Is it safe to have two DVD players in one system?

[Nielo TM]

Long story short , is it possible to have WinDVD6 and TheaterTek in one system? Would the programs cause any kind of conflict that result in BSOD or any playback disruptions?


PS: If you want to hear the whole story, here it is . I’ve been using WinDVD 6 for a very long time and I was very happy with it, until now! The problem is that the sound quality of DD tracks are quite average. So tried PowerDVD 7 trial (latest version). Upon testing, the DD tracks seemed more dynamic (which is what I wanted) but the playback quality turned out to be awful (continues stutter and freezing).

Afterwards, I tried WinDVD 8 trail (latest version). Soon after opening the program, it crashed and caused numerous problems during un-installation.

Then I tried TheaterTek. It was simply amazing; and it actually works lol. However, there’s one little problem. It can’t seem to play multiple MPEG 2 files from the hard drive.

 

[bashPenguin]

Should be fine, I once had a bunch of video players on my system as well. PowerDVD, WinDVD, Zoom Player, the crappier ATi DVD player...

 

[Nielo TM]

thx for the reply bashPenguin

After some intense testing, it looks TheaterTek also have the same problem. I think it's time for me to upgrade to SP2.


Edit: Does SP2 improve video performance?

 

[o0akoni0o]

i doubt sp2 will drastically improve video performance. in the long run you're better off using a better video player with a better set of codecs than the players you have been using. i've been using the cccp codec package for a little over a year and i highly recommend it.