how do i play dvd movies on my computer that only has a cd-r player?
458875
JUST DOWNLOAD REALPLAYER FROM WEBSITE IT WILL WORK TO PLAY DVD PLAYER
970989
It looks like the the other people that answered completely ignored or didn't understand your question. To watch a DVD on your computer monitor without using your computer, you'll need a DVD player that has a VGA or DVI output (depending on the type of monitor you have; most new LCD screens have a DVI input, everything else will have only VGA). There are not many DVD players around that have the VGA output, but a lot of new ones have DVI output. Then you just connect the DVD player directly to the monitor, and watch your DVD just like on the TV. Do a web search for *DVD player vga output* to find some players that have this feature.
961785
if you only have windows media player istalled\nit wont play dvd or vcd`s,you need to install another\nplayer to act as codec`s , POWER DVD 5 is a good one.
97238
no, it plays them. you need to get an application to be able to make a dvd-rom\nI reccomend Nero.\nit burns cds, mp3 cds, dvds, and more. but there are others if it is too expensive or non-compatible
198079
Yep, you need 3rd party software to play DVD's in WinXP.  You need to be a lot more specific with what you mean by "not working."
222495
You can convert them to vcd or svcd and burn them with your cd burner in that format but you need burning software that will burn a disk in that format. I have nero and have had no problems. Also you need a dvd player that supports vcd's and svcd's and then you can play them on your dvd player. I have been doing it for years now. Vcd stands for video Compact Disk and svcd stands for super video compact disk.
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If your computer doesn't have native AVI or WM* file compatibility, you may need to convert them to VOB files, which is the native file format of DVD players.  \n\nA program like Nero Vision will do that for you.  You can download a copy of the demo of Nero Ultra 7 at www.nero.com .\n\nHope this helps!\nMM
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There is NO need to buy any program.  If you have a windows box the microsoft media player will do it.  Realplayer is also free and also will work.  Go to download.com\nhttp://www.download.com/CD-DVD-Burners/3150-2646_4-0.html?tag=dir\nor http://www.freewarefiles.com/cat_6_205_CD-DVD-Burner-Apps.html\nand you can find other free programs.
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I have a cd-r in my dvd player with a movie right now and it works. You must use a file format that is compatable with the dvd player. I got mine from a friend so I don't know which format it's in but it's definitely possible. I promise. Though video is not very good quality. If anybody knows a good (possibly free?) converter w/o spyware I would like to know.
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If you have a DVD drive ( I assume you do) just use your windows media player...works flawless. Make sure you update it to the newest version so that you have the newest drivers and codecs available.
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1)Windows mediaplayer would play VCD's(for Windows)\n2)VLC media player(For all other operating systems)\n3)Down load k-litecodecpack(For all format)
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Check out VLC\n\nhttp://www.videolan.org/vlc/\n\nIt's a great (FREE!) all around media player which will also play DVDs.
793847
You must have a DVD-R recorder. If you have a CD-R recorder it won't work for your DVD-R cd's. \nBuy one.
1049506
You probably can't.  DVD players are not computers, so they can not run software or data files.  They can play movies in mpg format and maybe some audio files (wav and maybe mp3) and that is it.  DVD players cannot run any other type of presentations, etc.  Unless the presentation software you are using as a method to convert the presentation into an mpg movie file, you cannot play it from a DVD player.
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as far as i think u dont need to install any software to view movie to ur computer because computer have window media player itself by default in it and it will play ur cd's\n\nGood Luck!!!!!!
851080
You need to install a DVD codec. Most DVD-ROMs include software to playback DVDs, but if yours doesn't, you can get VLC, found at http://www.videolan.org/vlc/\nThis is a great open source DVD/multimedia player, which can play DVDs without a codec. \nIf you want to play DVDs natively in Windows Media Player or other applications, you'll have to get a full-fledged DVD decoder, which costs money. The DVD corporations charge a licensing fee to use their decoder, so you have to pay. There really isn't one best decoder out there, but I've had good success with WinDVD and PowerDVD. Do a search for either and you should be able to find one that will work.
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If you don't have a DVD burner then you can't. X