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Old March 20th 09, 06:51 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
C and A Bredt
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I have a new laptop that does not have anb optical drive. Is there any way I
can play a DVD without buying an optical drive?

Could I use my other computer to copy it to a flash drive and play it from
there?

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Old March 20th 09, 10:03 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
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C and A Bredt wrote:
I have a new laptop that does not have anb optical drive. Is there
any way I can play a DVD without buying an optical drive?

Could I use my other computer to copy it to a flash drive and play it
from there?

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Something to try...

Explore the directory of the DVD and go to...
Video TS...

There will be several VOB files...

Copy the largest ones...probably 0.99 GB each
and there may be several.

The free VLC Media Player can play these files.

VLC Media Player
http://www.videolan.org/

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Old March 23rd 09, 06:57 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
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Default Play DVD Without Optical Drive

"John Inzer" wrote in message
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C and A Bredt wrote:
I have a new laptop that does not have anb optical drive. Is there
any way I can play a DVD without buying an optical drive?

Could I use my other computer to copy it to a flash drive and play it
from there?

=====================================
Something to try...

Explore the directory of the DVD and go to...
Video TS...

There will be several VOB files...

Copy the largest ones...probably 0.99 GB each
and there may be several.

The free VLC Media Player can play these files.

VLC Media Player
http://www.videolan.org/

--


John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Worked great. Thanks a million.
CB
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Old March 23rd 09, 10:11 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
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Default Play DVD Without Optical Drive

C and A Bredt wrote:
Worked great. Thanks a million.
CB

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You're welcome.

Thanks for the update.

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Old March 31st 09, 05:08 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
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Default Play DVD Without Optical Drive

Hello,

Copy the entire VIDEO_TS folder to some folder in your hard drive.

Then when you want to play the DVD, open VLC and drag the whole VIDEO_TS
folder to VLC or your favorite DVD player software and the DVD should play
as if you are playing from the disc itself.

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"C and A Bredt" wrote in message
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I have a new laptop that does not have anb optical drive. Is there any way
I can play a DVD without buying an optical drive?

Could I use my other computer to copy it to a flash drive and play it from
there?

--
C and A Bredt



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Old April 5th 09, 06:11 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
C and A Bredt
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Default Play DVD Without Optical Drive

Thanks for the info. I thought I needed to do them all one at a time.

CB

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"TompangBuddy.Com" wrote in message
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Hello,

Copy the entire VIDEO_TS folder to some folder in your hard drive.

Then when you want to play the DVD, open VLC and drag the whole VIDEO_TS
folder to VLC or your favorite DVD player software and the DVD should play
as if you are playing from the disc itself.

--
http://www.tompangbuddy.com
Share Cab, Carpool and Save Earth in Singapore
http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/
Singapore Web Design
"C and A Bredt" wrote in message
...
I have a new laptop that does not have anb optical drive. Is there any way
I can play a DVD without buying an optical drive?

Could I use my other computer to copy it to a flash drive and play it
from there?

--
C and A Bredt




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Old April 6th 09, 07:16 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
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Default Play DVD Without Optical Drive

Hello,

You're welcome.

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"C and A Bredt" wrote in message
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Thanks for the info. I thought I needed to do them all one at a time.

CB

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C and A Bredt
"TompangBuddy.Com" wrote in message
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Hello,

Copy the entire VIDEO_TS folder to some folder in your hard drive.

Then when you want to play the DVD, open VLC and drag the whole VIDEO_TS
folder to VLC or your favorite DVD player software and the DVD should
play as if you are playing from the disc itself.

--
http://www.tompangbuddy.com
Share Cab, Carpool and Save Earth in Singapore
http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/
Singapore Web Design
"C and A Bredt" wrote in message
...
I have a new laptop that does not have anb optical drive. Is there any
way I can play a DVD without buying an optical drive?

Could I use my other computer to copy it to a flash drive and play it
from there?

--
C and A Bredt






 




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