Why can't I play DVDs in my Dell laptop?
It's the first time since wiping out the Windows 7 partition installed when I purchased my Dell laptop 3 1/2 years ago, that I've attempted to play a DVD under the new Windows 10 partition. It's not working! I am presented with two options; RealPlayer and the app store. Since I've been planning on removing RealPlayer from my system, I elected to try my luck in the app store. I downloaded and installed the first thing I saw and attempted to play the DVD that was in the drive. As you might imagine, the application did everything but play the DVD, including repeated attempts to get me to "upgrade." I thought that Windows media player would play the DVD. Either it couldn't, or I don't know how to get it to see the drive. I've been playing DVDs in my computers since windows XP! in the good old days, my computers came with a DVD application. I guess that's no longer the case.
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Paul Sauvé
garycase is correct. VLC is probably the best solution.
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Although my previous experience with VLC had been disappointing (I found the interface counterintuitive), on the advice of the experts who contributed to this question, I decided to try it again. This time, it worked as advertised.
I had the same experience with earlier versions; but it's evolved very nicely.
I uncheck all of the associations when I install it, so the only thing it's used for by default is playing DVDs. And learn the keyboard controls for skipping forward/backward, toggling subtitles, or navigating to a specific time ... they're very handy.
http://www.howtogeek.com/196371/master-vlc-with-these-23-keyboard-shortcuts/
I uncheck all of the associations when I install it, so the only thing it's used for by default is playing DVDs. And learn the keyboard controls for skipping forward/backward, toggling subtitles, or navigating to a specific time ... they're very handy.
http://www.howtogeek.com/196371/master-vlc-with-these-23-keyboard-shortcuts/