I successfully installed Ogle and xine. However, the DVD playback using either one of those is choppy.<BR><BR>Do you get smooth DVD playback in Linux, and if so, what are you specs?<BR><BR>The Unix ...

DVD drives might be a vanishing species, but they are not yet completely extinct. New desktop PCs often include a DVD drive, as do older PCs that have been upgraded to Windows 10. And external USB DVD ...

If you partake in Microsoft's free upgrade offer from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 10, Windows Media Center will be removed without warning. In its place, a new app called Windows DVD Player has been ...

Those who upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8, or buy a machine with it already installed, may be surprised to learn that the operating system does not offer DVD playback as a default. As with Vista ...

Microsoft announced this week that Windows 8 will not support playback of DVD movies unless you explicitly add software that supports that feature. The economic reasons for doing so are compelling ...

Microsoft has made good on its promise to bring DVD playback functionality back to Windows, removed with the launch of Windows 10, offering a free player and codec pack to selected upgraders while ...

Watch out Wiinja, Cyclowiz, and WiiKey, the creators of the WiiXT have dubbed it the "Ultimate Wii Modchip", and with all the features it purports to have, they may well be right. That is, if it's ...

Until now, when playing a DVD on a Windows terminal, if you use "Windows Media Center" preinstalled, you could enjoy DVDs for free, but the newly appearing "Windows 10"This application has been ...

Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system which was released to the public on 29 May seems to have struck the right chord among early adopters, with as much as 25 million devices having embraced Redmond ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Microsoft has pounded another nail in the coffin for optical media with the revelation that it won't ...

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 26, 2002 — For movie fans and gamers, the Xbox (TM) video game system from Microsoft Corp. just became the blockbuster feel-good hit of the year. Effective immediately through a ...