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[kyrielle]

I'm feeling okay. Sort of blah. I didn't feel well last night and it kept me up late, so the fact that I'm feeling okay-but-blah is actually a good sign.

Of course, I meant to get some work done at home last night. I didn't, since I felt lousy after I took my break. (My break consisted of convincing my computer it would use the DVD player I like, not the Activision thingy that came with the Harry Potter DVD, to play DVDs - this was fairly easy, Activision is friendly about its options even if it doesn't appear to actually work much. Then I played Dungeon Siege for a while - I find it amusing that my laptop can run it, but my desktop cannot. Desktop has less memory, and a processor that's too low-end. Desktop also crashes when you try it, so....)

I will not acquire ulcers from the crash issues at this site. I will not acquire ulcers from the....

I'm off to debug a crash.

Comments

DVD Player

[jerusha.livejournal.com]

What software do you use to play DVDs?

(I just got a new computer (http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=jerusha&itemid=4752) with a DVD drive. Right now I'm using Windows Media Player, because even that's better than a) the software that came on the machine (the name of which escapes me), or b) the software on the Mummy DVD. Neither of which seem to grok things like the disc's own menus, or to have a default put-the-disc-in-and-it-plays mode as opposed to having to try and set up a playlist for it... <sigh>). So, I'm looking for software...

Re: DVD Player

[kyrielle]

Mediamatics DVDExpress, which came with my machine (Windows XP IBM Thinkpad) - and has the IBM Thinkpad logo on it, so, some deal there I'm assuming.

Auto-detects, respects menus (also lets you jump to them or watch the trail-in stuff), etc.

And doesn't crash on me, always a plus. :)

Re: DVD Player

[zorbathut.livejournal.com]

I did some browsing on this subject about a month ago and found WinDVD, which seems to be the best out there. At least, the best for my needs, which includes a simple uncluttered play window :P

I've had a few problems with it not going to the next track, but I think that might be a bug on the DVD in question. Unfortunately I have to eject/reinsert to get it to start again.

Besides that it's great. :)