DVD Player (Windows)
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DVD Player (also known as dvdplay.exe) is a computer program included in Windows 98, Windows Me and Windows 2000 that autoplays a DVD disc. DVD Player was introduced in Windows 98 and removed from modern versions of Windows, starting with Windows XP.[1]
Features[edit]
When the DVD Player is launched it searches all local drives in alphabetical order from C:, looking for a Video_TS folder. When this folder is located, the data file within it is loaded, and video streaming begins. If this folder exists on a drive that comes before the DVD drive, the player will try to play the data in the first folder it finds.
Compatibility[edit]
In Windows 98 and Windows 2000, DVD Player only plays DVDs if a hardware-based MPEG decoder is present. In Windows Me, DVD Player supports software-based MPEG decoders.[2][3]
With Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8: DVDPlay.exe was dropped as a separate application in favor of DVD functionality introduced into Windows Media Player. While the DVDPlay executable still resides in %Windir%system32, it simply executes Windows Media Player. However, the full-working hardware-based version was still included with Windows XP pre-RC1.
References[edit]
- ^ Windows 98 Multimedia
- ^ Description of DVD Player in Windows Millennium Edition
- ^ Ask the Windows 2000 Dev Team: Windows Media Player, Run DVD, Find the IP Address
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