Hello,

what DVD (video) player would you recommend for Windows 98? I only read that dvdplay.exe that is part of Windows 98 does not work without 3rd party DVD decoder.

I'm looking for some easy-to-use application that has minimum hardware requirements, i.e. gives good results even on old computers.

The only feature that seems not to be in all players is a possibility to select the DVD drive for playback.

Petr

I recommend the freeware dvd mpeg decoder unless you want to author them.
google it

Media player classic with its inbuilt dvd decoder might be useful

Petr, MPC is quite good but you can try also Zoom Player Standard (version 5.00 was just released) but honestly I don't know hardware requirements.

Unfortunately:

Before installing Zoom Player Standard Windows 98 SE DVDPlay.exe plays audio and not video.
After installing Zoom Player Standard Windows 98 SE DVDPlay.exe plays video and not audio.

Petr

Media Player Classic

Yes, I was wrong but I remember that an older version made it possible to watch DVD (probably they removed support in never versions).
You can try VLC player (definitely works with Win98SE) - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ or MPlayer from http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html

Thank you, I just tried MPC and it seems to work.

Petr

Try VideoLAN, its one of the best DVD players I've seen

Advantages + disadvantages of using dvdplay.exe in Windows 98/98 SE:
http://www.mdgx.com/newtip16.htm#FDP

IMO:
I use PowerDVD 5.0 [$$$ = not free]:
http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/products/main_1_ENU.html
Best full featured DVD player I know of.
PowerDVD 4.0 works great with older hardware in my experience.
WinDVD is also decent, but also $$$ [not free]:
http://www.intervideo.com/WinDVD/

HTH

DeCSS and ffdshow, lol

When I searched for DeCSS in http://www.free-codecs.com it gives meWhere to get it from?

The Internet.

any way...thanks

I use MPC to watch everything but DVD's. Not that it doesn't work, it works fine. I also prefer PowerDVD (6.0), much more features, better menu support, much better sound and faster. It cost $ for sure, it can't beat MPC on that, but I think it is the best DVD player.
And I was so lucky to get a free copy together with a videocard. What made me not so happy was that it came together with a complete bloated DVD copy, write, edit, etc. etc. suite that takes over your system and wants to "call home" all the time. After registering my legal copy it still wants to do that. But after you have removed all that crap, ( by it's own uninstallers, no real problem but why force me to install it anyway?) then it's very good.

PowerDVD has come FREE with every boxed DVD player/burner that I've bought for the last year or more.
(so does "Nero, Burning Rom" Software)

Many people have those CD's, just laying around.
I've got a whole stack of them.
Finding one shouldn't be all that hard.

I too like PowerDVD for a really great DVD player.
Nero 7.x also has a pretty good DVD player (media player)

Y'all have a great NEW YEAR now, Y'hear?

Andromeda43

no doubt that cyber link power dvd player is # 1 when it comes to dvd players