What is Software DVD Player?

[Tawnee]

I am new to computing and was wondering what this is. I don't have a dvd player in my computer does that mean if I have that software I can rent dvd's from the video store and watch them on my computer if I have this software?

[louisleung]

No, if you do not have dvd-rom, you cannot watch DVD.
But if you got dvd-rom, you have to install the dvd software to watch dvd disc.

[kooky_e]

I can convert my avi's but when it's about 99% done, it tells me that i don't have the right dvd software so it can't play back the movie. That is very annoying. I have a dvd player on my computer, so why won't it work? Any suggestions?

[kooky_e]

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On 2001-08-12 12:59:14, kooky_e wrote:
I can convert my avi's but when it's about 99% done, it tells me that i don't have the right dvd software so it can't play back the movie. That is very annoying. I have a dvd player on my computer, so why won't it work? Any suggestions?
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Please disregard this post. Thank you.

[Hotskillz]

No, all a software DVD player is, is a program that allows the computer to interface with a DVD-ROM drive in order to play the movie contained on it. In other terms, lol there is no such thing as a free DVD player.