In our modern and fast-paced world, everybody wants to have entertainment on their fingertips. Hence, watching videos and listening to music online have become so widely popular that the web is now bombarded with video players that offer a wide array of features and services, from one-click video downloading to social network sharing. With so many free and paid video playback services out there, we came up with the FREE Top 5 DVD player software for Windows that you will find very efficient and useful.
1. BS DVD Player
With BS DVD player has now returned with a free version, a new interface and great features such as being able to watch Youtube videos, capture frames and even generate thumbnails from certain sequences. It also now has Jukebox functionalities for video and audio. It also allows for a wide array of options for Video, DVD, Audio, Radio and TV playback, as well as plays all types of media files.
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- Pros: caters to all video formats including youtube video files; easy to use interface; lightweight and fast; simple and yet it has all the necessary features for watching HD movies
- Cons: needs to install codec; offers to install its toolbar into your web browser
- OS: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/Server 2008, Windows 7 including 32-bit and 64-bit
2. VLC Media Player
VLC Media Player is one of the world’s favorite open-source video playbacks. VLC has a lot of great features like granular speed controls, frame-by-frame advancement, live recording of streaming videos among other things. It also has customizable toolbars. It also supports a wide range of audio and video formats.
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- Pros: great keyboard controls; great video and audio performance; can capture video on webcam;
- Cons: default interface is not cool and savvy; skin options need improvement
- OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
3. Real Player
RealPlayer has been residing in the World Wide Web since 1995 and has now evolved into a full-featured and user friendly video and audio player today. This amazing program also has a video-trimming tool that will give you flexibility in video options, as well as allows for sharing with social media sites like facebook and Youtube.
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- Pros: a great and functional media player; competitive and user-friendly interface; can use in smart phones;
- Cons: tendency to hang and slow to load video; lack of video options
- OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
4. UMPlayer
UMPlayer has a lot of competitive and promising features. For a free multimedia player, it has a lot of advanced options and yet it is so easy to operate and use. It can also play any media format for both video and audio files. It also has unique features such as subtitles search, ability to play and record You Tube, skinable interface, customizable hotkeys and a lot more.
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- Pros: easy to use and has a lot of great features like shoutcast and youtube integration; customizable options for file playback; plays all formats;
- Cons: minimal support and documentation
- OS: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7/NT
5. GOM Media Player
GOM Media Player supports various media formats and has impressive and customizable settings on the control panel. It is also equipped with screen-capture functionality that will allow for zooming, panning, customizable themes, hot keys, among other things.
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- Pros: a lot of neat features such as fastforward and fastreverse; very versatile and supports a lot of media formats; good quality and nice volume control
- Cons: minimal documentation and help support; may require additional codecs
- OS: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7
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i like your efforts very much.thank u.
Your number one choice ‘BS DVD Player’ will not play DVD’s unless you buy the pro version, so not the best one really.
I found the UM Player the most useful by far.
km player is not listed ..which is best of all these
VLC if you want it to run fast
Thank you for your efforts, I’ve found what I was looking for
RealPlayer now needs you to purchase something to play DVD’s… Not really helpful to those without money… And, weirdly, NOT FREE….
What about power dvd, windvd
I love Gom Player, but it doesn’t supports DVDs
I use GOM player or Final Media player
UM Player is shocking
Bad news:BS Video player dosen’t play DVDs for free.Says so in the FAQ,and there’s no “Play DVD” button.
The DVD control buttons are there,but that’s to remind you to pay-they don’t really do anything,as you can never start playing a dvd in the first place.
I just downloaded and installed the BS Player. It does indeed playback DVDs for FREE. You just have to click on the open file button and find the correct video file on the disc to start playback. Unfortunately, it will not allow you to navigate the DVD menu without buying the pro version but you can still play the DVD.
What about PowerDVD? Thats my favourite! I havent tested all of these
VLC works, but “free” is a relative term. It install two spyware services without user’s permission or knowledge and will install three more if you’re not careful to view “advanced” install options. It changes your browser home page to a 3rd party Web search page complete with marketing popups, modifies your browser’s search-provider list, and changes your browser’s default “new tab” page to another 3rd party Web search page, which requires (in Firefox) manually editing the about:config file in order to restore. Everything has its price.
vlc media player run fast if u test
Free BS Player does not play DVD films so it is not number one. I give it only two stars.
I think you need to update this list bro, this was written 5 years ago, and there are some brilliant new DVD players out such as 5KPlayer, WinX DVD player, etc. and They are all free to play any DVDs.
BS player installs a Conduit malware!
What is Conduit malware:
Part of the Malware glossary: Conduit is a browser hijacker that is usually installed without the user’s knowledge through a drive-by download. The malware, which is frequently bundled with freeware and shareware, presents as a browser toolbar and search engine.
For more details check this.