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Why doesn Zoom Player include DVD Decoder filters?

April 26, 2017decoder DVD filters Player zoom

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Why doesn Zoom Player include DVD Decoder filters?

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Developers of DVD Decoder filters are required to pay a nominal fee to the DVD Consortium just so they could ship these filters without breaking the law. Compound this with the per-unit license fees required by Dolby Digital and DTS just so you could decode their audio formats. This makes a free DVD player an impossibility (regardless of what you may see on some sites- usually these sites bundle pirated versions of the decoder, either hidden or outright). Zoom Player is not a DVD Decoder. It is a smart DVD User Interface that allows you to use DVD Decoders from any vendor that supports the DirectShow DVD Interface (part of DirectX-8 and newer). Since every display card, DVD Drive and Motherboards are shipped today with DVD Playback components, shipment of decoders was deemed a deterrent as it would just inflate the price of the product while giving little benefits. There are also several open-source projects that play DVD content. More information.