How to Play DVD with VLC Media Player

VLC is free multimedia software that supports lots of audio and video formats, including DVD. To play DVDs with VLC media player, no third-party software is needed. Just ensure your computer has a DVD drive that enables you to view the DVD.

How to Play DVD with VLC

1. Insert the DVD disc you want to play into your computer's hard drive.

2. Open VLC and click File > Open Disc. Then you will see the Open dialog box. On the Disc tab, choose DVD as the disc type and make sure the DVD drive name is correct in Disc Device. If your DVD movies has chapters, subtitles, etc., don't select No DVD menus. And also set the starting point, audio track and subtitles.

3. Click OK to save the settings. You DVD disc will then start to play in VLC media player in a few seconds.

VLC won't play DVD?

If VLC doesn't play your DVD movie, you can do the following things to solve the problem.

1. Uninstall VLC and go to http://www.videolan.org/ to download the latest version, install it and replay the DVD disc.

2. Check the DVD drive region of your computer. For example, if your DVD is region 2 while your DVD drive is set to region 1, change the region of your computer DVD drive. Learn how to change DVD region code.

These are the two main reasons why VLC doesn't play your DVD. Sometimes, it is may be because of the content on the DVD. For instance, your DVD was burned at 8X or 16X speed while your computer can only handle 2X or 4X Media. In this occasion, you'd better convert the DVD to videos for smoothly playback with a DVD ripper. Aimersoft DVD Ripper is just the right one to help you convert commercial DVD movies to any regular video and audio format, such as AVI, WMV, MKV, MOV, FLV, MP4, MP3, WMA, AAC, OGG, etc. so that you can play the DVD anywhere you like.

By the way, besides playing DVD, VLC can also help you rip and copy unprotected DVD for free. For the detailed guide, please refer to Rip DVD with VLC and Copy DVD with VLC.