VideoLAN Player instructions
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The VideoLAN media player is a free, open source, DVD player that can play movies without hardware overlay.
The player is reliable, contains no advertising, and will not take over your system,
but it can be a challenge to use.
Here's how to use it.
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Download the latest version from VideoLan by clicking here:
http://www.videolan.org/
Alternatively, download the player from PixelMetrics here:
Download VideoLAN Player
The player is free, but you can contribute to the project's development here:
http://www.videolan.org/contribute.html
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Update Sept-3-2007
Customer Peter W. tells us the VideoLAN interface has changed from what's shown below.
The critical setting is now called Overlay video output.
1 Click Settings / Preferences.
2 In the Preferences window, click Video.
3 Uncheck Overlay video output.
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1 After installing the software, and before clicking Play, turn off hardware overlay. To do that, click Settings / Preferences.
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2 In the Preferences dialog, in the leftside list, click Video.
3 Checkmark Advanced options at the bottom-right corner.
4 In the Video output module list, select Windows GDI video output.
5 Click OK.
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6 Here's how to play the DVD. On the main window, click the Play toolbar button.
7 In the Open dialog, click the Disc tab.
8 Click the DVD radio button.
9 Set Device name to the letter of your DVD drive, usually "D:".
10 Click OK and be patient, it takes about 30 seconds to start playing.
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