DVD player work on Vista without WinDVD or PowerDVD?

In Windows Vista, you should NOT need to install WinDVD or PowerDVD.

The built-in Vista DVD drivers should be sufficient for using the BrainMaster DVD player.

 

WinDVD8 Platinum is no longer distributed by Corel, but they will sell you a license to it if you get a copy.  You can download the installer for WinDVD8 Platinum from:

www.brainm.com/software/downloads/WinDVD8Platinum.exe

 The Power DVD installer can be downloaded from:

www.brainm.com/software/downloads/CyberLink%208-20-08.exe

 

I have found that WinDVD 8 Platinum tends to work better on Vista machines than PowerDVD 7 Deluxe.

We have seen that WinDVD9 Plus on a Vista machine produced no sound, but did not give an error message.

Note: With Vista, if you do not get the audio stream, a known solution is to install WinDVD 8 Platinum or Power DVD 7 Deluxe.

If you do not have a suitable DVD driver installed, you may see something like "2 out or 3 video streams unable to render". If you have a trial version of Power DVD, you may see "1 out of 3 video streams unable to render".

Note: We do not recommend that users install trial versions of the DVD software as they will stop functioning upon expiration of trial.