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

[captaincharisma]

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.

its not fair but nobody cares. even joe blow will find a way to get around it just by doing an internet search or asking one of their tech guys. besides not many people play movies on a computer with an optical disk now a days.

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]ohiou_grad_06[/nom]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.[/citation]

Are you seriously complaining about M$ making Windows more secure by default? I guess it's damned if you do, damned if you don't with you people. If someone wants another AV, then they can get it. Anyone who doesn't know about other programs can do a Google search for why isn't media player playing my movie or something like that or bring it to a friend who does know.

Most people have at least one friend with some technical knowledge. Besides that, did you even consider the likelihood of OEM companies paying for DVD playback in WMP on all OEM machines? This will probably only be a problem for retail copies and/or business machines. Cable companies will probably still give you free copies of AV that they want you to use anyway and they would probably install it themselves. Let's not even try to convince ourselves that M$'s AV is a suit like even the free version of Avast is.

 

[Christopher1]

[citation][nom]leakingpaint[/nom]I defended MS just the other day regarding win8 - but I should have known they'd F it up...Donate to VLC (or similar) just a couple bucks. They deserve it because if it wasn't for the people who make these free players we'd all be real pissed right now![/citation]

It's not Microsoft messing things up. It's MPEG-LA who are messing things up by trying to increase the fees for DVD decoders if you wish to include them in an OS.

The courts should really step in and tell them that 6.6 cents per machine is a bit high, all things considered.

 

[rebel1280]

eh, I don't see what the big issue is. I have never used WMP for playback. How many of us have bought a DVD drive and came with Power DVD? I'm thinking 90% of us. Even then, you have programs such as VLC and MPC, Real Time and Quick Time. This is just about a company trying to save a few bucks and *gasp* it just happens to be Microsoft. I cant recall a single company thinking about saving some money and then not doing it. Besides, most if not all consumer desktops/laptops will already come with some kind of playback software from Dell/HP/eMachine or whoever your preferred vendor is. Soooo...move on, nothing to see here.

 

[Guest]

surely i'll stick with 7 for a long time

 

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[Guest]

In this article : people whining about something they rarely use.

 

[Guest]

Stop and think for a minute when was the last time anyone watched a DVD on your PC................... Downloads are of higher quality anyways. Plus now theres Netflix & Hulu among a list of other ways to watch movies and Television programs today yes DVD make for a nice collection on your wall rack but I have over 300 DVD and 120 BluRays that I havent touched in months some in years and even if microsoft cuts playback I sure everyone owns dedicated playback devices and alt programs like power dvd which is far superior to anything Microsoft includes so i dont see this as a problem. Problem?

 

[Massacher]

i've never used Windows Media Player for playback of DVDs and Blu-rays. as with most Microsoft products, third party products are better. and why upgrade to Win 8 anyway? it doesn't offer anything really significantly new over Win 7.

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]Massacher[/nom]i've never used Windows Media Player for playback of DVDs and Blu-rays. as with most Microsoft products, third party products are better. and why upgrade to Win 8 anyway? it doesn't offer anything really significantly new over Win 7.[/citation]

Higher performance, significantly lower resource usage, improved copy window, improved task manager, greatly improved WiFi connection, etc. etc. What happened to nothing new over Windows 7?

There's also Metro, which is significantly new as part of an x86 OS, granted it's not something that I'd look forward to, but that doesn't matter. You don't need to use Metro much if you don't want to. Installing a third party start menu, if you really want one, is a quick, easy, and painless process.

 

[Massacher]

Higher performance, significantly lower resource usage, improved copy window, improved task manager, greatly improved WiFi connection, etc. etc. What happened to nothing new over Windows 7?

There's also Metro, which is significantly new as part of an x86 OS, granted it's not something that I'd look forward to, but that doesn't matter. You don't need to use Metro much if you don't want to. Installing a third party start menu, if you really want one, is a quick, easy, and painless process.

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i said significantly new. none of those things you mentioned are. they are available in Win 7. as a gamer and power user the only thing that would really matter to me is dx12 and the lower resource usage. other than that the features of Win 8 aren't anything special over Win 7.

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]Massacher[/nom].i said significantly new. none of those things you mentioned are. they are available in Win 7. as a gamer and power user the only thing that would really matter to me is dx12 and the lower resource usage. other than that the features of Win 8 aren't anything special over Win 7.[/citation]

None of those were in Windows 7 unless you compared it to Vista. Windows 8 has all of those even compared to Windows 7 because it is lighter than Windows 7 and such. Windows 7 has nowhere near the much lower WiFi connection time of Windows 8, the task manager in Windows 7 is much more basic than the task manager in Windows 8, Windows 8 has an improved copy windows compared to Windows 7, and higher performance compared to Windows 7.

None of what I said is featured in Windows 7 and it can't be because that would mean that Windows 7 has higher performance than Windows 7, a better task manger than Windows 7, you get the point. What you said makes no sense because that would mean that Windows 7 is better than Windows 7 and something can't be better than itself.

 

[waynewhite]

You can use VLC to play Blu-Ray on Windows 8, but you will need to download and place the AACS and BD+ DRM libraries and keys in order to play Blu Ray on Windows 8.

Techisky gives a step-by-step guide on how to Play Blu-Ray with VLC in Windows 8 64-bit/32-bit that may help you to play Blu-Ray for free here:

http://www.techisky.com/how-to/play-blu-ray-with-vlc-media-player-in-windows8.html

 

[easonjoy01]

On some Windows 8 reviews, like many other publications that got their information from Microsoft, originally reported that the Media Center and Pro Pack contain codecs for both DVD and Blu-ray movie playback. This is false. They only facilitate DVD playback, not Blu-ray. The quote most sites are referencing comes from Microsoft’s blog. And, like most of the official Windows 8 pre-release literature, it contains ambiguous language regarding what’s actually included in Windows 8:

“Windows Media Player will continue to be available in all editions, but without DVD playback support. For optical discs playback on new Windows 8 devices, we are going to rely on the many quality solutions on the market, which provide great experiences for both DVD and Blu-ray.”

Further down, in the same blog post, are the actual contents of the Media Center and Pro Pack:

“…Media Center, including DVD playback (in Media Center, not in Media Player), broadcast TV recording and playback (DBV-T/S, ISDB-S/T, DMBH, and ATSC), and VOB file playback.”

Again, the Media Center Pack does not include codecs for Blu-ray playback.

If you want to play Blu-ray on windows 8 for free, you can use VLC, if you don't mind to pay for a good blu-ray player, UFUSoft Blu-ray Player (Only $39) could be an ideal choice.