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Updating Cine Player on Win2000

I have a Cine player 2.31 with Windows 2000. I need an upgrade but I keep getting Vista products from Sonic. Kat Delong

CinePlayer will allow you to play DVDs and VCDs on your PC. It offers the widest range of compatibility so that you can watch most titles without problems. The current version is 3.2, so you’re right, you do need an upgrade.

CinePlayer Updates

I went to the Roxio site and they are only offering upgrades for Windows XP and Vista, but I did find a site called VersionTracker that claims it is offering the newest version of CinePlayer for Windows 2000. This is a paid update and will cost about $30. In order to make it work, you need 128MB of RAM and a minimum of 50MB of hard disk space for installation. In addition, you need a 16MB video card a compatible sound card and speakers, a DVD ROM drive and DirectX 9b or later.

DirectX

DirectX is proprietary Windows technology that drives high-speed and multimedia games on your computer. The new 10 version is supported by Windows 2000, but you must be able to validate your system in order for the update to work. You can download DirectX 10 by clicking on the link to the Microsoft website.

Update to Windows XP or Vista

You’re probably not going to want to hear this, but you are going to run into this problem more and more as you continue to use Windows 2000 and have programs that are no longer supporting that platform. Both Windows XP and Vista have more user-friendly graphics interfaces, faster user switching and are much more stable than older versions. Using an older version may be a personal preference, but more and more software is going to drop their support for older versions.

Although I can’t guarantee that it will work with Windows 2000, sites like VersionTracker claim to allow older platforms to update this software, although you might be wise to put the money toward updating your operating system.