Free software?

[M4LFUNCT10N]

So... since I did a fresh install of XP I didn't get all the bundled software. Good and bad to that. Bad being no DVD decoder or burning software.

I downloaded a trial version of DirectDVD. Nice controls and features.. not worth $50 though. The demo version works for only 30 days and allows you to play a DVD for only 5 minutes.... Funny thing, when WMV accesses the files(it can't decode DVD on it's own) it will play the whole movie(no 5 minute limit). So my quesion is, will WMV stop playing DVD's after the 30 day trial limit?? :dunno:

As far as burning goes.... I was again going to use WM, but it wanted to take 20 minutes to burn a CD. That is horrible!!(I have a 16x burner). Any free programs that are worth the download?

[M4LFUNCT10N]

Well, I just tried DeepBurner(www.download.com), and it seems to work as it says. Only took me 6 minutes to burn a CD.

[DiscoDave]

I've got about 50 copies of PowerDVD. They seem to bundle it with EVERYTHING. You can have one if you want.

[M4LFUNCT10N]

Does it support Dobly Digital 5.1? I remember one of the cheap players I had didn't have 5.1 support.

[DiscoDave]

Nope, not unless you wanna buy a seperate audio pack.

[Itsmeee]

so you need free software for everything or just dvd? If you need all you can get free I'd hit this place.

Star Office 6.0 (http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/6.0/) Free to students. Basicly a office suite compatible with MS office.

[Excessive]

Originally posted by itsmeee
so you need free software for everything or just dvd? If you need all you can get free I'd hit this place.

Star Office 6.0 (http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/6.0/) Free to students. Basicly a office suite compatible with MS office.

Open office is open source and it says its copatable with MS office. I found out its not as compatable as they say. I havent tried Staroffice yet. Does the formating stay the same between staroffice and MS office when you open .doc files in each?

[Itsmeee]

its not as good as having office 2k3, but for those who want to be legal its decent.

[M4LFUNCT10N]

I've got Office 2000 Pro. I just need DVD. I found out that the player that I downloaded doesn't support 5.1 in it's trial format. :(

[SuperDude]

yo disco id like to be hit with ona those power dvd thinggys

[DiscoDave]

I'll bring a copy with me to the lan. :rup:

[SuperDude]

kool =)