Watch a movie on PC using CD-ROM

Hi,

It sounds like you want to watch a movie in Divx format. You can do this in the windows media player, but you'll need the Divx pluggin.

http://www.divx-digest.com/index.html

You must have the movie stored on the CD-ROM in Divx format for this to work. Dont get confused thinking you'll be able to play DVDs (the kind you rent at a video store) on the CD-ROM - it cant work - wrong hardware.

Alternatively many people download Divx format movies from various places on the internet. Not all of these are legal and so I wont go into any details.

Cheers,
Tim.

You'll need to add a DVD player to your computer, which can be bought at any PC store. It will need to be installed in the front of your case above or below where your CD-ROM is located, provided you have a space available for it.

As the previous answers stated, you cannot use DVD disks in a CD-ROM drive.
You can replace the CD-ROM drive with the DVD drive if you want.

In addition to a DVD drive, you need DVD software. Some drives come with player software, some don't.There are several types of movie formats that will play from CD. You need to determine what format, and assure that you have a player or plug in for that file type.

One is .avi files. This has been a standard PC movie format for years.
Anotheris Apple Quick Time (.mov) You need to download and install QuickTime from Aple to play these.
Another is Movie CD (www.moviecd.com)
While they are not as popular as they once where, they have a player for their movies posted. And have a number of movies for sale.

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