SCVD PC Player Software???

[madmaninc]

I have a copy of Power DVD that plays my SVCD's, are there any other good programs for playing SVCD's on a PC? Quicktime or any others?

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[Fox Mulder]

WinDVD maybe? Some people says the image quality of MPEG2 is better with it.

[MvB]

WinDVD has by far the best picture quality, if you disable (with dvdgenie) the 'automatic' deinterlacing and fix it to 'force weave'.

Nearly all dvds are non-interlaced except bonus material and video sequences.

If you encounter a dvd that has interlace lines in the picture while playing the main movie, you can easily turn on the automatic mode.

But if your dvd is a progressive source (normally all cinema movies in PAL and NTSC (pulldowned)) the picture quality of WinDVD with 'force weave' is, as far as I have seen, unbeaten.

[DagMan]

ZoomPlayer is an other very good player for SVCD and VCD, with a very good picture quality, too.


DagMan

[madmaninc]

thanks for the replies,might give one of them a try.

[duronlib]

HoHoo, why not use WinDVD? You can download WinDVD 4.0 from the Free Download Area of www.jummpa.com

[avih]

@duronlib:

i've striked you for violation of rule #6 (no illegal stuff).

you're also consistantly promoting this illegal software site (rule #5).

stop doing this!

[Ookami]

Try SthSVCD, it's probably (the authors never replied my e-mail) freeware (?)...

It has a badder picture quality than Power DVD etc. but it is the only SVCD player on a PC that works like it should (chapters, no "uknown format" messages etc.).

You'll find the file probably through a google search.

AFAIK, the latest version is 5.5 and the ex-homepage (down) was www.herosoft.com .

Cheers,

Mijo.

[smiller667]

The Herosoft HP is alive & kicking ... but I can't find the download on the page anymore. Here is a link: http://planetenumerique.free.fr/Download/sthsvcd.exe ...
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The link should be OK ... it is my standard SVCD software player, mostly to check menu functions etc ... for actual viewing I prefer my standalone. It also switches between multiple audio languages just fine (some DVD soft-players do as well, some don't). A lot of people really dislike sths, though ... mostly due to alleged lack of stability, pic quality etc. Personally I am quite happy ...