If your system is equipped with a supported DVD drive and decoder, the Windows 2000 Setup program automatically installs DVD Player. To play a DVD movie, simply insert the disc in your DVD drive. Your disc will start playing automatically. To play a disc that's already in the drive, open the Start menu and choose Programs, Accessories, Entertainment, DVD Player. (Or choose Run from the Start menu and type dvdplayer.exe.)
Figure 36-3 shows an example of DVD Player's initial display. The readout on the left shows you what part of your disc is currently in play. To the right of this display is a set of controls that operate much like the controls on a standalone DVD player. At the far right are some useful command buttons.
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If you're unsure which button to click for a particular function, right-click any button. You can then choose from the menu that appears.
Figure 36-3. DVD Player looks like a stand-alone DVD player with a few extra controls.
To make DVD Player use the full screen, click the Full Screen button. Once the player is using the full screen, you can right-click anywhere on the screen to get a menu of playback options. From this menu, you can return to a windowed display.
To see a menu of content options available on your DVD disc, click the Menu button. Once the menu appears, you can move between options by clicking the arrows to the right of the Menu button. To make a selection, click Enter.
To choose a playback language, click the Options button, choose Language, and then select from the available languages. To choose a subtitle language, click Options, choose Subtitles from the Options menu, and then select from the available languages. You can use one language for sound and a different language for subtitles.
DVD Player can play movies at normal speed, double speed, and half speed. To exercise one of these options, right-click any control button and choose Play Speed from the ensuing menu.
DVD Player allows you to control which movies particular users can see, based on the standard movie rating system. To put controls in place:
This administrator password has nothing to do with any administrator passwords associated with Windows 2000 itself. The first person who visits DVD Player's Show Logon dialog box becomes the de facto administrator for the application and gets to apply the controls.