This post was published more than a few years ago (on 2002-06-21) and may contain inaccurate technical information, outmoded thoughts, or cringe takes. Proceed at your own risk.
The very cool software VideoLAN was made for streaming MPEG over networks, but it turns out It's also rather handy for playback of MPEG video from DVDs and VCDs� which is especially handy if you ever wanted to do an easy screen capture from a DVD.