Shoutbox

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
PowerDVD installs codecs. Good codecs are often independent of the actual software, so yeah, when installing PowerDVD you also automatically enable WMP to play them.

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Cool.

I wonder if you can get these DVD codecs for free, separately? From the web searching I've done, I get the impression that you can't.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/windowsxp/dvdplay.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/windowsxp/buypacks.aspx ¬¬

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And why installing PowerDVD just to play DVD's in WMP anyways? that doesn't make much sense

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Yes it does, if you installed it to be able to play DVDs. That's quite an improvement.

I don't think I should have to install a whole new player application if I just want to watch a DVD on my PC and I'm already used to watching all my videos in WMP.