The good news for those of you who still want to play DVDs in their PC is there’s a much better free option available for PCs. VideoLAN VLC for the win. VLC running on Windows 10.

Use VLC Player to Play DVDs . VLC Media Player, a free and open-source project from VideoLAN, is your best option if you want to sit down and play CDs or DVDs on your PC.It is free, incredibly ...

If you’re upgrading to Windows 8 or built your own PC from scratch, you’ll actually have to download software to watch DVDs. Fortunately, there’s a free, fast way to get DVD playback in VLC ...

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If you try to play a DVD in Windows 8 you may have noticed that you are unable to do so. This is because Microsoft removed free DVD playback from Windows 8 due to the costs of licensing the codecs ...

Say you have a movie on DVD, but you want to watch it on your phone, tablet, somewhere else. You can “rip” that DVD—or turn it into a movie file on your computer—to play it wherever you ...

Click the "Play - Using Windows Media Player" option in the AutoPlay window. Windows Media Player opens and begins playing the first video file on the mini DVD disc.

Most commercial DVDs use encryption that keeps them locked to one or more region codes." Luckily, a simple software install can circumvent these restrictions and let you play any DVD on your laptop.