Topic: playing dvds with media player in windows 8 will cost you money
Anonymous A started this discussion 14 years ago #19,459
fucking lol'd
http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-8-dvd-playback-issues-its-all-about-the-money
On Thursday evening, Microsoft announced that the regular version of Windows Media Player, which will be in all versions of Windows 8, won't be able to play DVDs anymore like it can with Windows 7. Users would have to upgrade to a paid version of Windows Media Center to enable DVD features.
http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-8-dvd-playback-issues-its-all-about-the-money
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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 5 minutes later[^] [v] #319,893
Yes and highly criticized by Wired ZDnet CnET ETC.
Again MicroShit raping consumers.
Again MicroShit raping consumers.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #319,894
Lol, Vista 2
Anonymous B replied with this 14 years ago, 4 minutes later, 11 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #319,899
This is what PC World says:
"Nevertheless, if you need to play a DVD on your Windows 8 machine you can always install free third-party options such as theopen source video VLC media player. The move doesn't really affect Blu-ray fans since you already had to pay to watch Blu-ray discs on your PC anyway, unless your computer came bundled with Blu-ray playback software.
Microsoft said part of the reason for dumping DVD playback by default were due to concerns from manufacturing partners over the costs associated with media decoder licensing. But it's unclear whether those codec savings will be passed on to consumers or would even make a noticeable dent in the price of a single device in the first place."
"Nevertheless, if you need to play a DVD on your Windows 8 machine you can always install free third-party options such as the
Microsoft said part of the reason for dumping DVD playback by default were due to concerns from manufacturing partners over the costs associated with media decoder licensing. But it's unclear whether those codec savings will be passed on to consumers or would even make a noticeable dent in the price of a single device in the first place."
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 49 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #319,939
ubuntu, that is all.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 10 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #319,943
lol, people actually use windows media player?Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #319,945
Anonymous D replied with this 14 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #319,948
@previous (F)
And if not WMP than some other piece of software. You're all just postponing the ineveitable.
Take note of the recommended solution to this problem: "switch to VLC." In other words, switch to something open source.
And if not WMP than some other piece of software. You're all just postponing the ineveitable.
Take note of the recommended solution to this problem: "switch to VLC." In other words, switch to something open source.
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Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 12 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #319,952
the windwos pile doesn't stop from GETTING any shitter
Anonymous E replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #320,007
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 5 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #320,087
lol win8
Absolutely pointless except for its tablet support.
Absolutely pointless except for its tablet support.
Lee O'Nidas !nBpim1wazU joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #320,088
Windows Media Player has been horrid for a decade. Most people use some alternative like Media Player Classic.