DVD software to read "woodworking at home"

[Han]

Hi:

I subscribe to the monthly (or so) Woodworking at home DVDs. However, I have trouble playing them on either of my XP Home machines. If you know what software to use (specifically for those DVD's), please post a reply. Neither Windows Media player nor Realplayer10 seem to be able to play at the required speed, especially audio.

Thanks in advance!

[Brian]

You want something like WinDVD. Or alot of the DVD burning software packages come with players. Roxio for example comes with DVDMAX Player.

Brian.

[Swingman]

I use Roxio's DVD player, that comes with it's CD burning software, that came with my Plextor IDE DVD drive ... works good.

[Han]

"Brian" wrote in news: [e-mail]:

I had to reinstall my Dell WinDVD software. Took all of 5 min, 4 1/2 of which was finding the installation CD-ROM.

Duhhh.

[nospambob]

[AArDvarK]

You can go to the windows media player site at microsoft site, find a link there, to where you buy and download any of several DVD codecs that will work with WMP, $15. Or "borrow" one from a neighbor.

Alex

[Tom Veatch]

This is what I use and it works beautifully (by the makers of WinDVD but specifically for XP)

Tom Veatch Wichita, KS USA

[bridger]

do a google search for "real alternative"

[Han]

Tom Veatch wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Thanks Tom, and all who answered. As mentioned, I reinstalled WinDVD (Dell-supplied) and all seems well now, at least well enough for viewing the DVD's.

[AArDvarK]

You could also go to the WinDVD website and see if there are any updates for the version you have. Alex