How to Play DVD with VLC Media Player?

Emily Grant Love Cats, Love Views, Love Words

February 21, 2020

Developed by VideoLAN project, VLC Media Player (which in short is called VLC) is a completely open source media player that is available for many platforms to play media content.

VLC is supported on many different systems, such as iOS, iPadOS, Android, Windows, etc. For years, VLC has provided the best media stream back service to thousands of and even more users. Many video/audio lovers rely on this software to play the content they own on different devices, and the playback will not compress the content at all. So users can enjoy the best original quality of the media content.

DVD Player VLC

In addition to those regular media content such as videos and audios, VLC Media Player can also perform as a reliable DVD player to help stream the content stored in DVD with ease. Cooperating with the DVD hard drive player, users can take advantage of VLC to play their DVD/CD disc without installing other software. But how to use this feature?

CONTENTS

Part 1. How to Play DVD with VLC? Part 2. Best Alternative to VLC When It Can't Play DVD Properly

Part 1. How to Play DVD with VLC?

If you are a new users of VLC, or you haven't discover the DVD player embedded in VLC Media Player, this part is a tutorial to teach you how to play DVDs with VLC. The simple steps are quite easy to follow.

STEP 1. Insert DVD to Computer

You need to connect the external drive to your computer for inserting the DVD into if the device is not equipped with an internal one. After computer reads the DVD disc and is running it, you can launch VLC Media Player that has been installed.

STEP 2. Choose View Option

As you are in VLC interface, go to [Open Disc...] option in the menu of the software. Then a window is opened and you should choose to open a DVD in [Disc] section. You are also to make some streaming settings here such as adjusting the audio and subtitles.

Play DVD in VLC

STEP 3. Play DVD in VLC

After adjusting the playback settings, just hit [Play] button and start enjoying the DVD stream back in VLC Media Player on your computer. You can control the playback like the volume of the player in the streaming window. So you can have better experience.

Part 2. Best Alternative to VLC When It Can't Play DVD Properly

Although VLC has been a mature media player for dealing with the playback of regular media content like videos and audios in common formats, there are unsolved DVD playback errors existed sometimes. In other words, you probably find that VLC DVD Player can't stream your DVD disc. To prevent the DVD playback failure happens when VLC fails to play DVD properly, here is the best alternative to VLC standing by.

Blu-ray Player is a perfect selection avails users to play DVD disc with high quality. It is considered as one of the best DVD player in the market today, and using Blu-ray Player as the alternative to VLC can even enable you to have better DVD playback experience.

PlayAnyBlu-ray

The importance features of Blu-ray Player you should know at first.

Blu-ray Player supports the playback of Blu-ray/DVD disc and regular videos in many formats such as MOV, AVI, MOV, FLV, WMV, MP4;
Blu-ray Player can play the Blu-ray/DVD/videos with original quality, no matter the Blu-ray, 4K videos or HD videos;
No spyware, virus, or ads would appear in Blu-ray Player - the environment is totally safe;
Blu-ray Player has the simplest but most user-friendly design, so users can enjoy the DVD playback feature better.

To play DVD disc in this best DVD player, you only need to know the basic steps of using Blu-ray Player. Here are the ones you should follow.

STEP 1. Insert DVD Disc to Computer

You need to insert the DVD disc that you want to play on your computer to its driver. If you are using the Mac or other laptop that doesn't have an internal driver, connect an external one to the device and insert the DVD disc.

STEP 2. Launch Blu-ray Player

After installing Blu-ray Player on your computer, launch the program directly. There are two options showed up in the interface, which is [Open File] and [Open Disc]. You should choose [Open Disc] and select the DVD disc you just inserted in the pop up window. Click [OK] and the content will be read by Blu-ray Player.

Blu-ray Player

STEP 3. Enjoy the DVD

The content stored in the DVD disc will now be revealed in Blu-ray Player. You can choose the chapter in the playback window directly. Then just enjoy the content with great resolution using Blu-ray Player!

Play Blu-ray Video

VLC Media Player is an good video and audio playback software. Although it also has DVD player, it can deal with the multimedia better than DVD actually. Therefore, if you want to enjoy more professional DVD/Blu-ray playback, I suggest Blu-ray Player. You can not only enjoy the original quality, but also use it conveniently. That's why Blu-ray Player is so popular.

Topics:

PlayAnyBlu-ray

Excellent

Thanks for your rating.

Rating: 0 / 5 (based on 0 ratings)