Want to Play DVDs in Windows 8? Then Pay Up!

[ceh4702]

Back to the good old dos days??? Woo Hoo.

 

[dj_crossbones]

I have seen the previews for windows 8, doesn't look like it really suits me, it doesn't surprise me that micro$oft would make me look else where for a media player, oh wait I already did.

 

[carlosb]

oh yeah, this is promoting freeware

 

[Guest]

When Microsoft bundles software with Windows (Internet Explorer): "It's a monopoly!!! How outrageous!"
When Microsoft does not bundle software with Windows: "Removing such a needed functionality!!! How outrageous!!!"

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]upgrade_1977[/nom]As previously stated, another reason to stay with windows 7..[/citation]

As previously stated, your reasoning is severely flawed. WMP is the only program that is losing DVD video playback support, so unless you refuse to use superior and free programs such as VLC, it is not a reason to stay with 7.

[citation][nom]yumri[/nom]on another angle did they mean they will drop support for the OPTICAL DRIVE not optical media decodeing? If that is so then you will really see DVD and Blu-Ray disc sells go down since most if not all retailers include optical drives in every computer and laptop which they sell. Thus if the windows 8 OS does not support it i think windows 8 will never take off for any device with the capability to use optical drives.[/citation]

Windows Media Player is dropping support for DVD movies. Data disks should work just fine.

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]cookoy[/nom]A minor inconvenience to most of us[/citation]

Even that may be overstating the impact of this.


[citation][nom]ceh4702[/nom]Go commandline or make your own menus. Go to home state. What exactly is so good about a start menu? You could put all the menus or shortcuts in a web browser.[/citation]

The start menu can provide far quicker access to a variety of things than any other interface, except for adding toolbars to the task bar and increasing the taskbar clutter by doing so.

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]captaincharisma[/nom]Bing? what's that lol[/citation]

Bing isn't bad. It's a good alternative to Googling things nowadays if you don't want to use Google for some reason.

 

[ravewulf]

You can still get DVD playback, but you will have to pay extra - as you did for Windows Vista if you wanted that feature in the Windows Media Player - and acquire the Media Center Pack or the pro pack to end up with Windows 8 Pro "with Media Center"

This is confusing me as Vista was the first version of Windows to include DVD playback and Media Center out of the box. Maybe you're thinking of XP?

XP - Separate Media Center edition, all versions require 3rd party MPEG-2 decoder

Vista - Media Center and MPEG-2 decoder included by default

7 - Media Center and MPEG-2 decoder included (as with Vista) and includes Xvid/Divx, h.264/AVC, and AAC playback by default

8 - I wasn't interested thanks to the new "Metro is default, get used to it" mentality, so I don't care. Just one more nail in its coffin to prove Microsoft that they're getting it wrong this time around (in oh so many ways)

As for Blu-ray, Media Player/Center has never supported them even with the codecs installed. You have to use a 3rd party player with them.

 

[Old_Fogie_Late_Bloomer]

Who the hell cares if Windows 8 no longer plays DVDs in WMP? Why would you not be using VLC? There's a lot of reasons why I am not excited by Windows 8, but this makes no difference to me whatsoever.

 

[blazorthon]

not many people use programs like mspaint, sound recorder, character map anymore and yet they have been included with every version of windows since windows 3.1. maybe earlier than that

I use Paint for simple screenshot work and the character map to do whatever I want to do with my keyboard. I don't use sound recorder.

 

[jkflipflop98]

I don't know why you guys are all crying a river over this. You all know where to go to get a solution within 15 seconds of installing the OS. It's no big deal, really.

 

[aplusbex]

Well got to keep the cycle going. After every successful ms os they have to release a crappy one. To keep a neutral karma or something.

 

[Zingam_Duo]

Microsoft is incredibly excited about Windows 8.

Yes, of course! They expect that millions of morons would pay $$$ for that shit!

 

[youssef 2010]

[citation][nom]evn_boomstick[/nom]VLC media player. The end.[/citation]

Or Media Player Classic for that matter

 

[youssef 2010]

[citation][nom]amdfangirl[/nom]Someone needs to remind Microsoft they are selling software, not DVD/Blu-ray drives. What next? Microsft pretending to be an ISP and charging for a subscription to Internet Explorer.[/citation]

Then it would do us a big favor. People will start using chrome/Firefox/Opera/Safari and realize what they've been missing and then, MS will be in a lot of trouble.

Micro$oft might make some stupid decisions. But I can't believe they would be stupid enough to sell IE for money.

 

[SAL-e]

[citation][nom]alextheblue[/nom]DVD is not H.264 (it's actually MPEG-2 for video), and licensing it for use in Windows costs MS a big chunk of coin. This has NOTHING to do with H.264 vs WebM - at all. [/citation]
Yes, alextheblue. You are absolutely right. DVD has nothing to do with WebM or H.254 as you pointed out. My comments was in direct reply to CoolBOBob1 who implicated Modorola vs. MS for removing default DVD support from Windows. I should been more explicit in my comment. Thank you. And again I think MS is making the right call.

 

[silveralien81]

[citation][nom]evn_boomstick[/nom]VLC media player. The end.[/citation]
Hopefully VLC adds Bluray capability soon as well.

 

[captaincharisma]

[citation][nom]__-_-_-__[/nom]-> linux[/citation]

yea cause it is really worth it to switch to and OS with a big learning curve because youit does not come with DVD support out of the box

once again Linux fanboi

FAIL

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]captaincharisma[/nom]yea cause it is really worth it to switch to and OS with a big learning curve because you can't play DVD movies on it.once again this Linux fanboi FAIL[/citation]

You meant because it doesn't play DVD movies natively, not because it can't play DVD movies. At least, I assume that you meant that because to say that Windows 8 can't play DVD movies would be wrong.

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

Good old Microsoft. They charge enough for Windows. Consumers should not be forced into buying extras. If you are paying for Windows 8 say Home Premium, it should have the media center with that capability. Way to go. Glad VLC media player is out, because I for one have no plans to pay more than for my OEM version.

Who thinks Windows 8 may be worse than Vista? They just got over Vista and people pretty much forgave them for Vista. Now they bring out Windows 8 and then want to nickel and dime you. I don't totally care for activation of products much less giving Microsoft a credit card number. And on Windows 8, I've heard Windows defender is pretty much an antivirus. They gonna preinstall that and charge there too now? When will these companies learn that as consumers we should have choices of what we want?

 

[arlandi]

smart move by microsoft. if it can lower the price, then it's great for the end-users. there are a lot of free mediaplayer out there anyway.

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

[citation][nom]sykozis[/nom]It's not that hard to get around Windows without using the start menu..... In fact, for the average user, the start menu is nearly non-existant anyway.Here's a tip for all those who's lives revolve around the start menu to the point that they simply can't live without it: Use the icons on the desktop. That eliminates 99% of the possible reasons for using the start menu in the first place. Unless you're just completely clueless about using your computer, the start menu is a non-issue because you rarely ever see it.[/citation]


Have you ever worked in IT? Wait until you do and you get Joe User asking why his new computer looks totally different than his Windows 7 PC and he can't find his applications and hates the new look and you get the joy of spending an hour explaining to him how to use it.

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]ohiou_grad_06[/nom]Good old Microsoft. They charge enough for Windows. Consumers should not be forced into buying extras. If you are paying for Windows 8 say Home Premium, it should have the media center with that capability. Way to go. Glad VLC media player is out, because I for one have no plans to pay more than for my OEM version. Who thinks Windows 8 may be worse than Vista? They just got over Vista and people pretty much forgave them for Vista. Now they bring out Windows 8 and then want to nickel and dime you. I don't totally care for activation of products much less giving Microsoft a credit card number. And on Windows 8, I've heard Windows defender is pretty much an antivirus. They gonna preinstall that and charge there too now? When will these companies learn that as consumers we should have choices of what we want?[/citation]

You are being completely unfair to M$. M$ has to pay huge royalties for WMP to have DVD playback and they are getting sick of it. It's not even a question of whether or not they can afford it anymore, they don't want to pay for it when most of their users aren't even using WMP and that's understandable. M$ doesn't need to pay royalties for Windows Defender or most of the other stuff (at least, to my knowledge they don't), so they probably won't charge for it. M$ might make a deluxe Defender that they charge for, but that's not a problem unless they cripple the free version.

In fact, since VLC and many other media players are around, this shouldn't be a problem for most people and even for the people who do find it problematic, it should only be a minor inconvenience. You completely over-reacted.

 

[jbheller]

One word...three letter, begins with a V....

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

Being unfair? As large as they are and with what they charge they should include it. They've got 90% of the market. As for Defender, it's basically going to Security Essentials correct? What does that do to all the other AV companies out there? MS has nearly monopoly power. To me, Microsoft should only be providing the OS that consumers would like, and Office. As for antivirus and things like that, they've got a lot of influence on the computer industry as it is. Maybe they need to stay away from making Antivirus products etc. I for one will most likely use Avast and VLC. If they wish to charge 10 bucks more a copy to cover royalties fine, but they should include that function in my opinion.

*Edit* While Media player not playing DVD's in media player is not an issue for you or I, think about users who don't know about all the freebie programs you or I do.