At some point Microsoft will - might? - have a better solution, but for now that’s how you can keep enjoying your personal DVD library while running Windows 10. So that’s the easy way to play DVDs in Windows 10. □Īt this point I can click on individual regions of the DVD menu to pick episodes, bonus features, etc. Choose the right one and click “Select Folder”.Īnd that’s it! VLC Player will scan the drive and show you the main menu for the movie: Either way, you’ll want to choose your own DVD disk:Īs you can see near the bottom, mine’s “E:”. You can change that by either typing in “E:\” or clicking on “Browse…”. The only problem: On my Win10 system, the DVD is actually device E: not D: as is the default for the program. It’s more than a bit nerdy, but you can ignore just about everything. Then, as the HUGE arrow suggests, choose Open Disc… All the default settings are fine, including installing the 32-bit version even if you have a 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows 10, as I did.Įventually you’ll get here, where you can launch the program itself: ![]() (soon enough there’ll be a more Win10 friendly installer, but for now, this will work fine)Ĭlick “Next>” and step through as needed. To start, go to the site and download the program:ĭoesn’t take long to download and in the Edge browser, you’ll have a slightly different prompt: It’s actually my go-to player for quite a lot of different operating systems, so it’s great to know it works just fine on Win10 too. But when? So far it’s missing in action…īut don’t worry, I have a great solution for you and it’s free, open source code. What most bugs me about this is that there’s a vague “after the upgrade, Windows DVD Player will download automatically”. Here’s what Microsoft says on the ostensible download page: Heard that Microsoft’s got something up its sleeve? Well, maybe. Hmm… there’s no “play DVD” option, is there?Ĭlick on the Store option and they’re all apps you need to buy:Ī “Whaaaat?” is appropriate at this point. ![]() Your first inclination might be to just slip in a DVD and see what happens. That’s likely to happen in the very near future, actually, because while there’s so much of Windows 10 that’s a solid step forward after the rather messy Windows 8 user interface experience, a whole lot of users still want to be able to slip a DVD into their PC or laptop and watch the movie on screen. If you have an edition of Windows that doesn't play DVDs and you want to play DVDs in Windows, go to Microsoft Store to buy Windows DVD Player or another app that plays DVDs. They already have the code - it’s part of Windows Media Player - so why not just create a simple DVD player app and include it as part of the OS? Then enter a disc title, and click “Next.Rather surprisingly, Microsoft made the decision to omit a DVD player app in its new Windows 10 operating system, though I don’t really understand why. When you’ve decided on the write method, select it. On the plus side, discs created this way are more compatible with older versions of Windows. When you copy files to the drive, they are temporarily copied to a staging area on your hard disk first, then they are written to the disc all at once when you select “Burn” in File Explorer. With a CD/DVD player: This is a more traditional method of “mastering” discs.A drawback is discs created this way are typically not compatible with machines older than Windows XP. But if you use a rewritable disc, you can erase files as you go without having to wipe the entire disc at once. If you’re using a write-only CD-R or DVD-R disc and you erase a file, the file will no longer appear in Windows, but space will still be taken up on the disc. Like a USB flash drive: This allows you to write and erase files to the disc on-the-fly using a live file system without ever having to finalize or “master” the disc.This dialog asks you how you want Windows to handle writing the disc. As soon as you insert it, a window titled “Burn a Disc” will appear. Once you install it, you can insert a disc, right-click it, and select Create image from CD/DVD. 76 3 Ways to Play a DVD on Windows 10 Use one of these options to play movies on your Windows 10 PC or laptop By Anita George Updated on MaTweet Share Email To watch a DVD on your Windows 10 computer, you only need two things: a DVD drive and either a DVD player app or a DVD player desktop program. ![]() Log into your Windows machine and insert a blank recordable CD or DVD into your optical drive.
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