MPEG2 decoder with a windows installer...

[vex]

Yer, its the 'somewhere' thats worrying me !!!!.

Bang goes my luchtime looking.

Chat soon mate.

Chris

PS are you coming to the CEDIA Expo later in the month?

[Plotloss]

I am, maybe on a stand for a day dunno yet.

Also considering doing some of the training electives.

You having a stand?

[vex]

Yep 10M x 2m

You on the convergex stand or somewhere else?

[Plotloss]

Its complicated as they arent having their own stand but sharing with someone or being entered into someones stand, its all very patch.

I'll be sure to swing by, saw you at Smarthome but you were always swamped with punters...

[Scraggles]

player = www.videolan.org/vlc/
codecs = www.free-codecs.com/download/ACE_Mega_CoDecS_Pack.htm

dont install all, just the defaults

both free of charge