do I need a dvd drive before I can watch dvd movies or vcd movies

[bendo]

do I need a dvd drive before I can watch dvd movies or vcd movies or can I
just download a software that translates that information for my computer?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You need a drive that supports the disks and decoding software to play the
movies/shows.

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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You need an actual DVD player and a DVD decoder in order
to view a DVD.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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[Guest]

DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Plato]

do I need a dvd drive before I can watch dvd movies or vcd movies or can I
just download a software that translates that information for my computer?

A perfectly logical question really. I recall way back when we had to
put in mpeg cards for folks to view mpeg movies, as I recall assuming my
memory is serving me. Then, if you had the right cpu and ram, there was
software that "emulated" the mpeg decoder card, but would only work in a
fast machine. However, I dont believe the same exists for DVD movies. I
believe you need to have a DVD player. Or a combo drive. They're not
that expensive.

 

[Edward W. Thompson]

Most, if not all, CD Drives these days will play DVDs. 'DVD Drives' are DVD
burners and you don't need a burner to play movies.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

<bzzz>

Wrong answer. Unless it is a DVD-capable drive, it will not read a DVD. Many
read-only drives nowadays are DVD/CD capable, but you cannot read a DVD with
a CD-only drive. A DVD drive is one that can play DVD disks, a DVD burner is
one that will create them.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org