How to take a PC DVD Drive and make it a stand alone DVD player?


Yes, I know I can use one of the many small form factor PC's out there...but what other ways can I use to achieve the goal of taking a pc based internal DVD Rom and getting it to work as a standalone dvd player.....

2 answers
Jun 21, 2010. 12:55 PMlemonie says:

You need the decoding, so you're either looking at hacking another DVD player, or using a PC,
No easy way otherwise,

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Jun 21, 2010. 9:46 AMgzaloprgm says:
I think there are no other ways. AFAIK The DVD ROM drive itself doesn't perform the MPEG2 decoding, so you would need a PC. Cheers, Gzaloprgm

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